Professor Roger D. Little

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Office: Nimitz 77, Phone # (410) 293-6889
ADVISOR CODE: F66
Education
B.A., Tufts University, Education & Mathematics, l96l
M.A., University of Houston, Economics, l968
Ph.D., University of Houston, Economics, l970

Current Positions
1985 - Present, Professor of Economics, U.S. Naval Academy
2002 - Present, Faculty Athletic Representative to the NCAA
2002 - Present, Institutional Athletic Representative for USNA
2002 - Present, Board of Control, Naval Academy Athletic Association
2002 - Present, Policy Committee, Patriot League
1999 - Present, Faculty Representative, Men's Basketball
 
Academic Experience
1970 - Present, Assistant, Associate, and  Professor of Economics, U.S. Naval Academy
1979- 1980, Visiting Professor of Economics, Naval Postgraduate School
1980-1984, Chairman, Economics Department, U.S. Naval Academy
1984- 1985, Guest Scholar, Brookings Institution
Sample Publications
(1) "Long-Term Returns to Vocational Training: Evidence from Military Sources," with J. Eric Fredland, Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 5, No. 1, Winter 1980, pp. 49-66.
(2) The All-Volunteer Force After a Decade: Retrospedt and Prospect, Edited with William Bowman and G. Thomas Sicilia, Washington, D. C.: Pergamon-Brassey's, 1986.
(3) "Tied Migration and Returns to Human Capital: The Case of Military Wives," with Deborah M. Payne and John T. Warner, Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 73, No.2, June 1992, pp. 324-39.
(4)  "Influential Elites and the American Military after the Cold War," with Mark J. Eitelberg in Don M. Snider and Miranda A. Carlton-Carew, eds., U.S. Civil-Military Relations: In Crisis or Transition?, Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1995, pp. 34-67.
(5) Professionals on the Front Lines: Two Decades of the All-Volunteer Force, Edited with J. Eric Fredland, Curtis Gilroy, and W. S. Sellman, Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, 1996.

Service Contributions
1980 - 1984, Chair, Department of Economics, U. S. Naval Academy
1986 - 1988, Member, Naval Academy Promotion and Tenure Committee
1991, Vice Chairman, Middle States Periodic Accrediation Review
1995 - 1997, President, Faculty Senate
1999, Naval Academy Alumni Association Service Excellence Award
1999, Department of the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award


Areas of Specialization
Labor Economics
Microeconomics
Technological Change

-Last Updated 1 November 2002-