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Kristen Fletcher
Faculty Associate - Research
Energy Academic Group
Phone: (831) 656-6195
Email: kristen.fletcher@nps.edu
Overview
Kristen Fletcher has over 25 years of research, teaching and collaboration in energy, environmental, ocean and coastal law and policy. Her focus areas are energy security and law and policy related to uncrewed systems. Projects include research on naval energy security and resilience, security implications of international litigation, and co-leading stakeholder short courses.
NPS Experience
- 2020 - current: Faculty Associate - Research
Research Interests
Energy security, energy resilience, autonomous systems
Teaching Interests
Energy security, energy resilience, law and policy of uncrewed systems
Scholarly Work
Publications
- Journal Articles
- Van Bossuyt, D., Allaire, D., Bickford, J., Bozada, T., Chen, W. W., Cutitta, R., Cuzner, R., Fletcher, K., Giachetti, R. E., Hale, B., Huang, H. H., Keidar, M., Layton, A., Ledford, A., Lesse, M., Lussier, J., Malak, R., Mesmer, B., Mocko, G., Oriti, G., Selva, D., Turner, C., Watson, M., Wooley, A., & Zeng, Z, (2025). The Future of Digital Twin Research and Development. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering.
- Van Bossuyt, D. L., Allaire, D., Bickford, J. F., Bozada, T. A., Chen, W. (., Cutitta, R. P., Cuzner, R., Fletcher, K., Giachetti, R., Hale, B., Huang, H. H., Keidar, M., Layton, A., Ledford, A., Lesse, M., Lussier, J., Malak, R., Mesmer, B., Mocko, G., Oriti, G., Selva, D., Turner, C., Watson, M., Wooley, A., & Zeng, Z, (2025). The Future of Digital Twin Research and Development. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 8(25).
- Newsletters
- (2021). China’s Role in Arctic Affairs.
- Fletcher, K, (2021). Energy Highlighted at STAR-TIDES Technology Demo.
- Fletcher, K, (2020). Ocean Mapping a U.S. Priority.
- (2020). Operations and Communications Remain Challenges in Arctic.