The Human Capital Strategy (HCS) Researchers

Career Incentives

Sam Buttrey
PhD, UC Berkeley
Relevant Experience: Holds Army's Chair of Manpower at NPS
Area of Expertise : Modeling
Contact info: mailto:sebuttre@nps.edu; 831-656-3035

Bill Gates
PhD, Yale
Relevant Experience : Research and teaching while at NPS
Area of Expertise: Economics of Decision Making
Contact info: mailto:BGates@nps.edu; 831-656-2754

Steve Mehay
PhD, UCLA
Relevant Experience : Teaching and research for Navy and OSD
Areas of Expertise : Labor Economics
Contact info: mailto:SMehay@nps.edu; 831-656-2643

Elda Pema
PhD - Michigan State, 2003
Relevant Experience : Teaching and research for Navy and OSD
Areas of Expertise : Labor Economics
Contact Info: mailto:epema@nps.edu; 831-656-3631

Diversity

Gail Thomas
EdD, Arizona State University
Relevant Experience: Teaching and Research for NPS
Areas of Expertise: Leadership Development, Collaboration, Strategic
Communication--Diagnostics and Design, Team Performance, Conflict Management in Team Settings
Contact info: mailto:gthomas@nps.edu; 831-656-2756

George Thomas
PhD, Purdue University
Relevant Experience : Faculty, NPS
Areas of Expertise : Manpower Economics, Diversity
Contact info: mailto:GWThomas@nps.edu; 831-656-2741

Frank Barrett
PhD, Case Western Reserve University
Relevant Experience : Faculty, NPS
Areas of Expertise : Planned change in complex organizations; implementing total
quality in the US Navy; Sexual harassment in the US Navy; Empowerment
Contact info: mailto:FBarrett@nps.edu; 831-656-2328

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Education Continuum

Alice Crawford
MA, San Diego State University
Relevant Experience: Staff at Navy Personnel Research & Development Center
Area of Expertise: Leadership, Training, Organizational Behavior
Contact info: mailto:ACrawford@nps.edu; 831-656-2481

Gail Thomas
EdD, Arizona State University
Relevant Experience: Teaching and Research for NPS
Areas of Expertise: Leadership Development, Collaboration, Strategic
Communication--Diagnostics and Design,
Team Performance, Conflict Management in Team Settings
Contact info: mailto:gthomas@nps.edu; 831-656-2756

Future / Current Readiness

Steve Mehay
PhD, UCLA
Relevant Experience : Teaching and research for Navy and OSD
Areas of Expertise : Labor Economics
Contact info: mailto:SMehay@nps.edu; 831-656-2643

Human Systems Integration/Human Performance Systems

Nita Miller
PhD, University of Texas
Relevant Experience : Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Sleep Deprivation, Littoral Combat Ship
Areas of Expertise : Behavioral Science, Human Factors and Human Systems Integration,
Human Performance and Information Processing, Fatigue and Circadian Rhythms, Human
Decision Making, Team Performance
Contact info: mailto:nlmiller@nps.edu; 831-656-2281

Knowledge Management

Gail Thomas
EdD, Arizona State University
Relevant Experience: Teaching and Research for NPS
Areas of Expertise: Leadership Development, Collaboration, Strategic
Communication--Diagnostics and Design,
Team Performance, Conflict Management in Team Settings
Contact info: mailto:gthomas@nps.edu; 831-656-2756

Mark Nissen
PhD, Information Systems, University of Southern California
Relevant Experience: e-commerce research at the Center for Information
Technology and Management (CITM), Supply Corps Officer
Areas of Expertise : Application of artificial intelligence to the innovation of acquisition processes
Contact info: mailto:MNissen@nps.edu; 831-656-3570

George Thomas
PhD, Purdue University
Relevant Experience : Faculty, NPS
Areas of Expertise : Manpower Economics, Diversity
Contact info: mailto:GWThomas@nps.edu; 831-656-2741

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Leadership

Gail Thomas
EdD, Arizona State University
Relevant Experience: Teaching and Research for NPS
Areas of Expertise: Leadership Development, Collaboration, Strategic
Communication--Diagnostics and Design,
Team Performance, Conflict Management in Team Settings
Contact info: mailto:gthomas@nps.edu; 831-656-2756

Alice Crawford
MA, San Diego State University
Relevant Experience: Staff at Navy Personnel Research & Development Center
Area of Expertise: Leadership, Training, Organizational Behavior, Needs
Analysis, Distributed Learning
Contact info: mailto:ACrawford@nps.edu; 831-656-2481

Frank Barrett
PhD, Case Western Reserve University
Relevant Experience : Faculty, NPS
Areas of Expertise : Planned change in complex organizations; implementing total
quality in the US Navy; Sexual harassment in the US Navy; Empowerment
Contact info: mailto:FBarrett@nps.edu; 831-656-2328

Optimization Modeling

Sam Buttrey
PhD, UC Berkeley
Relevant Experience: Holds Army's Chair of Manpower at NPS
Area of Expertise : Modeling
Contact info: mailto:sebuttre@nps.edu; 831-656-3035

George Conner
MS, Naval Postgraduate School
Relevant Experience : N-81, staff of ASN (M&RA)
Areas of Expertise : Modeling, career design, total force planning
Contact info: mailto:GConner@nps.edu; 831-656-3507

Bill Gates
PhD, Yale
Relevant Experience : Research and teaching while at NPS
Area of Expertise: Economics of Decision Making
Contact info: mailto:BGates@nps.edu; 831-656-2754

Steve Mehay
PhD, UCLA
Relevant Experience : Teaching and research for Navy and OSD
Areas of Expertise : Labor Economics
Contact info: mailto:SMehay@nps.edu; 831-656-2643

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Organizational Behavior; Ethics; Personal Growth, Development, and Change

Frank Barrett
PhD, Case Western Reserve University
Relevant Experience : Faculty, NPS
Areas of Expertise : Planned change in complex organizations; implementing total
quality in the US Navy; Sexual harassment in the US Navy; Empowerment
Contact info: mailto:FBarrett@nps.edu; 831-656-2328

Sue Higgins
MS , Naval Postgraduate School
Relevant Experience : Retired Navy CDR, Information Professional Lecturer of
IS, Deputy Director of CI
Areas of Expertise : Command and Control, Space Systems Operations, Defense
Transformation, Defense Transformation
Contact info: mailto:slhiggin@nps.edu; 831-656-3596

Erik Jansen
PhD, Univ of Southern California
Relevant Experience: Warrior of 2030
Area of Expertise: Force Transformation and Organizational Learning
Contact info: mailto:EJansen@nps.edu; 831-656-2623

Ben Roberts
PhD, Penn State
Relevant Experience: Teaching and research at NPS
Area of Expertise : Organizational design and change
Contact info: mailto:broberts@nps.edu; 831-656-2792

Alice Crawford
MA, San Diego State University
Relevant Experience: Staff at Navy Personnel Research & Development Center
Area of Expertise: Leadership, Training, Organizational Behavior
Contact info: mailto:ACrawford@nps.edu; 831-656-2481

Pay and Compensation

Pete Coughlin
PhD, Cal Tech
Relevant Experience : Faculty of Harvard's Business School
Area of Expertise: Labor Economics
Contact info: mailto:pjcoughl@nps.edu

John Enns
PhD, UCLA
Relevant Experience : CBO, OSD (PA&E) and USD (P&R) staffs
Areas of Expertise : Manpower, economics, compensation, RoI
Contact info: mailto:jhenns@nps.edu

Chip Franck
PhD, Harvard
Relevant Experience : Retired AF Brigadier General who taught at USAFA
Area of Expertise: Economics of Decision Making
Contact info: mailto:refranck@nps.edu; 831-656-3614

Bill Gates
PhD, Yale
Relevant Experience : Research and teaching while at NPS
Area of Expertise: Economics of Decision Making
Contact info: mailto:BGates@nps.edu; 831-656-2754

David Henderson
PhD, UCLA
Relevant Experience : Staff member of Council of Economic Advisors
Area of Expertise : Economics of Decision Making
Contact info: mailto:drhender@nps.edu; 831-656-2524

Steve Mehay
PhD, UCLA
Relevant Experience : Teaching and research for Navy and OSD
Areas of Expertise : Labor Economics
Contact info: mailto:SMehay@nps.edu; 831-656-2643

Dan Nussbaum
PhD, Michigan State University
Relevant Experience: Director of Navy Cost Analysis Center
Areas of Expertise : Costing, Return on Investment (RoI)
Contact info: mailto:DAnussba@nps.edu; 831-656-7715

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Personal/Professional Success

Mark Eitelberg
PhD, New York University
Relevant Experience : Author of numerous articles and books on military MPT
Areas of Expertise : Demography, Sociology, Recruiting
Contact info: mailto:MEitelberg@nps.edu; 831-656-3160

Steve Loeffler, RADM (Ret)
MS, George Washington University
Relevant Experience : OPNAV N13
Area of Expertise : All Navy MPT issues
Contact info: mailto:srloeffl@nps.edu; 831-656-3284

Quality of Service (Quality of Life / Quality of Work)

Mark Eitelberg
PhD, New York University
Relevant Experience : Author of numerous articles and books on military MPT
Areas of Expertise : Demography, Sociology, Recruiting
Contact info: mailto:MEitelberg@nps.edu; 831-656-3160

Yu Chu Shen
PhD, Harvard University
Relevant Experience : Health Economics and Health Policies
Areas of Expertise : Provider Behavior, Health Insurance Market, and Health Care
Payment Systems.
Contact info: mailto:yshen@nps.edu; 831-656-2951

Recruiting, Retention, Attrition

Mark Eitelberg
PhD, New York University
Relevant Experience : Author of numerous articles and books on military MPT
Areas of Expertise : Demography, Sociology, Recruiting
Contact info: mailto:MEitelberg@nps.edu; 831-656-3160

Steve Mehay
PhD, UCLA
Relevant Experience : Teaching and research for Navy and OSD
Areas of Expertise : Labor Economics
Contact info: mailto:SMehay@nps.edu; 831-656-2643

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Skill Sets and Human Resource Management

Ben Roberts
PhD, Penn State
Relevant Experience : Teaching and research at NPS
Area of Expertise : Organizational design and change
Contact info: mailto:broberts@nps.edu; 831-656-2792

Systems Acquisition

James Greene
MS, Naval Postgraduate School
Acquisition Chair, Senior Lecturer
Relevant Experience : Retired Navy Rear Admiral, Deputy CNO for Logistics,
Senior advisor to Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Aegis Shipbuilding Project Manager
Area of Expertise: DOD acquisition research, Program Management of Major
Acquisition Programs
Contact info: mailto:jbgreene@nps.edu; 831-656-2092

Nita Miller
PhD, University of Texas
Relevant Experience: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Sleep Deprivation, Littoral Combat Ship
Areas of Expertise : Human Factors and Human Systems Integration, Human
Performance and Information Processing, Fatigue and Circadian Rhythms,
Behavioral Science, Human Decision Making, Team Performance
Contact info: mailto:nlmiller@nps.edu; 831-656-2281

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Training

Alice Crawford
MA, San Diego State University
Relevant Experience: Staff at Navy Personnel Research & Development Center
Area of Expertise: Leadership, Training, Organizational Behavior, Needs
Analysis, Distributed Learning, Curriculum Development
Contact info: mailto:ACrawford@nps.edu; 831-656-2481

Gail Thomas
EdD, Arizona State University
Relevant Experience: Teaching and Research for NPS
Areas of Expertise: Leadership Development, Collaboration, Strategic
Communication--Diagnostics and Design,
Team Performance, Conflict Management in Team Settings
Contact info: mailto:gthomas@nps.edu; 831-656-2756

Transformation

Frank Barrett
PhD, Case Western Reserve University
Relevant Experience : Faculty, NPS
Areas of Expertise : Planned change in complex organizations; Implementing total
quality in the US Navy; Sexual harassment in the US Navy; Empowerment
Contact info: mailto:FBarrett@nps.edu; 831-656-2328

Erik Jansen
PhD, Univ of Southern California
Relevant Experience: Warrior of 2030
Area of Expertise: Force Transformation and Organizational Learning
Contact info: mailto:EJansen@nps.edu; 831-656-2623

Sue Higgins
MS, Naval Postgraduate School
Relevant Experience:
Retried Navy CDR, Information Professional Lecturer of IS, Deputy Director of CI,
Areas of Expertise : Command and Control, Space Systems Operations, Defense
Transformation, Defense Transformation
Contact info: mailto:slhiggin@nps.edu; 831-656-3596

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