Nita Lewis Shattuck (née Miller)

Associate Professor of Operations Research
Ph.D., University of Texas, 1982

Nita Lewis Shattuck is Associate Professor and co-director of the Human Systems Integration Program at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. She has a faculty appointment in the Operations Research Department where she teaches human factors engineering and human systems integration courses, directs thesis research, and pursues her research interests in individual and team performance, human fatigue in operational settings, decision-making, situation awareness and military command and control. Dr. Shattuck is the recipient of the ‘Jimmie’ Hamilton Award from the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) for Best Paper for 2007, the Roland Calori Award for Best Paper for 2006-2007 in the journal Organizational Studies and the Gary F. Wheatley Award for Best Paper 2006 from the International Command and Control Research and Technology. In her work with the military, Dr. Shattuck has studied C4ISR, G-LOC in high performance aircraft, and the effects of fatigue and thermal stress on various aspects of human performance. Dr. Shattuck received her Ph.D. in Behavioral Sciences from the University of Texas School of Public Health. She can be reached at: Naval Postgraduate School, Glasgow Hall, Rm 225, Monterey, California 93943. Her email address is nlmiller@nps.edu.