PROMOTION AND TENURE
ACTIONS FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2006
It is a pleasure to announce that the President
has approved the following promotions and awards
of tenure. Included with each name are comments
indicating the areas of accomplishments and leadership
that were significant in the candidacy of these
individuals.
Frank Barrett, Graduate
School of Business and Public Policy
This promotion to the rank of Professor is in
recognition of his international leadership in
organizational development and change. His research
on creativity and improvisation is considered
to be generative, of landmark quality. His work
provides a unique and innovative perspective on
how organizations function and identifies him
as one of the most important thinkers working
to reframe organizational learning in more useful
and realistic ways. His work with the Navy in
the management of organizational transformation
has drawn support from the CNO, NETC, the 3rd
Fleet, NetWarCom, Naval Reserves, and the Office
of Force Transformation. In addition, his recent
election to the Executive Board of the Academy
of Management, Organization Development Division,
and his participation on scholarly editorial review
boards are also noteworthy.
Rick Hayes-Roth,
Information Sciences, Graduate School of Operations
and Information Sciences
This award of tenure is in recognition of his
internationally-recognized
research, specifically his contributions in Artificial
Intelligence and the structure of information
architectures, is notable. His support of the
Navy’s Open Architecture efforts, including
the DoD-wide Worldwide Consortium for the Grid,
is commendable. Additionally, his work on Valued
Information at the Right Time (or VIRT) has the
potential for dramatically reducing the scope
of command and control problems in our net-centric
future. In addition, his teaching in the areas
of information strategy and policy and internet
appliances has been innovative, especially his
ability and willingness to provide current, real-world
research-quality problems to challenge his students.
This approach ties NPS instructional activities
even more tightly to NPS’ program and research
sponsors, and is highly commendable.
David Tucker, Defense
Analysis, Graduate School of Operations and Information
Sciences
This award of tenure is in recognition of his
significant contributions to the Defense Analysis
program by developing and teaching new courses
in low intensity conflict, counter-terrorism,
and analytical methods; and by being a strong
student mentor and thesis advisor. His curriculum
contributions have extended to the Homeland Defense
and Security program, for which he was awarded
the Lieutenant Command David L. Williams Outstanding
Professor Award. He has shown exemplary leadership
through his role in establishing the IO Center
of Excellence, co-directing the Center on Terrorism
and Irregular Warfare; organizing widely acclaimed
research conferences on terrorism, man hunting,
and IO education; and serving as Chair of the
DA faculty recruitment efforts. His research and
publications have contributed to the professional
community while also helping to improve Department
of Defense decision making within the Special
Operations Command and the Office of the Secretary
of Defense.
