Dr. Jang W. Ra, PhD, PMP
Professor and Founding Chair
Project Management Department
University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA)

Ph.D., Eng. Management, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1988 M.S., Industrial Eng., Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1987 M.S., Management Eng., Univ. of Bridgeport, 1983 B.S., Textile Eng., Han-Yang Univ., Korea, 1981 Executive Education, Logistics Management, Ohio State University, 2000

Taught at U of Pittsburgh, Portland State U, George Washington U, U of Alaska Fairbanks, HanYang U and UAA.

Published papers in ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, Journal of Construction Education, Decision Sciences Journal, PMI Global Congress, ….

Trained and consulted:
Alaska Air Group, Alaska DOT&PF, Alaska USA Credit Union, Alyeska Pipeline, Anvil, ASPE, ASRC Energy Services, Baker, Booz Allen Hamilton, BP, ConocoPhillips, Chugach Electric, CTG, Daegu University, EPS, North Slope Borough, Providence Hospital, SKW/Eskimos, State of Alaska ETS, U of Alaska, UAF Distance Education, USKH, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Coast Guard, US Public Health Service, etc.

Organized three international conferences in Anchorage:
The Institute of Management Science in 1996,
Pan-Pacific Business Conference in 2004,
The 4th International Conference on Project Management (ProMAC2008), September 15-18, 2008.