Bio
Maj Kalyn Howard is serving as an Assistant Professor at the United States Air Force Academy. She specializes in courses supporting the Department of Management’s Global Logistics minor program and over 500 future officers annually in the nation’s #1 rated undergraduate-only management program.
She commissioned in 2013 through Reserve Officer Training Corps at Arizona State University. She received a join spouse assignment to Minot Air Force Base and held a variety of base-level positions, including flight commander and wing executive officer, before being selected for a Doctorate at the Air Force Institute of Technology. Her dissertation, Aligning Performance Management Systems for Lasting Outcomes in Humanitarian Operations, was field-tested at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, where she served as the PhD Logistics Advisor to the Humanitarian Operations Center during Operation ALLIES REFUGE. Prior to her current position, Maj Howard galvanized cross-functional teams to address some of the Air Force’s most challenging logistics problem sets at the Supply Chain Operations Wing and as a remote Detachment Commander at Wake Island Airfield.
Education
2013 Bachelor of Arts, Global Studies, Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
2013 Logistics Readiness Officer Course, Joint Base San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
2016 Master of Science, Project Management, Colorado State University, Aurora, Colorado
2020 Doctor of Philosophy, Logistics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2021 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2024 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
Professional Experience
June 2013 – November 2014, Deployment and Distribution Flight Commander, 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota
November 2014 – December 2015, Installation Deployment Officer, 5 LRS, Minot AFB, North Dakota
December 2015 – November 2016, Executive Officer, 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, North Dakota
November 2016 – August 2017, Officer-In-Charge of Operations Compliance, 5 LRS, AFB, North Dakota
August 2017 – September 2020, PhD Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
September 2020 – January 2023, Strategic Analysis Flight Chief, 635th Supply Chain Operations Wing (SCOW), Scott AFB, Illinois
July 2021 – January 2022, Vehicle Management Flight Commander, 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, Al Udeid AB, Qatar
January 2023 – June 2023, Operations Officer, Logistics Sustainment Division, 635 SCOW, AFB, Illinois
June 2023 – June 2024, Commander, PRSC Detachment 1, Wake Island Airfield
July 2024 – PRESENT, Asst. Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, US Air Force Academy, Colorado
Honors & Awards
Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Support Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Department of State Superior Honor Award
Research and Scholarly Interests
Humanitarian Operations Management
Supply Chain Analysis
Risk Management
Publications
Howard, Kalyn (2023, December 18), Riding Out the Storm, Logistics Officer Association Exceptional Release.
Howard, Kalyn and Maywald, Jacob (2023, September 25), A Bridge to Innovation: A Discussion of Advanced Academy Degree Opportunities in Logistics, Logistics Officer Association Exceptional Release.
Howard, Kalyn (2020), Aligning Performance Management Systems for Lasting Outcomes in Humanitarian Operations, Doctoral Dissertation, Air Force Institiute of Technology.
Howard, Kalyn and Zunker, Carl (2019), Disasters Happen: A Statistical Foundation for Risk Management, Liaison: A Journal of Civil-Military Disaster Management and Humanitarian Relief Collaboration.