LTC Lolita Burrell, Ph.D.

LTC Lolita Burrell is an associate professor and program director for the Department of Behavioral Science & Leadership (BSL) at the United States Military Academy (USMA).

She began her military career at the Army Medical Department Officer Basic Course at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where she was commissioned as a captain in the Medical Service Corps. Before entering active duty, she completed a B.S. at Delaware State University and earned her Ph.D. in medical psychology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. 

From 1999-2003, LTC Burrell served as a research psychologist at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, where she studied soldier and family health and readiness issues. From 2003-07, she served as the chief of the medical research Unit for the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine at its satellite facility at Fort Bragg. She then served as a BSL faculty member from 2007-12 at USMA. LTC Burrell was a member of the Joint Mental Health Advisory Team-8 before her assignment as deputy director of the Plans, Programs, Analysis and Evaluation Directorate at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. 

She has completed the Army Medical Department Basic and Officer Advanced Courses, the Combined Armed Services and Staff School, and Intermediate Level Education. She is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps and is Level 3 Acquisition certified in science and technology management and Level 1 certified in program management. She also has a certificate for training in advanced critical incident stress management.