FINANCE, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS & INSURANCE

Ronald Straight, Ph.D.
Professor
Room 528
(202) 806-1531
Email:  rstraight@howard.edu

Dr. Ronald Straight joined the Department of Finance, International Business and Insurance in 1988, after serving as the Head at Surface Ship Overhaul Acquisition Branch at the Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC.  His primary research areas of interest include: Supply Chain Management and Applied Economics.  He has taught:  Procurement Management, Government Acquisition, Negotiations, Business Fluctuations and Forecasting, Managerial Economics and Macroeconomics for Business.  Straight has received several awards and distinctions. He received the President’s Award from the Logistics Management Institute. He has also been accepted as a Fellow of the National Contract Management Association. Straight, holds a DBA and an MBA from the George Washington University, Washington, DC and a BA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.