Alicia Ellis

Dr. Alicia Ellis is a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University, where she directs the Master of Arts in Global Security program and leads a university-wide effort examining agriculture and food systems as critical national-security infrastructure. Her research explores how supply chains, land use, and food production are increasingly shaped by strategic competition, economic coercion, and non-kinetic forms of conflict. A former Air Force officer, she deployed twice as an Air Battle Manager in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. She later served as a Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Financial Research and the State Department’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. At ASU, she develops applied research initiatives and scenario-based engagements that connect academic analysis with practitioner needs. She and her husband operate a regenerative farm in Arizona’s east valley.