Jodi E. McCallum

Jodi E. McCallum serves as a Lecturer and member of the contracting faculty at the Air Force Institute of Technology's School of Systems & Logistics (AFIT/LS). With over 15 years of experience in the acquisition workforce, she brings extensive practical knowledge to her academic role at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Her research interests focus on government contracting, acquisitions, and negotiation strategies. McCallum specializes in Contracting Processes and Procedures, Contracting Regulations, Services Contracts, Source Selections, Government Property management, Quality Assurance, and Post-award administration. Her expertise bridges academic theory with real-world defense acquisition challenges.

As a subject-matter expert for Contracting, McCallum performs diverse duties including instruction, curriculum development, administration, research, and consultation in support of AFIT's mission to educate defense professionals. She serves as course director and principal instructor for key programs that train military contracting personnel.

• Mission Ready Contracting course (MRC 103) - the Air & Space Force's badge-awarding course for contracting professionals
• SYS 166 Interest Based Negotiations (now SYS 167 Command the Deal: Leveraging Negotiation Psychology for Mission Success)

McCallum is also a proud veteran of the United States Navy and the New Mexico Army National Guard who joined the Department of the Air Force in 2008. Her military service complements her academic work by providing practical context for her instruction.