Dr. Shashi Kumar is the Academic Dean at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, and has participated in IHRDC instructional programs since 1994. Prior to joining USMMA, Dr. Kumar was the Founding Dean and Professor at the Loeb-Sullivan School of International Business and Logistics at Maine Maritime Academy. His areas of teaching have included International Business, International Logistics, International Transportation, Managerial Economics, and Transportation Economics and Policies. Dr. Kumar is a licensed Master Mariner (U.K.), and has an M.S. degree in Maritime (Business) Management from Maine Maritime Academy and a Ph.D. in Maritime Economics from the University of Wales, United Kingdom.