COL Krista Watts, Ph.D.

COL Krista Watts is the vice dean for operations at the United States Military Academy (USMA), where she also serves as an academy professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences.  

She earned a doctorate in biostatistics from Harvard University in 2013, an M.Sc. in operations research from the Naval Postgraduate School in 2005, and a bachelor's degree in operations research from USMA in 1996.  

COL Watts has served in a variety of tactical and operational assignments as an active-duty military police officer, most recently serving as director of operations research and statistics program in USMA mathematical science department and on several other committees and governance bodies at USMA.  

Her research interests focus on applied statistical analysis and include Bayesian methods for effect estimation and public health.