Dr. Jomana Amara
Vice Provost for Academic Leadership

Dr. Jomana Amara, Ph.D., P.E., is Vice Provost for Academic Leadership at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California and Professor of Economics at the Department of Defense Management.

Her current research interests focus on defense industrial policy and offsets, economics of the public sector, health economics and international economics. Dr. Amara is the co-author of The U.S. Defence Economy and co-editor of Military Medicine: From Pre-Deployment to Post-Separation.  She has published extensively in economics, security studies, military health, and medical journals and she currently serves on the editorial board of Defence and Peace Economics. Dr. Amara is a member of the American Economic Association (AEA). She is a Fullbright Scholar and was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for Honor and Achievement of Civilians with the Department of Defense.

Dr. Amara received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Master’s in Industrial Engineering and Ph.D. in Economics. Before joing the Naval Postgradute School, she was a project leader with Shell Oil Company.