Instructors

JEFFREY S. GRAFTON, Associate Professor
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
• Managing Editor – The Management of Security Cooperation, 2012-present.
• Associate Professor - Acquisition Curriculum Functional Coordinator, Defense Institute of Security Cooperation Studies, 2002-present
• Acquisition Management Specialist - Product Support Business Area: Planning, Programming and Budgeting; HQ AFMC, Directorate of Requirements, 1998-2002
• Supply Manager, Peace Shield Site Activation Task Force (C3 and Ground Radar Sites), Electronic Systems Center - Detachment 16, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1995-1998
• Logistics Manager – Peace Hawk F-5 and Base Support Program, Arabian Programs Division – Fighter Branch, Air Force Security Assistance Center, 1994-1995
• Graduate Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1993-1994
• Logistics Support Manager, Peace Vector IV F-16 Program, Egyptian Division, Air Force Security Assistance Center, 1992-1993
• Foreign Military Sales (FMS) AFMC Command Country Manager – Tunisia, African Branch, Air Force Security Assistance Center, 1988-1992
• FMS Case Manager, Korean Division, Air Force Security Assistance Center, 1985-1987
• FMS Supply Specialist, Korean Division, Air Force Security Assistance Center, 1983-1985

EDUCATION
• M.S., Air Force Institute of Technology, 1994, Acquisition Logistics
• B.A., Cedarville College, 1983, Business Administration

MILITARY SCHOOLS
• Air Command and Staff College (Seminar), Air University
• Squadron Officer School (Residence), Air University

SPECIALIZED COURSES
• DoD Executive Leadership Development Program
• Advanced Program Management Course, Defense Systems Management College
• Intermediate Systems Acquisition, Defense Acquisition University
• Contract Management for Program Managers, Defense Systems Management College
• Executive Acquisition Logistics Course, Defense Acquisition University
• Deputy Program Manager for Logistics, Air Force Institute of Technology
• Provisioning Management, Air Force Institute of Technology

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
• DoD International Affairs Certification Level III, 2006
• Acquisition Professional Development Program Level III – Program Management, 2001
• Acquisition Professional Development Program Level III – Acquisition Logistics, 2000

JOANNE B. HAWKINS, Professor 
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Dr. Joanne Hawkins is the lead Security Cooperation (SC) Process instructor at the Defense Institute of Security Cooperation Studies (DISCS).  She holds a doctorate degree in adult education and instructional design from Capella University, MN, and is responsible for all SC policy and process-oriented content in DISCS courses.  From 1996 to 2014 she was the lead instructor of SC Logistics, specializing in supply management, distribution, transportation, technology transfer and export control topics.  She designed and managed the DISCS Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Logistics Support Course. Dr. Hawkins is also a lead instructor of FMS financial management and general security cooperation programs.  Dr. Hawkins served 21 years as an Army logistician in the Quartermaster Corps from 1980 to 2001 before transitioning to a civilian career with DISCS.  While in the Army, Dr. Hawkins taught logistics for the Army Quartermaster Center and School’s Officer Advanced Course at Fort Lee, VA, and served as the Course Management and Educational Product Development branch chief for the QMCS.  Dr. Hawkins held additional logistics management assignments in Fort Bragg, NC, Korea and Germany, before her final assignment at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, where she retired, and subsequently was hired in 2001 by the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management to develop and oversee logistics instruction for the FMS community.  She has published articles on logistics and foreign military sales support in the DISAM Journal, the Army Quartermaster Magazine and the Army Logistician magazines.

EDUCATION
• PhD. Capella University, Minnesota, 2011 (Adult Education and Instructional Design)
• Certificate in College Teaching, Capella University, Minnesota, 2009
• M.S. Central Michigan University, 1993, (Personnel Administration)
• M. Ed.  Campbell University of North Carolina, 1984, (Secondary Education)
• B.A.  University of Miami, 1981, (Communication)

MILITARY SCHOOLS
• International Security and Technology Transfer Control Course, Defense Acquisition University, Dayton, OH 2009
• System Acquisition Management, Defense Acquisition University, Dayton, OH 2000
• Acquisition Logistics, Defense Acquisition University, Dayton, OH, 2000
• US Navy Hazardous Materials Certification Course, Athens, GA, 1999
• US Department of State Foreign Service Officer Course, Washington DC, 1993
• US Army Command and General Staff College, 1989
• Supply and Services Management Course, Fort Lee, VA, 1989
• Combined Arms Services Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 1987