Larry is a tenured professor, he joined the college in 2005. He developed and managed a market research section for the American operation, (MOLAM), of one of the world’s top ocean carriers, Mitsui OSK Lines. He organized and led two summer semesters at sea for business administration students, courses included International Business, Global Logistics, and Import/Export on the California Maritime Academy's T.S. Golden Bear with field trips at port calls in Costa Rica, Chile, the Cocos Islands, and Mexico; Midway, Saipan, Busan, Naha, and Yokohama. He also initiated and obtained approval of a 5-course undergraduate Minor in Intermodal and Maritime Security at SUNY Maritime College, jointly offered by the Marine Transportation Department and the Department of Global Business and Transportation.
Dr. Howard initiated and obtained approval for a Supply Chain Management Advanced Certificate within the Master of Science degree program in International Transportation Management at SUNY Maritime College.
He designed and Directed Exercise Trojan Horse at SUNY Maritime College for three consecutive years; a public/private collaborative exercise of vessel and facility security plans under the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002.
He led the Department of Global Business and Transportation (GBAT) at SUNY Maritime College to candidate status with the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) for GBAT's Bachelor of Science program in International Transportation and Trade.
He was a GBAT Department Chair and co-chaired a task force on the International Transportation and Trade (ITT) BS Degree Program as part of the college-wide Academic Portfolio Review.
For many years Dr. Howard worked as an independent contractor and served as Independent Contractor on roster of instructors for US State Dept., Office of Antiterrorism Assistance) as of May 4, 2012 – July 1, 2013 (finished last contract as of June 22, 2012) Deco, Inc., Norfolk, VA, contractor to US Dept. of State, Office of Antiterrorism Assistance, Bureau of Diplomatic Security Page 10 of 18 • Taught, as part of a team of instructors, maritime port and harbor security in Aqaba, Jordan Orion Management LLC, Springfield, VA, contractor to US Dept. of State, Office of Antiterrorism Assistance, Bureau of Diplomatic Security • Taught, as part of a team of instructors, maritime port and harbor security in Varna, Bulgaria.
- B.A., Political Science, University of WA, Seattle
- M.A., Political Science, University of WA, Seattle
- Ph.D., Political Science, University of WA, Seattle Dissertation: “The Local and General Context of the Central American Court of Justice,” Seattle: UW
Designed and taught courses including: Global Supply Chain Security, Lectures in Contemporary Security Issues, Science and Technological Issues of Security (all undergraduate); Supply Chain I, Supply Chain II, Logistics within the Supply Chain, the Graduate Capstone Course in International Transportation Management (all graduate courses within the MS degree program in International Transportation Management). He also designed and thought an course at Upper Iowa University and California Maritime Academy (California State University), and University of Washington.
Books
Contributing author
Page 13 of 18 David Wold (editor) NxLevel Guide for Entrepreneurs (4th edition.) Sandy, Utah: September 2005; ISBN No. 1-931852-08-1. I was a contributing author, responsible for material on globalization and supply chain management. My work was done for the 4th edition edited by David Wold (editor) NxLevel Guide for Entrepreneurs (4th edition.) Sandy, Utah: September 2005; ISBN No. 1-931852-08-1. The 2009 5th edition continued to include my material. See: http://www.nxlevel.org/documents/OnlineEditions/E_Guide5_WEB.swf p.9.
David Wold (editor) NxLevel Guide for Business Start-ups (4th edition.) Sandy, Utah: September 2005; ISBN No. 1-931852-07-3 Coauthored with David Wold, Brandan Kearney, Johanna Leestma, and Rosanne Woods the following two books, textbooks for entrepreneurs engaging in international trade: Going Global Doing Business in the U.S.A. The NxLevel Foundation, Sandy, UT published Going Global in 2002.
Articles & Presentations
“The Cultural Context of the Supply Chain.” Co-authored with Jameela Androulidakis, Managing Partner for the Caribbean, Jigsaw & Associates, USA & Ezgi Uzel Aydınocak, Associate Professor, Beykoz Üniversitesi, Turkey. Presented at the 18th IACBE Conference, University of Malta virtual presentation #308, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. This paper is the draft of Chapter 2 for our book-in-progress, “The Integration of Supply, Demand and Value: A Coherent Theory of the Supply Chain.” Lawrence Howard, Professor, State University of New York Maritime College, USA, Jameela Androulidakis, Partner, Jigsaw & Associates, USA & Ezgi Uzel Aydınocak, Associate Professor, Beykoz Üniversitesi, Turkey. Blockchain Technology: Does it Offer Improved Supply Chain Security or a Pandora’s Box of Unintended Consequences? See https://www.atiner.gr/2021/2021TRA.pdf Because of the COVID19 pandemic, the presentation was never made in Athens. Paper being updated.
“Security as a Functional Area of Logistics within the Supply Chain,” a keynote presentation given at the 17th International Logistics and Supply Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, October 17, 2019. See http://lmscm2019.beykoz.edu.tr/keynote-speakers/
“The Insidious Bond between Political Correctness and Intolerance.” Originally presented in the SUNY Maritime College, Stephen B. Luce Library Lecture Series, Tuesday, February 5, 2019. Later published in the March 2019 issue of The New English Review, accessible at https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/the-insidious-bond-between-political-correctness- Page 14 of 18 and-intolerance/. The article is a follow-up to “Culture, Morality, and Ethics: The Interplay between Belief, Behavior and the Objective World.”
"Culture, Morality, and Ethics: The Interplay between Belief, Behavior and the Objective World." A paper presented in the SUNY Maritime College Faculty Conversations Series, Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at the Stephen B. Luce Library, SUNY Maritime College, Bronx, NY; later published in the December 2017 issue of the New English Review, accessible at: https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/culture-morality-and-ethics-theinterplay-between-belief-behavior-and-the-objective-world/ Carlos Jerome, Lawrence A. Howard, Ezgi Uzell, and Jameela Androulidakis. "Rapid firststage tests of on-ship infection, "WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs. January 2017. DOI 10.1007/s13437-016-0102-2. PP.89- https://www.academia.edu/25467779/Rapid_first_stage_tests_of_on_ship_infection
“The Historical, Legal, and Political Contexts of the Russian Annexation of Crimea.” The New English Review, February 28, 2015; also accessible at: https://www.academia.edu/25653307/The_Historical_Legal_and_Political_Contexts_of_the_ Russian_Annexation_of_Crimea Trends in Turkish Logistics Industry: 2014 2nd Quarter Results Beykoz Vocational School of Logistics, Istanbul Turkey. I edited the English edition, I did not author it. My colleague, Dr. Ezgi Uzel and her colleague at Beykoz, Dr. Ozlem Sanri, contributed to the English edition. The Researchers (co-authors) of the study were: Bülent TANLA (Consultant), Prof. Dr. Okan TUNA (Coordinator), Lecturer Aysun AKPOLAT (Developer of Data Collection Form), Tuğba GÜNGÖR (Data Collection and Reporting).
“The Human Factor in Securing Critical Infrastructure.” Presented on April 8, 2014 at the Critical Infrastructure Symposium, the Cheyenne Mountain Conference Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Available at (Note, you must log in to Academia.edu): https://www.academia.edu/9308047/The_Human_Factor_in_Securing_Critical_Infrastructure
“Biosecurity On-Ship: Prevention and Detection of and Response to Infectious Agents using RFTs.” Co-authored with Carlos Jerome, Ezgi Uzel, and Jameela Androulidakis, presented on July 2, 2013 by Ezgi Uzel at XXVI EURO INFORMS - European Conference on Operational Research July 1-4 2013, Rome, Italy. This paper was later revised and is published (see above) as an article in the World Maritime University’s Journal of Maritime Affairs, Carlos Jerome, Lawrence Howard, Ezgi Uzel, and Jameela Androulidakis. Journal of Marine Affairs. 2016. DOI 10.1007/s13437-016-0102-z. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301738466_Rapid_first-stage_tests_of_onship_infection
“Quantitatively Easing the U.S into a Long, Downward Slide” July 14, 2013. Blog Notes on Facebook. Accessible at: I have left Facebook, and unfortunately lost the original file for this blog article
“The Logic of Collaboration,” co-authored with Ezgi Uzel and Jameela Androulidakis; presented on May 25th by Ezgi Uzel at EBES (Eurasia Business and Economics Society) 2012 Conference – Istanbul, May 24-26 2012. Available at: https://www.academia.edu/25453025/The_Logic_of_Collaboration
“The Integration of Supply, Demand, and Value: A Coherent Theory of the Supply Chain,” co-authored with Ezgi Uzel and Jameela Androulidakis, presented by the authors at the International Conference on Applied Business and Economics (ICABE) at the University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece, September 29-October 1, 2011. The paper is published as: Lawrence Howard, Ezgi Uzel, and Jameela Androulidakis.
“The Integration of Supply, Demand, and Value: A Coherent Theory of the Supply Chain,” International Journal of Maritime, Trade & Economic Issues, Volume I, Issue (1), 2013, pp. 23-34. It is available online at: http://www.ersj.eu/repec/ers/pijmtei/13_1_p2.pdf
“Maritime Education and Training in Turkey: Current Issues and Some Recommendations for Future Development,” co-authored with Ezgi Uzel, presented at the Third Mare Forum, Istanbul, March 22, 2011
“A Maritime College Case Study of Cultural Engagement,” co-authored with Ezgi Uzel, presented at the 18th Conference of the International Maritime Lecturers’ Association in Shanghai October 20-23, 2010, published in the conference proceedings online at http://imla.co/sites/default/files/ProceedingsIMLA18.pdf. The article is on page 138 of the proceedings.
“SOLUTIONS/HOWARD: Dealing with the Somali pirates,” Washington Times, Sunday, May 10, 2009, retrieved on July 14, 2011 from http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/10/solutions-howard-dealing-with-somalipirates/?page=1
“In Hot Pursuit of Pirates,” Pirates Symposium at SUNY Maritime College, Bronx NY, Thursday, April 16, 2009
“The Cutting Edge in Graduate Education for the Maritime Industry,” Bahamas International Maritime Conference & Trade Show, the Westin and Sheraton at Our Lucaya, Grand Bahama Island, November 19, 2008.
“Trojan Horse, a Collaborative Security Exercise,” Maritime Homeland Security Summit, Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA), Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Charleston, South Carolina, April 3 2008.
“Form vs. Substance: A Case Study in Developing a Dynamic Project in Maritime Security,” May, 2007, Volume 2, Issue 3 of the Journal of Security Education.
“Global Business Transportation, Trade and the Concept of Unacceptable Danger,” December 2006, Volume 2, Issue 1 of the Journal of Security Education: New Directions in Education, Training, and Accreditation.
“Form vs. Substance: A Case Study in Developing a Dynamic Project to Enhance Skills and Knowledge in Maritime Security Education,” Mare Forum 2006, Astir Palace Hotel, Athens Greece, September 25-26, 2006.
“Joint IAMU Maritime Triad Project on Development of Training Courses, Qualifications, and Standards for Security Trainers and Instructors,” co-authored with Pavel Novikov. Dr. Novikov was unable to attend and I presented at the Fourth Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) STAR Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 24, 2006. This project later developed into the annual Trojan Horse exercises at SUNY Maritime College. The Page 16 of 18 PowerPoint presentation is available on the Internet at: http://aimp.apec.org/Documents/2006/CTTF/STAR/06_star_010.pdf
“Case Study: Initiating Security Training at California Maritime Academy,” Presentation made and short article submitted at the “SUNY-wide Conversation in the Disciplines: Scholarship in Homeland Security: Exploring the Intellectual Territory,” Rockefeller Institute of Government, Albany, NY, September 29, 2005.
“In the Aftermath of MTSA 2002: Some Implications for Emergency Responders,” PowerPoint presentation to the San Francisco Bay Chapter of the National Defense Transportation Association, Thursday, October 21, 2004.
“What is Good Cargo Security?” PowerPoint presentation made to the Cargo Seminar of the Proliferation Prevention and Arms Control Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Thursday March 25, 2004.
“The Security Climate in the Aftermath of 9/11,” PowerPoint presentation to the San Francisco Bay Chapter of the National Defense Transportation Association, October 9, 2003.
“DuPont’s Newest Lab Project Incorporates Partnership Approach: End User Ownership in Design Process Pays Off,” Tradeline Exclusive Case Report, April 25, 2002, available to the public until archived after 7 days at which time Tradeline subscription is required for access. See http://www.tradelineinc.com/ featured in menu selection, “Exclusive Reports.”
“Merck Collapses Project Timeline: Online Collaboration Speeds Up Design,” Tradeline Exclusive Case Report, April 17, 2002, available to the public until archived after 7 days at which time Tradeline subscription is required for access. See http://www.tradelineinc.com/ featured in menu selection, “Exclusive Reports.”
“What is the Value of Supply Chain Education?” discussion notes presented at the Council for Logistics Management San Francisco Roundtable, Santa Clara, CA, October 25, 2001.
“University of Illinois at Chicago Raises the Bar on Capital Project Management: Making the Campus a Place Where Contractors Like to Work,” FM Data Monthly, September 2001, available in original hardcopy magazine or in online archive through subscription to exclusive case reports at http://www.tradelineinc.com/.
“Framingham State Goes Wireless: New Technology Leaps Space and Cost Hurdles,” FM Data Monthly, July 2001, available in original hardcopy magazine or in online archive through subscription to exclusive case reports at http://www.tradelineinc.com/.
“The Impact of Globalization,” paper presented to the National Defense Transportation Association, Coast Guard Island, Alameda, CA, May 7, 2001. Available for access (Note that you have to log in to Academia.edu) at https://www.academia.edu/34291946/The_Impact_of_Globalizatio Applications,” FM DATA Monthly, March 2001, available in original hardcopy magazine or in online archive through subscription to exclusive case reports at http://www.tradelineinc.com/. Page 17 of 18
“New Best Practices in Facilities Management” FM DATA Monthly, October 2000, available in original hardcopy magazine or in online archive through subscription to exclusive case reports at http://www.tradelineinc.com/.
"Satisfaction in the Balance at UC San Diego: Balanced Scorecard Increases Productivity, Saves $6 Million," FM DATA Monthly, June 2000, available in original hardcopy magazine or in online archive through subscription to exclusive case reports at http://www.tradelineinc.com/.
“Access to Education Anyplace at Any time,” FM DATA Monthly, February 2000, available in original hardcopy magazine or in online archive through subscription to exclusive case reports at http://www.tradelineinc.com/.
"Com-Ed 'Drills Down' to Best-in-Class Efficiency," FM DATA Monthly, December 1999, available in original hardcopy magazine or in online archive through subscription to exclusive case reports at http://www.tradelineinc.com/.
The following Ledger Dispatch articles are not accessible online, and are, to the best of my knowledge, archived by the owners of the now-defunct Antioch, California newspaper.
“Searching Questions Tend to Stir Exasperation,” Ledger Dispatch, June 20, 1998, p. A10
“What Would Harry Truman Say About the Dirt?” Ledger Dispatch, May 16, 1998, p. A10
“Antioch Beginning to Mirror Nation on Accountability,” Ledger Dispatch, March 18, 1998, p. A6.
“It’s a Question of Quality of Jobs in Antioch,” The Ledger Dispatch, December 13, 1997, p. A12.
"The APL-NOL Deal: Selling American Sovereignty," The Journal of Commerce, April 30, 1997, p. 4A.
"China Policy ad nauseam," The Journal of Commerce, December 30, 1996, p. 6A.
"Conservative Actions: A Comparison of the Invasions of Vietnam and Afghanistan," The Turkish Yearbook of International Law, vol. xx, 1980-1981. My article reflected the content of a class I taught at the University of Puget Sound in 1982, Advanced International Politics.
"The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea and the Treaty/Custom Dichotomy," Texas International Law Journal, vol. 16, no. 3 I gave this article as a paper at the 22nd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Philadelphia, PA, March 18-21, 1981
"The Individual and the Collective in Treaties East and West," Towson State Journal of International Affairs, vol. xv, no. 2. I based this article on my MA project.