United States Military Academy alumnus COL (R) Scott Gerber ’91 joined the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) as an adjunct research staff member in the Joint Advanced Warfighting Division of IDA’s Systems and Analyses Center.

Gerber earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from West Point in 1991. He earned his master’s degree in engineering management from the University of Kansas in 2004 and his doctoral degree in political science from Johns Hopkins University in 2019. Gerber is a member of the Association of the United States Army and the Army Strategists Association.

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