Teaching government acquisitions, contracting, and defense management topics.

Research on transformational leadership behaviors and their impact on psychological safety in U.S. Federal government organizations.

Advising doctoral students on research topics in leadership theory, organizational design, psychological safety, acquisitions, and program management.

Research on the perception of psychological safety and supervisor influence on psychological safety in U.S. Federal government organizations in Hawaii.

Research work to address real-world problems that face the military and national defense, primarily in the undersea domain.

Dissertation: The Relationship Between Supervisors’ Transformational Leadership Behaviors & Employees’ Psychological Safety Climate Among U.S. Department of the Navy Civilians.
Advisors: Phillip Gwaltney, Ph.D., Wesley L. Scott, Ed.D., Ph.D., James Buchanan, Ed.D.

Dissertation: Supervisor Influence on Psychological Safety in U.S. Federal Government Organizations: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.
Advisors: Liyan Jin, Ph.D., Carita Harrell, Ed.D., Holli Eskelinen, Ph.D., Scena Webb, DM

Thesis on Project Management Process: Theory, Concept, Technology, Management.
Supervised by Katherine Hyatt, Ph.D.