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3 President’s Letter Message from DSI President Hartley
4 From the Editor Maling Ebrahimpour provides an overview of this issue.
23 From the Regions Updates from DSI Regions
34 RegionalOfficers
36 OpenAcademicPositions
40 Past Presidents
41 DSI Fellows
42 Calendar
42 DSI Membership Rates
SPECIAL REPORTS
6 2019DSIAnnualConferenceDetails
10 2019 Consortia Update
15 BeaConferenceBuddy
16 DSI Board Update
17 DSI Members in the News
18 From the Bookshelf – Book Review for “Zealot: The
Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth (2013)”
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President Hartley Shares Some 2019 Conference Highlights
Our50thAnniversarycelebrationinNewOrleans is almost here! Join us as we travelbackto1969andrevisitourhumblebeginnings as well as honor those who chartedourpathforward.With1674presentationsandover40workshopsonresearch,teachingandlearningandprofessionaldevelopment,Iamconfidenttheconferencewillbeinterestingandinspirational! >> More
2019 Conference Schedule Packed with Special Events
ThisyearDSItakesourtraditionalWel-comeReceptiontoanewlevel!Insteadoftheusualhosthotellocation,thiseventwillcelebrateourconferencerootsatMardiGrasWorld,aworkingdesignandartstu-dioforparadefloatsandcostumes. >> More
Book Review for “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth (2013)” by Reza Aslan, Reviewed by Mehmet Yalcin
“Fromthehumanperspective,therearealwaysatleasttwoorthogonalsidestoastory.Ifyouthinkthisstatementdoesnotmakesense,youmightjustbestrengtheningitsargument.”.>>More
Regions Share Call for Papers; MWDSI Recaps 2019 Conference
DSIregionsgearupfortheir2020con-ferenceswithCallforPapersalreadyopen and submission deadlines drawing near.MWDSIheldits2019conferenceinIndianapolis,INwithasuccessfulone-dayconferenceatButlerUniversity.>>More
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DECISION LINEAScholarlyMagazineoftheDecisionSciencesInstitute Vol.50,No.5 OCTOBER 2019
DSI / DECISION LINE 2OCTOBER 2019
2019-2020 DECISION SCIENCES INSTITUTE OFFICERSPresident JanetHartley,BowlingGreenStateUniversityPresident Elect VijayKannan,UtahStateUniversityImmediate Past President M.JohnnyRungtusanatham,TheOhioStateUniversityVice President for Finance (Treasurer) AlanMackelprang,GeorgiaSouthernUniversitySecretary AnthonyRoss,UniversityofWisconsin-MilwaukeeFunctional Vice Presidents:
Vice President for Global Activities WendyTate,UniversityofTennessee-KnoxvilleVice President for Marketing DavidDobrzykowski,BowlingGreenStateUniversityVice President for Member Services ShananGibson,TexasA&MUniversityVice President for Professional Development SriramNarayanan,MichiganStateUniversityVice President for Publications ShawneeVickery,MichiganStateUniversityVice President for Technology NatalieSimpson,UniversityatBuffalo-SUNYVice President for the Americas Division PeggyDanielsLee,IndianaUniversityVice President for the Asia-Pacific Division EBKhedkar,AjeenkyaDYPatilUniversityVice President for the European Division CarmeladiMauro,UniversitàdiCataniaExecutive Director VivianLandrum,UniversityofHouston
Decision Sciences Journal Co-Editors CheriSpeier-Pero,MichiganStateUniversity MarkFerguson,UniversityofSouthCarolinaDecision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education Editor MatthewDrake,DuquesneUniversityDecision Line Editor MalingEbrahimpour,UniversityofRhodeIsland2019 Program Chair KevinLinderman,UniversityofMinnesota-TwinCities2019 Associate Program Chairs CarmelaDiMauro,UniversityofCatania DongliZhang,FordhanUniversity ThomasKull,ArizonaStateUniversityAnnual Meeting Webmaster and CMS Manager StephenOstrom,ArizonaStateUniversityRegional Presidents
European JanOlhager,LundUniversityIndian Subcontinent M.P.Jaiswal,IndianInstituteofManagementMidwest SanjayKumar,ValparaisoUniversityNortheast DouglasHales,UniversityofRhodeIslandSoutheast TobinTurner,PresbyterianCollegeSouthwest KhaledAlshare,QatarUniversityWestern OmerBenli,CaliforniaStateUniversity-LongBeach
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DSI / DECISION LINE 3OCTOBER 2019
Janet Hartley2019 - 2020 DSI President
Our50thAnniversarycelebrationinNewOrleansis
almosthere!Joinusaswetravelbackto1969and
revisit our humble beginnings as well as honor those
whochartedourpathforward.
The2019conferenceteam,KevinLindermanTomKull,
CarmelaDiMauro,andDongliZhanghaveputtogeth-
eranexcellentprogramonthethemeofTransforming
DecisionSciencesthroughEmergentTechnologies.
With1674presentationsandover40workshopson
research,teachingandlearningandprofessional
development,Iamconfidenttheconferencewillbe
interesting and inspirational! I want to note a few of the
highlightsofthisyear’sconference.Besuretocheck
outthecompletescheduleontheDSIwebsite.
• Thekeynoteaddresses,StrategyandStructure:
VisualizingComplexEcosystemsonSaturday
andTechnologyPoweringtheEvolutionofSupply
ChainFinancingonSundaywillbeimmediately
followedbyinteractiveworkshopsthatwillallowyou
toexplorehowtointegratetheconceptsintoyour
research.
• JoinEditorsCheriSpeier-PeroandMarkFerguson
andthisyear’sDecisionSciencesbestpaperfinal-
istsat1-2:30pmSundayafternoontogaininsights
on what it takes to develop an award winning
researcharticle.
• Meet11editorsandassociateeditorsoftopjournals
includingJournalofOperationsManagement,
JournalofSupplyChainManagement,Journalof
BusinessLogistics,andMISQuarterlyonMonday
at8am.
• Stayonthecuttingedgeinteachingandlearning
indatadrivendecision-makingduring13sessions
organizedbytheData,AnalyticsandStatistics
InstructionSpecialInterestgroup.
• Doyouteachstudentsglobally?Fiveexperienced
educatorswillsharetheirinsightsandstrategiesfor
effectiveinstructionintheTeachingintheGlobal
ContextworkshopofferedonSundayat2:50pm.
• Getabehindthesceneslookathowthoseiconic
MardiGrasfloatsaremadeduringtheWelcome
ReceptiononSaturdayfrom6:30-8:30pm.Trans-
portationtoandfromthehotelisprovided.
• WhenwecometogetherattheSunday’sPresi-
dent’sReceptionandDinnerBanquet,wewill
celebrateourpast,presentandfutureintrueDSI
stylewithaspecialnodtoourfoundingmembers
andpastleaders.Wewillalsorecognizethe2019
DSIFellows,LifetimeDistinguishedEducator,and
DennisE.GrawoigDistinguishedServiceAward
recipients.
Note,asyouaremakingyourtravelplans,remember
theconferenceisscheduledfrom8amonSaturday
Nov.23until6pmonMondayNov.25,withsessions
scheduledthroughout.
StayconnectedwithDSIthroughouttheyearbypar-
ticipatinginoneofthefourUSregionalconferences
plannedbySEDSI(Feb.12-14),SWDSI(March11-
14),NEDSI(March26-28),andWDSI(April7-10)or
theinternationalconferencesplannedbyISDSI(Dec
27-30)andEDSIinJune2020.Ourregionalandin-
ternationalconferencesplayacriticalroleinproviding
avenuefornetworkingandfacilitatingknowledge.
ThecontinuedsuccessofDSIdependsuponyou.
Considersharingyourtimeandexpertisebyserving
onaDSIcommittee.Thetermofthecommitteesbe-
ginsinMay.Ifyouareinterestedingettinginvolved,
JanetHartley
DSI 2019-2020 President
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Maling Ebrahimpour is the Dean and Professor of Supply Chain in the College of Business at The University of Rhode Island. He is an active researcher and has authored or coauthored over 100 articles that have been published in scientific journals and proceedings. Most of his work focuses on various issues of quality in both service and manufac-turing companies. He received his PhD in busi-ness administration from University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has served on the editorial review board of several journals, including Journal of Quality Management, Journal of Operations Management, and Inter-national Journalof Production Research. [email protected]
DECISION LINE FEATURE EDITORS:
Dean’s Perspective,MalingEbrahimpour,UniversityofRhodeIsland [email protected]
Doctoral Issues,VarunGrover,UniversityofArkansas, [email protected]
Ecommerce, KennethE.Kendall,Rutgers,[email protected]
From the Bookshelf,FeatureEditor,MehmetG.Yalcin,Univer-sityofRhodeIsland,[email protected]
In the Classroom,KathrynZuckweiler,[email protected]
Analytics and Data Science,SubhashishSamaddar,GeorgiaStateUniversity,[email protected]
Information Technology,SilvanaTrimi,UniversityofNebraska-Lincoln,[email protected]
In the News, VivianLandrum,DecisionSciencesInstitute, [email protected]
International Issues,MinooTehrani,RogerWilliamsUniversity,[email protected]
Membership Roundtable,GyulaVastag,[email protected]
Supply Chain Management,DanielA.Samson,UniversityofMelbourne,[email protected]
Research Issues,MahyarAmouzegar,UniversityofNewOr-leans,[email protected]
Dearreaders,asyoureadthisissueof
theDecisionline,youwillnoticethatthe
emphasisisontheAnnualConference
inNewOrleansthatcoincideswiththe
DSI’s50thAnniversary.Bynow,youare
readyandpackedandcountingdaysfor
thisyear’sspecialannualconference
celebratingDSI’sGoldenAnniversary.
Theprogramcommitteehascomplied
agroupoftrackchairsthathavedone
amarvelousjobofputtingtogethera
mostwonderfulprogram,bothinterms
ofscientificactivitiesaswellasnewand
differentsocialeventscelebratingour
GoldenAnniversary.Pleasereadthis
issueofDecisionLineandlearnaboutso
manypowerfulsessionsthathavebeen
organizedbytheprogramcommittee.
PresidentHartley,DSIBoard,Organizing
Committee,andIarelookingforwardto
seeingyouatthiseventthathighlights
thecollectiveeffortsoftheorganizing
teamandallmemberswhohavecontrib-
utedtothisyear’sconference.
Inhermessagetoourmembership,
PresidentHartleyencouragesyouallto
participateinthisyear’sconferenceand
sheshareswithyousomeofthehigh-
lightsoftheconference.Furthermore,
sheasksthememberstobeactiveand
participatebyservinginvariouscommit-
teesandsharingyourthoughtsandideas
withtheboardandotherofficersofDSI.
WeinviteyoutobeaDSIConference
Buddy.Pleasereadtheshortsegment
inthisissuetolearnmoreaboutthis.In
addition,thereisnewsfromvariousre-
gionsandcallforpapers.Wehopethat
thesewillintrigueyourcuriosityandyou
will plan to attend one or more of these
regionalmeetings.
DSI’sExecutiveDirector,VivianLan-
drum,providesanupdatefromDSIboard
andcommittees.Pleasereadherupdate
asitcontainsalotofimportantinforma-
tionaboutDSIanditsvariousregions.
DSImemberstoriestellyouaboutKen
andJulieKendall’sadventureintheworld
oftheaterwheretheyhelpedatheater
companytorelocatefromNewOrleans
tothePhiladelphiaarea.Theytalkabout
howKenplayedavitalroleintherebirth
ofthistheaterduetohisexperience
servingasthepresidentofDSI.Ashort
butinterestingstoryaboutanindirect
influenceofexperiencegainedthrough
servingDSI.
MehmetYalcin,theFeatureeditorof
FromtheBookshelf,hasreviewedabook
titled Zealot: The Life and Time of Jesus
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DSI / DECISION LINE 5OCTOBER 2019
ofNazarethbyRezaAslan.Yalcinidenti-
fiesthreeintriguingmainpointsinthis
book.Theyare:Author’spassionabout
thesubjectmatter,thevalueofarchival
datainresearchingdifficultmatters,and
themostintriguingofall-thateverything
hasasupplychainincludingreligion.
ThisisaveryinterestingbookandI
highlyencourageourreaderstoreadthe
bookreview,andiftheyfinditinteresting,
toreadthebook.
Asalways,Iencourageyou,ourreader,
toshareyouropinions,ideaswithusby
sending them to me at mebrahimpour@
uri.edu,oryoumaysendthemtothefea-
tureeditorsasshowninthissection.
Iamlookingforwardtoreadingyourar-
ticlesforinclusioninDecisionLine.
MalingEbrahimpour,PhD
Editor
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DSI / DECISION LINE 6OCTOBER 2019
2019
ANN
UAL
CONF
EREN
CE THE 50TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE DECISION SCIENCES INSTITUTE
New Orleans, LANovember 23 – 25, 2019
Transforming Decision Sciences through Emergent Technologies
By Vivian Landrum, Executive Director
DSI’s2019AnnualConferencewilltakeplaceNo-
vember23-25attheNewOrleansMarriott,New
Orleans,LA.Thethemeforthisyear’sconferenceis
Transforming Decision Sciences through Emer-gent Technologies.Wewillbecelebrating50years
ofserviceandhaveseveralspecialeventsplanned.If
youareonthefenceaboutwhethertoattend,readon!
Thisyeartheconferencefeatures27tracks,four
consortias,over40workshopsandpanels,competi-
tions,aNASAplanttouraswellaskeynotes,awards
andreceptions.Thisyearthereareseveralnew
researchtracksandmanyinterestingandinforma-
tiveprofessionaldevelopmentworkshopsoffered.To
viewtheentireschedulevisittheDSIhomepageat
decisionsciences.org.Formoredetailedinformationon
allthingshappening,visitthe
conferencewebpageathttps://
decisionsciences.org/annual-
meetings/national-dsi/.
SPECIAL EVENTS
DSI Welcome Reception, Saturday November 23, 6:30 – 8:30 pmWeareinNewOrleansto
celebrate,correct?Whatbetter
waytodothisthantieintothe
themeofthecity.ThisyearDSI
takesourtraditionalWelcome
Receptiontoanewlevel!
Insteadoftheusualhosthotellocation,thiseventwill
celebrateourconferencerootsatMardiGrasWorld,
aworkingdesignandartstudioforparadefloats
andcostumes.MardiGrasWorldwasconceivedby
RoyKern,alocalartistandsignpainterwhobegan
designingparadefloatsin1932.KernStudioswas
foundedin1947andhebecameNewOrleansleading
paradedesignerandbuilder.In1984,aftersomany
requestsforprivatetours,MardiGrasWorldwas
openedtothepublictoprovidevisitorsabehind-the-
sceneslookatthehugecolorfulfloatsandlarger-than
–lifepropsseenduringtheBigEasy’sunforgettable
parades.
Attendeeswillhavetheopportunitytotakepictures,
visitwithdocentsandartistsandstrolltheaislesof
floatsandpropsduringthistwo-hourreception.Drinks
and light hors d’oeuvres will be offered as attend-
eeswillbeabletonetworkwithcolleaguesinafun,
MardiGrasstyleatmosphere!Transportationwillbe
providedto/fromthehotelstartingat6pm.It’sashort
distancetoMardiGrasWorld,butitisnotwalkable,
duetoroadwaysandtraffic.Ourcomfortablebus
transportationwillbethebestwaytogetthere.
President’s Reception and Dinner Banquet, Sunday November 24, 6 – 9 pmYouwillnotwanttomissthisveryspecialevening,
asDSIcelebratesitshistory,accomplishmentsand
future.ThePresident’sReception,takingplacefrom6
–7pmoffersattendeestimetomingleandreconnect
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CE CONT. FROM PG. 6 withfriends,oldandnew.Dinnerwillcommenceat7
pm.Achangefromlastyear,thisyearthedistribution
ofawardsandrecognitionswilltakeplaceovertwo
days.Instituteawardsandrecognitions,suchasthe
Fellowannouncement,theDennisE.GrawoigDistin-
guishedServiceAward,theDSILifetimeDistinguished
EducatorAwardandtheCarolJ.LattaMemorialDSI
EmergingLeadershipAwardwilltakeplaceduringthis
eveningbanquet.Aspecialvideowillbepresented
sharingDSI’spast,presentandfuture.Allconference
awardswillbepresentedattheMondayluncheon.
Guestswillwanttostayafter
theprogramconcludesas
AliciaReneeandherBlue
EyesQuartetwillbeproviding
entertainmentfordancingor
justenjoyingsomegreatjazz
music.AliciaRenee’svoice
hasbeendescribedasamixof
AmyWinehouse,ArethaFrank-
linandWhitneyHouston.VIBEmagazineisquotedas
saying,“peoplearecallingherthenextBillieHoliday.”
QuincyJonesdescribesAliciaas“Abeautifulvoice,full
oftalentforyearstocome.”
DSI Luncheon Hosted by the Fellows, Monday No-vember 25, 11:30 am – 1 pmAtthisluncheon,winnersoftheconferenceawardswill
beannouncedandrecognized.ThisincludesallBest
PaperawardsaswellastheBuffaDoctoralDisserta-
tionAward,theInstructionalInnovationAwardandthe
PMIInstructionalCaseWritingCompetitionawardwin-
ner.Besuretomakeplanstoattendtheentireconfer-
ence–fromSaturdaythruMondayafternoon!
REMEMBER–alltheseeventsareincludedinyour
conferenceregistrationfee!
MOBILE CONFERENCE APP
Followingthesuccessoflastyear’sdebut,DSI’smo-
bileconferenceappallowsforreal-timeconnections
andcommunication.Attendeeswillbeabletodown-
loadtheschedulethatstaysaccessibleevenwithout
wi-fi.Apersonalizeditinerarycanbecreatedaswell.
Alldataisavailable,includingsubmissions,authors
andsessions.Instantnotificationscanbesentout
wheneverthereisachangeofplan.Attendeeswill
beabletomakeconnections,sendprivatemessages
andcreateposts.Withtheuseofthisapp,thehard-
copyprogramwillnotincludereprintsofabstractsas
theycanbefoundintheapp.Thustheprogramwill
containfarfewerprintedpages.DSIisproudtomove
inaneco-friendlydirection!Oncetheappisavailable,
allattendeeswillbesentanemailtoremindeveryone
todownloadtheappbeforetheconference.Theapp
isscheduledtobeopenedatleastoneweekpriorto
theconference.
NASA MICHOUD ASSEMBLY PLANT TOUR
DSIisproudtoofferalimitedopportunitytotourthe
NASAMichoudAssemblyFacilityinNewOrleans,
whichisaworld-classmanufacturingfacilityprovid-
ingvitalsupporttoNASAexplorationanddiscovery
missions.Michoudisuniqueinthatitcontainsoneof
thelargestproductionbuildingsinthenation.Thistour
waslimitedto45participantsandwasofferedonFri-
day,November22onafirst-come,first-servebasis.It
quicklysoldoutwithawaitlistaswell.Unfortunately
thereisnolongeranopportunityforanyonewhohas
notalreadysignedupforthistour.Forthoselucky45
DSI / DECISION LINE 8OCTOBER 2019
2019
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EREN
CE CONT. FROM PG. 7 whomadethecut–youwillbeprovidedmoreinforma-
tiononwheretomeet,etc.closertotheevent.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Friday, November 22 Conference Registrationopensat12noon.Makeplanstocheckintothehosthotelandthentakeadvan-
tageofthenearbyactivitiesandrestaurantsavailable.
TheNasaMichoudPlantTourwilltakeplacefrom12
noon–5pm.Meetinthehotellobby.
Saturday, November 23
Conference registrationwillopenat7am.Thecon-
ferenceofficiallyopenswithpresentations,workshops
andconsortiastartingat8:00amandavarietyofedu-
cationalExhibitorsopeningat9am. The first keynote speaker will present. Rahul Basole, Managing Di-
rector&GlobalLead,VisualDataScience,Accenture
willofferhiskeynoteentitled:StrategyandStructure:
VisualizingComplexEcosystemsfrom1–2:30pm
inGalerie2.A New Member Welcome Reception
willtakeplacefrom5–6pmintheRiverviewIarea
onthe41stFloorwithhostedbeveragesandoffers
anintimatenetworkingopportunityfornewlyjoined
DSImemberstomeetandconnectwithcontempo-
rariesbeforethelargerWelcomeReception.New
Memberribbonrequiredforentrance.Finally,greet
oldcolleaguesandmeetnewoneswhileenjoying
savoryfoodanddrinkattheDSI Welcome Recep-tionbeginningat6:30pmatMardiGrasWorld.Bus
transportationwillbeprovidedto/fromtheevent.
Sunday, November 19 Anotherfulldayinstorewiththe2nd keynote by Anubhav Shrivastava,FinanceHead,CitibankNAand Dale Rogers,ONSemiconductorProfessorofBusinessatArizonaStateUniversity.Theirkeynote
Technology Powering the Evolution of Supply Chain
Financingsbeginsat10aminGalerie2.
The President’s Receptionwillstartat6pminBis-
sonet/Carondelet with the Dinner Banquet imme-
Asareminder,attendeesoftheDSIAnnualConfer-
encearerequiredtobeDecisionSciencesInstitute
membersasofthedateoftheconference.TojoinDSI
orrenewyourDSImembership,pleasegotowww.
decisionsciences.org.Note:DSImemberscominginto
thenewmembermanagementsystemforthefirsttime
willneedtoCreateYourAccountfirst.Thiswillallow
theGrowthZonesystemtolocateyourexistingrecord
andallowyoutosetupyourpassword.Memberswho
Regular Late/OnsiteDeadline/Registerby Oct.28 Oct.29-Nov25
Regular:Domestic/International $550 $600
Emeritus $250 $275
Student $160 $185
CONFERENCE REGISTRATIOIN
RegistrationRegistrationisopenonline.
needtorenewwillfindtheirrenewalinvoiceintheir
AccountstablocatedintheirInfoHub.DONOTJOIN
AGAINIFYOUHAVEACURRENTMEMBERSHIP.
Torenew,youmustpaytheinvoicealreadyinyour
account.Ifyouraccountismorethantwomonthspast
due,yourmembershiphasexpired.Toreactivate,then
youmustJoinagainandyouroldandnewrecordswill
bemerged.PleasecontacttheHomeOfficewithany
questions.
DSI / DECISION LINE 9OCTOBER 2019
2019
ANN
UAL
CONF
EREN
CE CONT. FROM PG. 8 diatelyfollowingat7pm.Enjoysumptuousfoodand
drinkatthisgaladinnerwhichwillrecognizeInstitute
awardrecipientsaswellascelebrateDSI’spast,pres-
entandfuture.Featuredentertainment,AliciaRenee,
willperformwithherjazzband.
Monday, November 20 Be sure to attend the DSI Annual Business Meeting
from7-8amonMondaymorninginGalerie1.Presi-
dentHartleywillprovideanupdateonDSIactivities
andsharetheDSIvisiongoingforward.
Thisisthelastdayofsessions,exhibitors,meetings
andinterviews.Aseatedluncheon, hosted by the DSI Fellows,willbeginat11:30aminCarondeletwiththeconferenceawardshandedout.Allfinalistsand
competitionwinnersareexpectedtoattend.Remember
sessionscontinuethroughto6pmonthisday!
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Deadline of October 31 to Receive Rate of $190
The host hotel for the 50th Annual Meeting is the New
OrleansMarriott,locatedat555CanalStreet,New
Orleans,LA70130.ThishoteloverlookstheFrench
QuarterandtheMississippiRiver.Thehotelisa42
story,449(137m)–tallskyscraperandistheseventh
tallestbuildinginNewOrleans.TheDSIcontracted
nightlyroomrateis$190pernightforasingleor
doubleoccupancy.
Registerearlytoreceivethegreatestvalue.When
makingyourhotelreservationsfortheconference,
usethesecureonlinereservationportalfoundonour
DSIwebsite.Weareawaretheremaybeotheronline
bookingsitesthatmayofferaslightlylowerratethan
ourcontracted$190pernightrate.Howeverbesure
tobookyourstayatthehosthotel,theNewOrleans
Marriott,astransportationto/fromthehotelmay
makeitmorecostly.Inaddition,DSIiscommittedto
aspecificblockofroomsandwillberequiredtopay
penaltiesifthequotaisnotmet.
Reservations must be made by October 31 to receive the contracted rate. Visit the DSI website
andmakeyourreservationstoday.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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DSI / DECISION LINE 10OCTOBER 2019
CONSORTIA
The2019DSIAnnualConferenceofferstwohalf-day
doctoralconsortiaforPh.D.studentsindifferentstages
ofcompletion–Doctoral Student Consortium for Pre-Proposal Defense Stage Students and Doctoral Student Consortium for Post-Proposal Defense Stage Students.Inaddition,twohalf-dayfacultydevelopmentconsortiaarealsoofferedforthoseindif-
ferentstagesoftheircareer–New Faculty Develop-ment Consortium and Mid-Career Faculty Develop-ment Consortium.
Participantsoftheconsortiaareinvitedtoalun-
cheonco-hostedbyAlphaIotaDeltaandwillreceive
certificates.Althoughthestateddeadlinetoapply
haspassed,someoftheconsortiacoordinatorswill
continuetoacceptapplicationsuntilOctober20.Ifyou
wouldliketoparticipateinoneofthebelowconsortia,
pleasecontacttheHomeOfficeatinfo@decision-
sciences.org.
PRE-PROPOSAL PHD. STUDENT CONSORTIUM Coordinator: Cindy Wallin Blair, Brigham Young University
PurposeTheDoctoralStudentConsortiumforPre-Proposal
Defense Students is designed to help guide students in
earlystagesofdoctoralprogramsandpreparethemfor
thedissertationstage.Theconsortiumwillincorporate
topicsrangingfromtheinitialselectionofspecialization
areasandsupportingmethodologicaltoolstoidentify-
ingdissertationtopicsandadvisors.Auniqueaspect
ofalldiscussionsinthisconsortiumwillbetheinfusion
ofasoliddoseofrealismandpragmatismfromhighly
regardedandestablishedscholarsinnavigatingthe
journeyfromPh.D.studenttoPh.D.candidateand
beyond.
Ourgoalistohelpdoctoralstudentssucceedintheir
doctoralprogramsandfutureacademiccareers.The
formatwillbepanelpresentationandopendiscus-
2019
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CONF
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CE C
ONSO
RTIA sion.Aboveall,theDoctoralStudentConsortiumfor
Pre-Proposal Defense Students will provide an initial
ventureintoactivitywiththeInstituteandanoppor-
tunitytobeginnetworkingwithyourcolleaguesfrom
otheruniversities.
Program SESSION 1 The Ph.D. Roadmap: Knowing What to Expect in the Months and Years Ahead
ExpectationsandtimecommitmentsforPh.D.
studentsareamongthefirsthurdlesthatmustbe
navigatedindoctoralprograms.Classtime,class
preparation,meetingswithfaculty,outsideresearch
projects,preparingforthedreadedcomprehensive
exam,teachingorresearchassistantcommitments
andlifeingeneralwillfilltimequickly.Decisionsmade
earlycanaffectthecourseoftheentireprogramand
eventheearlycareerofanacademic,soitisimpor-
tanttoplancarefullyearlyinthedoctoralprogram.
Thefocusofthissessionwillbeonprioritizingactivi-
ties,timemanagement,andunderstandingtheimpact
ofdecisionsovertime.
PanelistsBarryBrewer,UniversityofWyoming
HeatherLutz,PennStateUniversity
MikaellaPolyviou,ArizonaStateUniversity
SESSION 2 Course Selection: Subject Areas and Method-ological Tools
Determiningareasofspecializationandmakingspe-
cificcourseselectiondecisionswillplayamajorpart
inpreparingaPhDstudentforcomprehensiveexams
andprovidingideasforpotentialdissertationtopics.
Eachprogramwillhaveauniquestructureandwill
providearoadmapofcoursesandprogramrequire-
mentsthatwillguideyouthroughmuchofthepro-
cess.Manyprogramswillhavecorecoursesdesigned
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topreparestudentsforareasofspecializationinline
withfacultyexpertise.Theymayalsohavespecifically
definedresearchmethodologyareasthatsupporttheir
typeofresearch.Ifso,identifyingelectivecoursesthat
matchyourinterestsshouldbeyourfocus.Ifnot,then
itisevenmoreimportantthatyoutakethecoursese-
lectionprocessseriouslyandpossiblysupplementwith
independentstudycoursestoincreaseyourpotential
forsuccess.Itisimportantthatyourchoiceofresearch
methodologies,whichwillbecomeyour“toolkit”for
severalyears,fitstheexpectationsofyourfuturere-
searchandthejournalswhereyouexpecttopublish.
PanelistsSeanWan,TheOhioStateUniversity
DeepaWani,UniversityofTexasatSanAntonio
RobertWiedmer,ArizonaStateUniversity
SESSION 3 Entering the Dissertation Stage: Planning Topics, Committee Members and a Timeline
Thetopicselectionandcompletionofyourdissertation
willdomorethancompleteyourdegreerequirements.
Itwillbefrontandcenterinyourjobsearch(both
thetopicandyourtimeline)andwillbefundamental
issettingyouupforsuccessearlyinyouracademic
career.Itisapparentthatyourchosentopicmustbe
youracademicandintellectualpassion.Youwillbe
doingresearchinthisareaforyearsinthefuture,both
whileyouremaininthePh.D.programandduringthe
earlystagesofyourprofessionalcareer.Second,your
committeemembersmustlikeyourtopic.Ifnot,the
hurdleyouarenavigatingwillbemoredifficult.Third,
theprofessionmustlikeyourtopic.Sincethistopic
willbewithyouwellintothefuture,itisn’tenoughthat
thetopicisofinterestnow,itmustalsobeofinterest
forseveralyearsafteryoucompleteyourprogramto
helpyourgetthatcovetedtenure-trackpositionandto
continuetopublishinthejournalsthatwillbecrucialto
achievingtenure.
PanelistsBryanAshenbaum,MiamiUniversity
SimonePeinkofer,MichiganStateUniversity
MatthewSchwieterman,MiamiUniversity
SESSION 4 Tying it all Together: Time Management, Program Management, and Career Management
Inthissessionwewillbringeverythingbacktogether
andshareourexperiencesthatworked,alongwith
somethatdidn’t.Wewillalsocovermoregeneral
topicslikepreparingforcomprehensiveexamsand
opportunitiesforinvolvementwiththeInstitute.Most
importantly,wewilladdressquestionsandconcerns
youhaveaboutdoctoralprogramsthathavenotbeen
addressed in the earlier sessions
PanelistsMikeDixon,UtahStateUniversity
YingchaoLan,UniversityofNebraska-Lincoln
BillSawaya,BowlingGreenStateUniversity
Summary and Concluding Remarks
POST-PROPOSAL PHD. STUDENT CONSORTIUM Coordinator: Yan Dong, University of South Carolina
PurposeThe PhD Students Consortium Post-Proposal De-
fenseStageisofferedtothosewhoareclosingin
tothefinalstageoftheirdoctoralstudies(normally
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within1-2yearsfromgraduation).Studentspursu-
ingtheirdoctoratesindecisionsciences,operations
management,managementinformationsystems,
managementscience,andrelatedbusinessfieldsare
allwelcome.TheConsortiumwillincludefocusedand
interactivesessionscenteringonstudentplacement
andjobmarket.
Program
SESSION 1 Attending Conferences as A PhD Candidate: for
everyseniorPhDstudent,thefirststepsinpreparing
forthejobmarketinvolveunderstandingfaculty,pro-
grams,andfellowstudentsatotherschools,andcreat-
ingandenhancingvisibilityamongpotentialemploy-
ers.Attendingannualconferencesisanimportantpart
oftheprocesstowardthehiringseason.Thissession
willprovidevaluableinsightsintoexpectations,dos
anddon’ts,andapproachesofattendingconferences
beforeandduringthiscrucialtime.
PanelistsAlanMachelprang,GeorgiaSouthernUniversity
JasonMiller,MichiganStateUniversity
ErinMcKie,OhioStateUniversity
SESSION 2 Preparing for Conference Interviews:conferenceinterviewsareshortandintense,butalsoacritical
processleadingtoopportunitiesinasuccessfuljob
search.Candidatesneedtobehighlyfocusedand
engagingtograspattentionandadvanceinterestfrom
theinterviewers.Thissessionwillfocusontheentire
preparationprocessforconferenceinterviews,from
howtodress,tohowtoaskquestions,andtohowto
followup.Wewillalsodiscusseffectivestrategiesin
thissession.
PanelistsJoyField,BostonCollege
SuvratDhanorkar,PennStateUniversity
SiningSong,UniversityofTennessee
SESSION 3 Going on the Campus Interview:finally,allthepasteffortsleadtocampusflyouts,wherecandidateswill
meetthewholedepartmentupcloseandpersonal.
Youknowyourstuff,butyoualsoneedtoknowhow
tohandleyourselfinavarietyofsituations.Theobjec-
tive of this session is to help students prepare for the
finalchallengeintheirjobsearch—toshowstrong
interests,todemonstratecollegiality,andtoleavea
goodimpressionwithyourworkandpersonality.
PanelistsAnantMishra,UniversityofMinnesota
TingtingYan,WayneStateUniversity
StephanieEckerd,IndianaUniversity
Conclusion and Wrap Up
NEW FACULTY DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM Coordinator: Yi-Su Chen, University of Michigan - Dearborn
Purpose
TheNewFacultyDevelopmentConsortiumisapro-
gramintendedforfacultywhoareholdingtenure-track
positionsintheinitialstageoftheiracademiccareers,
definingasfacultywhoreceivedtheirdoctoratede-
greesinthe2017or2019and/orstartedtheirtenure-
trackpositioninAY2018orafter.Theprogramhas
fivesessions:thefirstfoursessionsfocusonexperi-
encesharingwhereasthelastoneisaworkshopfor
participantstotakeawaywithsomesolidoutputs.We
inviteyoutoparticipateintheNFDCtogaininsights
intohowtolaunchandsustainasuccessfulprofes-
sionalcareerinacademe.
Program
SESSION 1 Opening:IntroductionandFAQ’sanswered.FAQ’s
arecollectedfromapplicants’submissions.
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SESSION 2 Nowandforever? Paneldiscussionfrom“new-ish”as-
sistantandassociateprofessorsonsurvivingthefirst
yearwhilesearchingsuccessfullyforanothertenure-
trackpositioninadifferentinstitution.
PanelistsAlexScott,MichiganStateUniversity
Xiang(Sean)Wan,TheOhioStateUniversity
SESSION 3 Paneldiscussionfromnewlytenured(1~2years)as-
sociateprofessoronsurvivingthetenureprocess.
PanelistsBrentMoritz,PennStateUniversity
Jian-yu(Fisher)Ke,CaliforniaStateUniversity–
Dominguez Hill
SESSION 4 Paneldiscussionfromseniortenuredassociateand
fullprofessorsaboutwork-lifebalance,includingbut
notlimitedtohavingaworkingspouse(potentiallyin
academicaswell)andcareerpathsregardingresearch
andadministration.OneofthepanelistsisDepartment
Chairwhowillalsoshareadvicewithnewfacultyfrom
adepartmenthead’sviewpoint.
PanelistsChanchaiTangpong,NorthDakotaStateUniversity
RachnaShah,UniversityofMinnesota
SESSION 5 WelcomeremarkbyDSIPresidentandDSIPresident-
ElectonthevalueofDSImembershipinadvancing
academiccareer.
PanelistsJanetHartley,BowlingGreenStateUniversity
VijayKannan,UtahStateUniversity
SESSION 6 “Speeddating”styleroundtableworkshop.Each
participantwillchoosetoattendtwoofthreeoffered
topics,spending30minutesateachtable.
Roundtable Topic 1 – Write your research state-ment for the most impact for annual review, contract and/or P&T dossier.
FacilitatorsSeanWan,TheOhioStateUniversity
RachnaShah,UniversityofMinnesota
Roundtable Topic 2 – Design your first course syllabus to avoid bad evaluation, etc.
FacilitatorsAlexScott,MichiganStateUniversity
M.JohnnyRungtusanatham,YorkUniversity
Roundtable Topic 3 – Classroom management tips – first time teaching MBA, Is it okay to say “I don’t know, etc.
FacilitatorsMikaellaPolyviou,ArizonaStateUniversity
KenHung,SufflokUniversity
ChanchaiTangpong,NorthDakotaStateUniversity
Wrap-Up
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MID-CAREER FACULTY DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM Coordinator: Amit Eynan, University of Richmond
Purpose
Theconsortiumisdesignedforfacultywhohave
receivedtenurewithinthelastfewyears.Atthis
stagefacultyarepresentedwithnewopportunitiesto
enhancetheircareerandcontributetotheirinstitu-
tionsandtheprofession.Itisimportanttounderstand
thepotentialimpactofsuchopportunitiesonongoing
activitiesaswellascareeraspiration.
Duringtheconsortium,dedicatedfacultywillshare
theirextensiveexperienceandinsighttofosterinfor-
malandcandordiscussionsregardingpotentialcareer
pathsincludingopportunitiesandchallengesoftaking
onnewrolesinacademicadministration,spearhead-
ingacademicendeavors,andleadershipinprofes-
sionalorganizationswhilecontinuingtodeveloptheir
researchandpedagogicalagendas.
Program
SESSION 1
Managing Career and Administration
Posttenuremanynewopportunitiesbecomeavail-
able,expectedandevenrequired.Intheconsortium
wewillexploremanyoftheseoptionsandtheirshort
andlongtermimpact.Inthissessionwewillfocuson
academicleadershiptorevealwhatittakesandto
betterunderstandwhichrolesarebetterfitforyouand
whenistherighttime.
PanelistsVidyaGargeya,UniversityofNorthCarolina
NicholasPetruzzi,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity
Session 2 Managing Career and Initiatives
Inthissessionwewilldiscussalternativeopportunities
toenhanceone’scareerinordertoremainengaged
andmotivatedformanyyearsthroughdevelopmentof
comprehensiveprogramsandcourses.Inthissession
wewilllookattheskillsandactivitiesthatarerequired
toleadsuchinitiatives.
PanelistsLauraBirou,FloridaGulfCoastUniversity
SubhashishSamaddar,GeorgiaStateUniversity
SESSION 3 Professional Society Service and Leadership Ourprofessionalsocietiesareimportantandneces-
saryentitiestoenrichtheirmembersandadvancethe
profession.Thesocietiesrelyonmemberstocon-
tributeinmanyways.Inthissessionwewillreview
various opportunities to get more involved in the
societies,howtoengage,whatittakesaswellasthe
benefits.
PanelistsVijayKannan,UtahStateUniversity
NadaSanders,NortheasternUniversity
SESSION 4 Alumni’s Reflections
“Graduates” of previous Mid-Career Development
Consortiumwillreflectontheirexperience;howthe
consortiumhelpedthemshapetheirviewsandconse-
quentlymodifytheircareerplans.
PanelistsToyinClottey,IowaStateUniversity
YingLiao,EastCarolinaUniversity
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BE A DSI CONFERENCE BUDDY
Buildinguponthesuccessofthelasttwoyear’sBuddy
Project,youareinvitedtoparticipateinthisyear’sDSI
annualconference“buddy”project.Withmorethan
1,100participantsandmyriadsessionstochoose
among,theannualconferencecanbeabitoverwhelm-
ingforthosenewtoourcommunity.TheBuddyProject
isdesignedtowelcomenewmembers,facilitatenet-
working and engage veteran members with those who
havejoinedDSIduringthepastcoupleofyears.
One of the most valuable attributes of DSI member-
shipisthewelcomingnetworkofcolleaguesavailable
forscholarlycollaboration,pedagogicalinnovationand
professionaldevelopment.TheBuddyProjectlaysthe
foundationforconnectingthenewgenerationofschol-
arsandpractitionerswiththeproudlegacyofDSI.
Whoshouldparticipate?
• Newmembers,includingstudentmembersand
thosewhohavejoinedDSIinthepastcoupleof
years.
• VeteranDSImemberswhowouldbeinterestedin
makingnewmembersfeelwelcomeattheannual
meetingandfacilitatingnetworkingamongthenew
members.
WhatwouldIdoaspartoftheConferenceBuddy
Project?
• Attendtheannualmeeting!
• ConferenceBuddyProjectparticipantswillbe
invitedtotheNewMemberReceptionattheannual
meeting.
• Veteranmembersshouldcontacttheirconference
buddiespriortotheannualmeetingtointroduce
themselvesandcoordinateatimeandplaceto
meet(perhapsattheNewMemberReception).
• Veteranmembersareencouragedtointroducenew
memberstocolleaguesattheannualmeetingto
helpexpandprofessionalnetworks.
• Newmembersareencouragedtoactivelyengage
attheannualmeetingbyattendingkeynotes,meals
andreceptions,presentationsessions,andother
eventsofinterest.TheConferenceBuddyProject
helps ensure that new members have a group of
newcolleagueswithwhomtoattendevents.
DoestheConferenceBuddyProjectextendbeyond
theannualmeeting?
• Whileconferencebuddiesarenotrequiredtostay
incontactaftertheannualmeeting,manyveteran
membersattesttothequalityofnetworksthey
havebuiltovertheyearsthroughDSI.Wehope
thisprojecthelpsnewmembersacceleratethe
developmentofthosenetworks.
HowdoIsignupfortheConferenceBuddyProject?
• TheDSIHomeOfficewillsendasurveylinkvia
emailmid-October.Bothveteranmembersand
newmemberswhowanttoparticipateintheCon-
ferenceBuddyProjectshouldcompletethesurvey.
• TheMemberServicesCommitteewillmatchnew
memberswithveteranmembers(typicallyasmall
group of new members to one veteran member)
andemailcontactinformationtothemembersin
eachgroup.
WhomdoIcontactformoreinformation?
• ShananGibson,VPofMemberServices.Email:
Shanan Gibson, Texas A&M University
At the 2018 Annual Conference new member Yibo (James) Zhang meets up with conference buddy Mark McMurtrey, then President of SWDSI.
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DSI BOARD AND COMMITTEE UPDATE
By Vivian Landrum, Executive Director
YourDSI2019-2020BoardofDirectors
andCommitteescontinuetomakestrides
incarryingouttheobjectivesandgoalsof
theDSIStrategicPlan.
ActionstakenbytheBoardsinceitsMay
meetinginclude:
1. ApprovaloftheMWDSI,NEDSI,
SEDSI,SWDSIandWDSIcharters.
ThiswascriticalasDSI’snewBylaws
requirednewgoverningdocumentsfor
theregionsanddivisions.Thanksgoto
eachoftheregionsforworkingwiththe
boardtoensurethesedocumentswere
completedandcraftedtoallowforeach
region’sindividualnuances.
2. ApprovalofaDSICountryChapter
template.
Toencourageinternationalgrowthand
ensureconsistencyamongexisting
andfuturecountrychapters,aCountry
Chapter template was drafted and ap-
proved.Thistemplatewillbeofferedto
DSI B
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ATE thoseexpressinginterestinforminga
newDSIchapterinothercountries.
3. ApprovalofaDSIDivisionalCharter
template.
ExistingDSIinternationaldivisionswere
alsorequiredtohavenewgoverning
documentsperthenewBylaws.Atem-
plateforexistingandpossibleexpan-
siontootherareasisnowapproved.
4. ApprovalofamendmentstoSWDSI
Charter.
Eachregionanddivisionhastherightto
requestfromtheDSIBoardofDirectors
amendmentstotheirgoverningdocu-
ments.SWDSIdidsoandtheBoard
unanimouslyapprovedoftheirrequest
tomaketheirBoardmoreflexibleand
manageable.
YourDSICommitteesarehardatwork
finalizingtheirchargesandpreparingfor
theirfinalreportstotheBoard.Manycom-
mittees will meet at the 2019 DSI Annual
Conference.Ifyouareacommitteemem-
ber,pleasechecktheconferenceschedule
tofindyourcommitteemeetingdate,time
andlocation.
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INTERESTING STORIES ABOUT DSI MEMBERS
OveradozenyearsagoDSIFellowsKen
andJulieKendallhelpedrescueasmall
theatrecompanyravagedbyHurricane
KatrinaastheytransitionedfromNewOr-
leanstoPhiladelphia.Julieremarkedthat
DSIplayedasignificantroleinthisrebirth.
Juliesaid,“KenwasthefirstChairmanof
theEgoPoClassicTheaterBoard,fresh
fromhisexperienceasPresidentofDSI
andI,asEgoPoVicePresident,depended
onwhatIlearnedasDSIVicePresident
at Large and Treasurer to write the EgoPo
bylaws.”RecentlyKenandJuliecelebrated
becauseEgoPoClassicTheatrereceived
thebigone–the2017BarrymoreAward
forOutstandingProductionofaPlay.Ken
andJuliejoined
theArtisticDirector
andthecompany
onstagetoaccept
theaward.Ken
remarked,“Aspro-
fessors we feel like
wearealwayson
stage in front of an
audience,butthis
time it was differ-
ent.Itwasgratifying
andreallyspecial.”
KenandJuliecontinuetosupportmany
theatres and theatre-related organizations
inNewYorkCityandPhiladelphiaand
servedasofficialnominatorsoftheDrama
LeagueinNYC.
DSI Past President and Fellow Ken Kendall, EgoPo Artistic Director Lane Savadove, and DSI Fellow Julie Kendall at the 2017 Barrymore Awards.
TheDSImembermanagementsystem,Growth-
Zone,enablesDSItobettermanageandtrack
membershiprenewaldates,paymentsandpro-
videsinvoicesinthemember’sportalforpayment,
downloadandprinting.Theprocessformember
renewal is as follows: 30
daysfrommemberrenewal
duedate,anemailissentto
thememberwithaninvoice
attached.Thedateofthe
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deadline.Membersmaypay
directlyfromtheinvoiceviaalinkembeddedwithin.
OrpayfromtheirDSImemberportal.Ifpaymentis
notreceivedbytheduedate,areminderemailis
sent.Ifpaymentisnotreceivedwithin30daysaf-
tertherenewaldate,onelastemailissentasking
themembertoconfirmtheywishtocontinuetheir
membershipandallowsanothersevendaysfor
aresponse/payment.Ifnoresponseisreceived,
it is assumed the member no longer wishes to
continueasaDSImemberandthemember-
shipisautomaticallydiscontinued.Thiswillvoid
theinvoice.Shouldamemberwishtorenewat
alaterdate,theysimplyJOINagainandtheold
recordwillbeattachedtothenewmembershipto
preservethehistory.
Questions?ContacttheHomeOfficeat713-743-
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BOOK REVIEW FOR
“ZEALOT: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JESUS OF NAZARETH (2013)”
Authored by Reza Aslan from University of Califor-nia Riverside
Random House, NY Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-4000-6922-4, 296 pages, July 2013
“From the human perspective, there are always at
least two orthogonal sides to a story. If you think this
statement does not make sense, you might just be
strengthening its argument. If you think otherwise, this
statement might just be the only thing that is closest to
the Truth that exists.”
(Feature editor of from the bookshelf – Summer’16)
Today,concernssuchasclimatechange,slavelabor,
environmentaldegradation,financialandoperational
stability,humanitarianeffortsetc.collectivelyseemto
warrantcandidconversationsandresearcharound
strongglobalgovernancebyensuringdiverseand
perhapssovereignexistenceof
nations.Oneoftheimportant
factorsthatoughttobetaken
intoaccountonthepathtoward
theseconversationsisreligion.
Traveling the maze of globaliza-
tion,andwithinthebusinessor
theprevailingeconomicgover-
nancecontext,wemaystumble
uponrelevantquestionssuch
as:Doesmoneyhavereligion?
Feelfreetogoogle-scholaritas
youwishbutnevertheless,itis
safetoassertthatmoneyand
religionarerelated.Now,we
canalsoquestionthedefinitions
ofbothmoneyandreligion(i.e.
somesaymoneyisreligion);
Dr. Mehmet G. Yalcin is an As-sistant Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the University of Rhode Island, College of Business. Mehmet held various engineering and managerial positions prior to joining academia where he has been recognized with research and teaching awards. He is
a certified Black Belt in Lean/Six Sigma (LSS), and Logistics, Transportation, and Distribution (CLTD) and teaches Opera-tions and Supply Chain Management courses to students and practitioners. Dr. Yalcin’s research focus is at the inter-face of sustainability and innovation with the focal point on Supply Chain Ambidexterity (SCX).
however,thatisnotthefocusofthisreview.There
aremorethanafewresearchstudiesdonerelatingto
economicsandreligion.Thatsaid,Iammerelywon-
deringifweoughttoincludereligion,whichmaybe
perceivedbymanyasasensitivesubject,moreinour
researchasdecisionsciencesscholars.Also,surren-
deringthetouchysidetoacademiccommunitieswho
discussscholarlybraveryand/oracademicfreedom
issues,Isimplywouldliketoofferasmallhinttoward
helpingusactmoreawareaboutthiselephantinour
parlor.
AuthoredbyRezaAslan,“Zealot:TheLifeandTimes
ofJesusofNazareth”waspublishedbyRandom
HouseinJuly2013.Myimpressionfromreadingthis
bookwasthatsupplychainknowledgecouldhelp
explain–inabeyond-postmodernfashion—andpos-
siblyextendAslan’sworkwhichinhiswordsisabout
hoping to spread “…the good news of the Jesus of
historywiththesamefervorthatIonceappliedto
spreadingthestoryoftheChrist”(p.xx).Aslansug-
geststhathis“bookistheresultoftwodecadesof
researchintotheNewTestamentandtheoriginsof
theChristianmovementconductedAtSantaClara
University,HarvardUniversity,andtheUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbara.”Thankingtoallhispro-
fessors,hesinglesouthis“extremelypatientGreek
professorHelenMoritz,andmybrilliantadviser,the
lateCatherineBell,atSantaClara,HarveyCoxand
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JonLevinsonatHarvard,andMarkJuergensmeyerat
UCSB”(p.217)besidesbeing“gratefulformanyoth-
ers’unconditionalsupport.Demonstratinghisstylein
approachingthehandlingofthesubject,forinstance,
Aslanmakessurethathis“textemploysC.E.,or
CommonEra,insteadofA.D.initsdating,andB.C.E.
insteadofB.C.”inalignment“withscholarlydesigna-
tions”,and“alsoreferstotheOldTestamentasthe
HebrewBibleortheHebrewScriptures.”(p.xxi).
Withoutfurtherado,Ipresentmyobservationsofthe
book under three main points;howeverwithoutmuchelaborationduetomyhesitanceofpossiblemisin-
terpretationofthesubject
matter:
i) Theauthorisvery
passionate about the
subjectmatteranditis
infactpersonal;
ii) Thevalueofarchival
datainresearching
bold/difficultmattersis
evidentinthebook;
iii) Thefactthateverything
hasasupplychainincludingamajorreligionisa
salientpoint.
The book is also organized under three parts and
presentedviafifteenchaptersandanepilogue.Wrap-
pingthesearetheacknowledgements,notes(fifty-four
pagesinsmallerfontsize),bibliography,andanindex
attheendalongwithamapofFirstCenturyPalestine,
sketchofTheTempleinJerusalem,author’snote,in-
troduction,averyhelpfulandthoughtfullysummarized
chronology.
First point: DepictingtheevangelicalyouthcampthatheattendedinNorthernCaliforniaasalocation
where“…onecouldnothelpbuthearthevoiceof
God”,theauthormakesitclearthatthebookhasas
muchpersonalrelevanceashisacademicaspirations
do:“WhenIwasfifteenyearsold,IfoundJesus.”(p.
xvii).BornintoIslam,theauthor’slifewas“scrubbed
ofalltraceofGod”(p.xviii) after the Iranian revolution
forcedhisfamilytofleetheirhome.Asafreshimmi-
grantinAmerica,theauthorwasokwiththisscenario
because“Afterall,intheAmericaofthe1980s,being
MuslimwaslikebeingfromMars.”(p.xviii).“Jesus,
ontheotherhand,wasAmerica.Hewasthecentral
figureinAmerica’snationaldrama.Acceptinghim
intomyheartwasascloseasIcouldgettofeeling
trulyAmerican.Idonotmeantosaythatminewasa
conversionofconvenience.Onthecontrary,Iburned
withabsolutedevotiontomynewfoundfaith.Iwas
presented with a Jesus
who was less “Lord and
Savior” than he was a best
friend,someonewithwhom
Icouldhaveadeepand
personalrelationship.”(p.
xviii).Aslansuggeststhat
gettingreadyforcollege,
“The more I probed the
Bibletoarmmyselfagainst
the doubts of unbeliev-
ers,themoredistanceI
discoveredbetweenJesus
of the gospels and Jesus
ofhistory–betweenJesustheChristandJesus
ofNazareth.”(p.xix).“Meanwhile,Icontinuedmy
academicworkinreligiousstudies,delvingbackinto
theBiblenotasanunquestioningbelieverbutasan
inquisitivescholar.Nolongerchainedtotheassump-
tionthatthestoriesIreadwereliterallytrue,Ibecame
awareofamoremeaningfultruthinthetext,atruth
intentionallydetachedfromtheexigenciesofhis-
tory.Ironically,themoreIlearnedaboutthelifeofthe
historicalJesus,theturbulentworldinwhichhelived,
andthebrutalityoftheRomanoccupationthathede-
fied,themoreIwasdrawntohim.Indeed,theJewish
peasantandrevolutionarywhochallengedtheruleof
the most powerful empire the world had ever known
andlostbecamesomuchmorerealtomethanthe
detached,unearthlybeingthatIhadbeenintroduced
toinchurch.”
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Second point: Theauthorclaimsthat“Intheend,thereareonlytwohardhistoricalfactsaboutJesus
ofNazarethuponwhichwecanconfidentlyrely:the
firstisthatJesuswasaJewwholedapopularJewish
movementinPalestineatthebeginningofthefirst
centuryC.E.;thesecondisthatRomecrucifiedhim
fordoingso.Bythemselvesthesetwofactscannot
provideacompleteportraitofthelifeofamanwho
livedtwothousandyearsago.Butwhencombined
with all we know about the
tumultuouserainwhich
Jesus lived –and thanks
totheRomans,weknowa
greatdeal—thesetwofacts
canhelppaintapictureof
JesusofNazareththatmay
bemorehistoricallyaccu-
rate than the one painted
bythegospels.Indeed,the
Jesus that emerges from
thishistoricalexercise–a
zealousrevolutionaryswept
up,asallJewsoftheera
were,inthereligiousand
politicalturmoiloffirst-cen-
turyPalestine—bearslittleresemblancetotheimage
ofthegentleshepherdcultivatedbytheearlyChristian
community.”(p.xxviii).
“Andyetthatbest,mosteducatedguessmaybe
enoughto,attheveryleast,questionourmostbasic
assumptionsaboutJesusofNazareth.Ifweexpose
theclaimsofthegospelstotheheatofhistoricalanaly-
sis,wecanpurgethescripturesoftheirliteraryand
theologicalflourishesandforgeafarmoreaccurate
pictureoftheJesusofhistory.Indeed,ifwecommit
toplacingJesusfirmlywithinthesocial,religious,and
politicalcontextoftheerainwhichhelived–anera
markedbytheslowburnofarevoltagainstRomethat
wouldforevertransformthefaithandpracticeofJuda-
ism—then,insomeways,hisbiographywritesitself.
TheJesusthatisuncoveredintheprocessmaynotbe
theJesusweexpect;hecertainlywillnotbetheJesus
thatmostmodernChristianswouldrecognize.But
intheend,heistheonlyJesusthatwecanaccess
byhistoricalmeans.Everythingelseisamatterof
faith.”(p.xxxi).
“Nowonder,then,thatattheendofhislife,whenhe
stood beaten and bruised before Pontius Pilate to
answerthechargesmadeagainsthim,Jesuswas
askedbutasinglequestion.Itwastheonlyquestion
thatmattered,theonlyquestionhewouldhavebeen
brought before the Ro-
man governor to answer
before being sent off to
thecrosstoreceivethe
standard punishment for all
rebelsandinsurrections.
“AreyoutheKingofthe
Jews?””(p.126).
“Crucifixionwasawide-
spreadandexceedingly
commonformofexecution
inantiquity,oneusedin
Persians,Indians,Assyr-
ians,Scythians,Romans,
andGreeks.EventheJews
practicedcrucifixion;thepunishmentismentioned
numeroustimesinrabbinicsources.Thereasoncru-
cifixionwassocommonisbecauseitwassocheap.It
couldbecarriedoutalmostanywhere;alloneneeded
wasatree.Thetorturecouldlastfordayswithout
theneedforanactualtorturer.Theprocedureofthe
crucifixion–howthevictimwashanged—wasleft
completelytotheexecutioner.Somewerenailedwith
theirheadsdownward.Somehadtheirprivateparts
impaled.Somewerehooded.Mostwerestrippedna-
ked.ItwasRomethatconventionalizedcrucifixionas
aformofstatepunishment,creatingasenseofuni-
formityintheprocess,particularlywhenitcametothe
nailingofthehandsandfeettoacrossbeam.…Yetit
wouldbeinaccuratetorefertocrucifixionasadeath
penalty,foritwasoftenthecasethatthevictimwas
firstexecuted,thennailedtoacross.Thepurposeof
crucifixionwasnotsomuchtokillthecriminalasit
wastoserveasadeterrenttootherswhomightdefy
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thestate.Forthatreason,crucifixionswerealwayscar-
riedoutinpublic–atcrossroads,intheaters,onhills,or
onhighground—anywherewherethepopulationhad
nochoicebuttobearwitnesstothegruesomescene.
Thecriminalwasalwayslefthanginglongafterhehad
died;thecrucifiedwerealmostneverburied.Because
theentirepointofcrucifixionwashumiliatethevictim
andfrightenthewitnesses,thecorpsewouldbeleft
whereithungtobeeatenbydogsandpickedclean
bythebirdsofprey.Theboneswouldthenbethrown
ontoheapoftrash,whichishowGolgotha,theplaceof
Jesus’scrucifixion,earned
itsname:theplaceofskulls.
Simplyput,crucifixionwas
morethanacapitalpun-
ishmentforRome;itwas
apublicreminderofwhat
happenswhenonechal-
lengestheempire.Thatis
whyitwasreservedsolely
forthemostextremepolitical
crimes:treason,rebellion,
sedition,banditry.Ifone
knew nothing else about Je-
sus of Nazareth save that he
wascrucifiedbyRome,one
wouldknowpracticallyall
thatwasneededtouncoverwhohewas,whathewas,
andwhyheendedupnailedtoacross.Hisoffense,in
theeyesofRome,isself-evident.Itwasetchedupona
plaqueandplacedabovehisheadforalltosee:Jesus
ofNazareth,KingoftheJews.Hiscrimewasdaringto
assumekinglyambitions.”(p.155-156).
Third point:“Bymostaccounts,thechurchtheyleftbehindwasdemolishedin70C.E.andallsignsofthe
firstChristiancommunityinJerusalemwereburiedin
amoundofrubbleandash.WiththeTempleinruins
andtheJewishreligionmadepariah,theJewswho
followedJesusasmessiahhadaneasydecisionto
make:theycouldeithermaintaintheirculticconnec-
tions to their parent religion and thus share in Rome’s
enmity(Rome’senmitytowardChristianswouldpeak
muchlater),ortheycoulddivorcethemselvesfrom
Judaismandtransformtheirmessiahfromafierce
Jewishnationalistintoapacifisticpreacherofgood
workswhosekingdomwasnotofthisworld.Itwas
notonlyfearofRomanreprisalthatdrovetheseearly
Christians.WithJerusalemdespoiled,Christianitywas
nolongeratinyJewishlandsurroundedbyhundreds
ofJews.After70C.E.,thecenteroftheChristian
movement shifted from Jewish Jerusalem to the
Graeco-RomancitiesoftheMediterranean:Alexan-
dria,Corinth,Ephesus,Damascus,Antioch,Rome.
AgenerationafterJesus’scrucifixion,hisnon-Jewish
followers outnumbered and
overshadowed the Jewish
ones.Bytheendofthe
firstcentury,whenthebulk
of the gospels were being
written,Rome–inparticu-
lartheRomanintellectual
elite—hadbecomethe
primarytargetofChristian
evangelism.Reachingout
tothisparticularaudience
requiredabitofcreativity
on the part of the evange-
lists.Notonlydidalltraces
ofrevolutionaryzealhave
to be removed from the life
ofJesus,theRomanshadtobecompletelyabsolved
ofanyresponsibilityforJesus’sdeath.ItwastheJews
whokilledthemessiah.”(p.150).
“Forintheyear66C.E.,thesameyearthatJerusa-
lemeruptedinrevolt,theemperorNero,reactingto
asuddensurgeofChristianpersecutioninRome,
seizedPeterandPaulandexecutedthembothfor
espousingwhatheassumedwasthesamefaith.He
waswrong.”(p.196).
“TheycalledJames,thebrotherofJesus,“Jamesthe
Just.”InJerusalem,thecityhehadmadehishome
afterhisbrother’sdeath,Jameswasrecognizedby
allforhisunsurpassedpietyandhistirelessdefense
ofthepoor.Hehimselfownednothing,noteventhe
clotheshewore–simplegarmentsmadeoflinen,
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notwool.Hedranknowineandatenomeat.Hetook
nobaths.Norazorevertouchedhishead,nordidhe
smearhimselfwithscentedoils.Itwassaidhespent
somuchtimebentinworship,beseechingGod’sfor-
givenessforthepeople,thathiskneesgrewhardasa
camel’s.”(p.197).
“OnecannotknowhowPaulfeltinRomewhenhe
heardaboutJames’sdeath.Butifheassumedthe
passingofJesus’sbrotherwouldrelaxthegripof
Jerusalemoverthecommunity,hewasmistaken.The
leadershipoftheJerusalemassemblypassedswiftly
toanotherofJesus’sfamilymembers,hiscousin
SimeonsonofClopas,andthecommunitycontinued
unabateduntilfouryearsafterJames’sdeath,when
theJewssuddenlyroseupinrevoltagainstRome.
SomeamongtheHebrewsseemtohavefledJeru-
salemforPellawhentheuprisingbegan.Butthereis
noevidencetosuggestthatthecoreleadershipofthe
motherassemblyabandonedJerusalem.Rather,they
maintainedtheirpresenceinthecityofJesus’sdeath
andresurrection,eagerlyawaitinghisreturn,rightup
tothemomentthatTitus’sarmyarrivedandwiped
theholycityanditshabitants–bothChristiansand
Jews—offthefaceoftheearth.Withthedestruction
ofJerusalem,theconnectionbetweentheassemblies
scatteredacrosstheDiasporaandthemotherassem-
blyrootedinthecityofGodwaspermanentlysevered,
andwithitthelastphysicallinkbetweentheChristian
communityandJesustheJew.Jesusthezealot.Jesus
ofNazareth.”(p.212).
“Twothousandyearslater,theChristofPaul’scre-
ationhasutterlysubsumedtheJesusofhistory.The
memoryoftherevolutionaryzealotwhowalkedacross
Galileegatheringanarmyofdiscipleswiththegoalof
establishingtheKingdomofGodonearth,themag-
neticpreacherwhodefiedtheauthorityoftheTemple
priesthoodinJerusalem,theradicalJewishnational-
istwhochallengedtheRomanoccupationandlost,
hasbeenalmostcompletelylosttohistory.Thatisa
shame.Becausetheonethinganycomprehensive
studyofthehistoricalJesusshouldhopefullyrevealis
thatJesusofNazareth–Jesustheman—iseverybit
ascompelling,charismatic,andpraiseworthyasJe-
sustheChrist.Heis,inshort,someoneworthbelieve
in.”(p.216).
Andalotmorewerealldelicatelytailoredintothe
storytellingofthisbooksuchas:PromisedLand
(a.k.a.aholeinthecornerforRomans),thewars
withRome,Romanoccupation,Romanretribution,
Romangovernors,KingoftheJews,Kingdomof
God,RomanappointedhighpriestsattheTempleof
Jerusalem,HolyofHolies,CourtofGentiles,Roman
onslaught,moneychangers,thesacredfeastdays,
animalsacrificesandthebloodlibation,Messiah,a
tinyvillageNazareth,Galilee,Jesus’sbrotherJames,
infancynarratives,gospels,Qmaterial,Mark,Luke,
Matthew,John,FourthPhilosophy,zeal,KingDavid,
JuliusCaesar,PontiusPilate,JohntheBaptist,Herod
Antipas,Sicarii,rebels,Samaritan,JordanRiver,Jo-
sephus’sAntiquities,Syria,HolySpirit,KingSolomon,
KingDavid,disciples,theTwelve,brothersJames
andJohn,exorcist,healer,preacher,miracleworker,
magic-working,miracles,sedition,Greek,Israel,
SonofGod,SonofMan,crucifixion,LawofMoses,
Stephen,formerPhariseePaul,Hellenists,gentiles,
JewfromTarsusnamedSaul,Damascus,Anatolia,
Barnabas,ApostolicCouncil,Peter,JamestheJust,
Pseudo-Clementines,Homilies,Recognitions,Ascent
ofJames,ByzantinecityofNicaeaontheeastern
shoreofLakeIzmitinpresent-dayTurkey,emperor
Constantine,NiceneCreed,CouncilofNicaea,cityof
HippoRegiusinmodern-dayAlgeria…
Thereyouhaveit;oneofmypleasuresfromthepast
summer.Inconclusion,itisapparentthatboth,the
evolutionofthesupplychainofreligion(s)andthecur-
rentstateofthesupplychainofreligion(s)areimpor-
tantconsiderationsthatcannotbeignoredintheway
oursocietiesareoperatinganddesigningthefuture.
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EUROPEAN DECISION SCIENCES INSTITUTE
11th Annual MeetingA New World of Decision SciencesMay 24-27, 2020Lund, Sweden
CONFERENCE THEME Newconcepts,perspectives,andtools
suchassustainabilityanddigi-talization
aresuccessivelypenetratingand
populatingtheareaofDecisionSciences,
andrenewingtheworldofDecision
Sciences.Atthesametime,Decision
Sciencescancontributetoanew,and
hopefullybetterworld.
VENUE EDSI2020willbehostedbyLund
University,inLund,Sweden.TheLund
Cathedralwasestablishedin1123,andthe
LundUniversitywasestablishedin1666.
Theconferencewilltakeplaceinsomeof
theolderuniversitybuildingsindowntown
Lund.
PROGRAM TRACKS Behavioral Operations
DataAnalytics
DecisionMakingintheEraofIndustry4.0
DecisionMakinginPublicOrganizations
DecisionSupportSystems
DigitalizationinOperationsandSupply
Chains
Digital Business Transformations
GlobalOperations,PlantLocationand
Rightshoring
HealthcareOperations
Humanitarian Operations
InformationSystemsinOperationsand
SupplyChains
Innovation
InnovativeTeachingMethods
InterfacesbetweenFunctionalAreas
LogisticsandTransportation
Operations Planning and Control
OperationsStrategy
PerformanceMeasurementandManagement
Purchasing,ProcurementandRightsourcing
Retail Operations
Risk Management
ServiceOperations
Strategy
SupplyChainManagement
SupplyNetworks
Sustainability
TechnologyManagement
IMPORTANT DATES Abstractsubmission:January15,2020
Notificationofaccceptance:February15,2020
Fullpapersubmission(optional):April1,2020
Earlybirdregistration:April1,2020
Sunday May 24 • Registration,from4pm
• WelcomeReception,from6pm
• Concert,7.30pm
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CONT. FROM PG. 23 Monday May 25• Keynote
• Parallelsessions
• Citytour
• Galadinner
Tuesday May 26• Keynote
• Parallelsessions
• Dinneratnearbycastle,bustransfer
Wednesday May 27 • Toursandvisits(optional,numbers
limited):
• IKEA,Älmhult,bustransfer
• Additionaltourstobeannounced
ABSTRACT AND PAPER SUBMISSIONS
Presentationattheconferencewillbe
basedonacceptanceofanabstract,which
shouldincludethetitle,author(s)and
affiliation(s),andbrieflydescribe(upto300
words)theaims,methods/approach,re-
sults/findings,andimplications.Following
abstractacceptance,delegateswillhave
theoptiontosubmitafullpaper,address-
ingthereviewcomments.Theconference
proceedingswillincludebothfullpapers
andacceptedabstracts.Therehastobe
oneuniqueconferenceparticipantperpa-
perorabstract,i.e.onepersoncanpresent
atmostonepaperorabstract.
CONFERENCE CHAIR ProfessorJanOlhager,LundUniversity
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ProfessorAndreasNorrman,Lund
University
DrLouiseBildsten,LundUniversity
DrJoakimKembro,LundUniversity
MagnusBerg,LundUniversity
MalinJohansson,LundUniversity
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MWDSI 2019 ANNUAL MEETING RECAP
TheMidwestregionoftheDecisionSciencesInstitute
heldits50thAnnualMeetingonSeptember14,2019
inIndianapolis,Indiana.DianeParente
andPeggyDanielsLeeservedas
co-chairsofthisone-dayevent,which
included46presentationsorganized
intofourparalleltracks.Topthemesin
theprogramincludeddataanalytics,
informationsystemsandtechnology,
behavioralsupplychainresearchand
teachinginnovation.
Fortyfourattendeestraveledfromeight
statesandthecountriesofSaudiArabia
andBrazil,gatheringonthescenic
campusofButlerUniversity.MWDSI
presidentSanjayKumaropenedthe
conferencewithremarks,followed
bygreetingsfromDSIpresidentJan
HartleyandtheDeanofButler’sLacy
SchoolofBusiness,StephenStandifird.
Lunchtimefeaturedapaneldiscussion
onthe“FrontiersofCase-basedTeach-
ing,”asNatalieSimpson,PeggyDan-
ielsLeeandMarkFrohlichdescribed
three different non-traditional imple-
mentationsofthecasemethod.Awards
includedBestPaper,recognizing“Self-Organizing
Maps:aBetterWaytoIdentifyandMapBusiness
Clusters”byFrancisBowenandJaneSeigler.
Theone-dayconferenceconcludedwithawell-attend-
ednetworkingsession,focusedoncreativityinfuture
MWDSIactivities.Guideddiscussionrevealedconsen-
susonthemeritsoftheone-dayconferenceformat
andmutualinterestinmonthlywebinarprogramming,
whichisexpectedtostartbeforetheendof2019.Near
theconclusion,DSIPresidentJanHartleyannounced
thatBowlingGreenStateUniversityhadvolunteered
ashostforMWDSI’snextannualmeetinginApril2021.
Markyourcalendar!
Participants in the 2019 MWDSI Annual Meeting gather in the lobby of Butler University’s newest building, home to the Lacy School of Business. Operational for two months prior to the conference, this beautiful facil-ity had already hosted several meetings, but MWDSI attendees had the honor of being the first non-Butler faculty to present scholarship here.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
NORTHEAST DECISION SCIENCES INSTITUTE
49TH Annual Meeting,March 26-28, 2020Hyatt Regency,Cambridge, Massachusetts
Submission Deadline: December 15, 2019NEDSI is the Northeast Regional Subdivision of theDecision Sciences Institute
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT The2020NortheastDecisionSciencesAnnualMeeting
willbeheldbetweenMarch26-28,2020inCambridge,
MA.TheconferencewillstartonThursdayand
continuethroughSaturdaynight.Allpaidattendeesare
invitedtotheWelcomesession,paperpresentations,
thePresident’sReception,AwardCeremony,andother
events.
CALL FOR PAPERS Fullpapers,abstracts,andworkshopsareinvited.
Undergraduatestudentsmaysubmitproposalsfor
PosterSessions.Sessionsinvolvingpractitionerswill
begivenconsideration.Submissionswillberefereed
andacceptedpaperswillbepublishedintheonline
ConferenceProceedings.Bysubmittingamanuscript,
theauthorcertifiesthatitisnotcopyrightedor
previouslypublished,hasnotbeenpresentedor
acceptedforpresentationatanotherprofessional
meeting,andisnotcurrentlyunderreviewfor
presentationatanotherprofessionalmeeting.Atleast
oneoftheauthorsmustcertifythathe/sheintendsto
registerforandattendtheconferencetopresentthe
paperifitisaccepted.
Allpapers,abstracts,andundergraduateposters,must
besubmittedelectronicallyonorbeforeDecember15,
2019.Ifyouhaveproposalsforworkshopsorround-
tablediscussions,pleaseemailtheco-chairs.
OUTSTANDING PAPER AWARDS
Outstanding papers are eligible for awards:
• BestApplicationofTheory
• BestContributiontoTheory
• BestPaperonInnovationorSustainability
• DavidM.LevineAwardforInnovativeEducation
• RichardBriottaAwardforKnowledgeManage-
ment/Strategy
• BestStudentPapers
PROGRAM TRACKS• Accounting,Finance,Economics
• BigData,BusinessAnalyticsandKnowledgeMan-
agement
• DecisionMaking
• InformationSystemsandDecisionSupport
• InnovationandCreativity
• Legal,Ethical,andSocialIssues
• MarketingandConsumerBehavior
• OperationsManagement/OperationsResearch
• ServiceandHealthcareManagement
• StrategyandOrganizationalBehavior
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• SupplyChainManagementandLogistics
• Sustainability
• TeachingandInnovativeEducation
• UndergraduatePosters
HOTEL ARRANGEMENTS
ThehosthotelistheHyattRegency,overlooking
BostonandtheCharlesriver.Forreservationswiththe
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G-NEDS
CONFERENCE WEBSITE/SUBMISSION LINK
• Gotohttps://nedsi.net/2020-conferenceformore
infoontheconference.
• Tosubmityourpapergotohttps://nedsi2020.
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HOST SPONSOR
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr.GangLi([email protected])
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2020 NEDSI Program Co-Chairs
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SOUTHEAST DECISION SCIENCES INSTITUTE
Fiftieth Annual Meeting — February 12 - 14, 2020
Francis Marion Hotel Charleston – Historic District 387 King Street, Charleston, SC 29403
Call 1-(877) 756-2121 or visit https://www.francismarionhotel.com/directions-and-map/
DEADLINE FOR PAPERS AND SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS: NOVEMBER 1, 2019 DEADLINE FOR STUDENT PAPERS: NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Keynote — Rama Akkiraju, IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM Watson AI Operations, IBM Master Inventor, Member, IBM Academy of Technology, Janet Crouch at [email protected]. President’s Award Luncheon Distinguished Speaker Dr. Andrew T. Hsu, President of College of Charleston. Many former SEDSI Presidents and their current school deans.
Special Sessions and Workshops on Blockchain Technology in SCM, GIS in SCM, Emergency! The ED Simulation Game, Award Winning Educator on Hospitality Instructions, First Gen[ethics]: Fostering Mutual Understanding for Greater Success of First Generation / Lower Income Students.
Data Analytics and Statistics Instruction (DASI) (Invited sessions only) — Robert Andrews, Virginia Commonwealth University, [email protected] and Kelli Keeling, University of Denver, [email protected]
Assessment and Learning Improvement (Invited session only) — Linda Campion, East Carolina University, [email protected]. Diane Lending, James Madison University and Hope Baker, Kennesaw State University
Meet College/School Deans (Invited session only) — Michael Busing, James Madison University, [email protected]
o Robert T. Sumichrast, Dean of Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech o Peter Brews, Dean of Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina o Chris Martin, Dean of College of Business, Louisiana Tech University o Nancy D. Albers, Dean of College of Business, Louisiana State University in Shreveport o Mike Busing, Dean of College of Business, James Madison University o Robert T. Burrus, Jr. Dean of Cameron School of Business, University of North Carolina Wilmington o Jacob Chacko, Dean of College of Business, Clayton State University o Alex Koohang, Dean of School of Information Technology, Middle Georgia State University o Kai Koong, Dean of Brimmer College of Business and Information Science, Tuskegee University o Alan T. Shao, Dean of School of Business, College of Charleston o Michael R. Weeks, Dean of Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business, The Citadel
Meet Journal Editors (Invited sessions only) — Binshan Lin, Louisiana State University at Shreveport, [email protected]
o Decision Science Journal Innovative Education, Editor, Matthew Drake, Duquesne University o Electronic Government, an International Journal, Editor-in-Chief, June Wei, University of West Florida o Expert Systems with Applications, Editor-in-Chief, Binshan Lin, Louisiana State University in Shreveport o International Journal of Electronic Finance, Editor-in-Chief, Jiaqin Yang, Georgia College and State University o International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, Editor-in-Chief, Kai S. Koong, Tuskegee University o International Journal of Innovation and Learning, Editor-in-Chief, Kongkiti Phusavat, Kasetsart University, Thailand o International Journal of Mobile Communications, Editor-in-Chief, June Wei, University of West Florida o Journal of Computer Information Systems, Editor-in-Chief, Alex Koohang, Middle Georgia State University o Journal of Supply Chain Management, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Barbara B. Flynn, Indiana University o The Sport Management Education Journal, Associate Editor, David Shonk, James Madison University
PAPERLESS SUBMISSION PROCESS INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS: General Instructions: To submit a paper, abstract, or symposium/tutorial/workshop proposal, go to the SE DSI web site at www.sedsi.org and select the submission link. The submission process opens July 1, 2019 and closes Nov. 2, 2019. 1. Information to be entered during the paper entry process includes (1) the track to which it is submitted, (2) the title of the paper; (3) the author(s)
name(s), affiliation(s), and complete contact information including mailing address(es), telephone number(s) and e-mail address(es). 2. The submission to be uploaded must be in PDF format. The submission should include the title and, optionally, a one-paragraph abstract between
the title and the body of the paper. The names of the author(s) should NOT be included. 3. Submitted papers should be a minimum of four pages.
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Program Tracks
Accounting, Economics, Cryptocurrency and Finance — Michelle Hagadorn, Roanoke College, [email protected]
Analytics, Big Data Applications, Business Intelligence, Data Mining, Statistics and Expert Systems — Binshan Lin, Louisiana State University at Shreveport, [email protected]
Healthcare, Public Sector and Not for Profit Management — Elham Torabi and Helen You, James Madison University, [email protected], [email protected]
Hospitality, Recreation and Sports — David Shonk, James Madison University, [email protected]
Information Privacy, Security and System Resilience, Business Ethics and Business Law — Elena Olson, Virginia Commonwealth University,[email protected]
Innovative Education, Assessment, Engaged Learning, Curriculum, Teaching and Pedagogy — Ajay Aggarwal, Henderson State University, [email protected]
IS, IT, Blockchain Technology, and Social Media — June Wei, University of West Florida, [email protected]
Management, Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Theory, and Human Resource Management — Sara Kiser, Alabama State University, [email protected]
Marketing, Consumer Behavior, International Business, — Rebecca Scott, University of North Carolina Wilmington, [email protected]
Student Papers (Undergraduate, Master and Ph.D Students) — Elizabeth Rasnick, Georgia Southern University, [email protected]
Sustainability, SCM, Quality Management, and Logistics — Hadi Farhangi, Savannah State University, [email protected], and Suman Niranjan, University of North Texas, [email protected]
STUDENT PAPERS— The 2020 SE DSI Student Paper Competition welcomes papers written by Undergraduate, MBA, and/or Ph.D. students. Papers submitted to any of the three Student Tracks must be solely of student authorship and will be subject to the same review process as regular papers. Student papers must be submitted on-line by November 29, 2019 using the paperless submission process. All student papers accepted by the reviewers will be scheduled on the program. The judges of the Student Paper Competition will evaluate the combined quality of each student paper/presentation and recognize the outstanding ones at the meeting's luncheon on February 14st. The Submission Deadline for Student Papers is November 1, 2019.
Southeast Decision Sciences Institute
Dr. Ping Wang – 2020 Program Chair
Southeast Decision Sciences Institute Fiftieth Annual Meeting
February 12-14, 2020 Francis Marion Hotel
Historic Charleston, South Carolina
COMPETITIVE PAPERS—The submission of a competitive paper or abstract for review means the author certifies that the paper is original and has not been previously copyrighted, published, presented, or submitted for publication or presentation. For an accepted paper to be published in the proceedings, at least one author must register for the meeting and present the paper during the meeting. Outstanding papers will be selected and recognized at the meeting luncheon on February 14st. The Final Submission Deadline for Regular Papers and Abstracts is November 1, 2019. SYMPOSIA, TUTORIALS, AND WORKSHOPS—Proposals for symposia, tutorials, and workshops must be at least two (2) pages long describing what you intend to do and why it would be of interest and importance to members of the Institute. Submissions should follow the general guidelines presented below although considerable latitude will be allowed as to the content and format of these sessions. You must provide your own specialized computers or other equipment needed for the session (SEDSI will provide LCD projectors). All participants in symposia, tutorials, and workshops must register and attend the meeting.
PROCEEDINGS—The SE DSI will publish electronic Proceedings online containing all papers presented at the meeting as well as summaries of all symposia, tutorials, and workshops. Authors are responsible to adhere to the standards outlined online for publication in the Proceedings. Notification of acceptance or rejection should occur in December of 2019, and accepted papers will be due in final Proceedings form no later than Jan 3, 2020. VOLUNTEERS—Individuals interested in participating in the 2020 Program by serving as a reviewer, discussant, session chair, or in some other role should contact the Program Chair at the address indicated below. A Volunteer form is available on the SE DSI web site: www.sedsi.org. PLACEMENT SERVICE—A Placement Service will be provided at the meeting at no cost to the applicants or employers. Placement Services Forms for Applicants and Positions are available on the SE DSI website. The forms may be submitted to Dr. Ping Wang, [email protected],
Program Chair — Ping Wang, Computer Information Systems / Business Analytics, James Madison University, [email protected] Associate Program Chair — Luis Novoa, Computer Information Systems / Business Analytics, James Madison University, [email protected] Local Arrangements Coordinator — Drew Rosen, Dept. of Information Systems & Operations Management University of North Carolina Wilmington, [email protected] Placement/Technology Coordinator — Luis Novoa, James Madison University, [email protected] Proceedings Editor – Leigh A. Mutchler, James Madison University, [email protected]
All questions should be addressed to:
Dr. Ping Wang 2020 SEDSI Program Chair
Department of Computer Information Systems / Business Analytics MSC 0202, James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 22807 [email protected], 540-568-3055
For more information and various meeting related forms, please visit
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The REAL 50th ANNUAL MEETING, San Antonio, Texas March 11-14, 2020
Call for Papers Southwest Decision Sciences Institute, March 11-14, 2020
Hyatt Regency, San Antonio, TX Deadline for Paper Submissions: October 14, 2019
Program Chair, Daniel Peak, University of North Texas, [email protected]. For more information, refer to the conference website: www.swdsi.org/SWDSI2020 Or the submission website: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swdsi2020
We recently discovered that 2020 is really the 50th Annual SWDSI Conference! Competitive Papers. Competitive papers are invited on, but not limited to, the topic areas listed below. All submitted papers will be reviewed by qualified individuals and go through a double blind peer review process. In addition, we welcome the submission of one-page single spaced research abstracts (about 150-300 words). Acceptance of abstracts and papers are subject to final approval by the Track Chairs/Program Chair. Accepted papers and abstracts of authors who have registered for the conference by the close of online registration will be scheduled for presentation at the annual meeting and the presented papers and abstracts will be published in the Proceedings (available website only). Paper submission acknowledges that the author(s) will register for and attend the conference, and personally present the accepted paper at the time specified in the conference program.
Submission Policy. The submission of a paper or abstract means the author certifies it is not copyrighted, has not been accepted for publication in a journal or proceedings, has not been presented or accepted for presentation at a professional meeting, or is not under review currently for a journal or proceedings, or presentation at another professional meeting. Concurrent submission and/or presentation of the same or similar paper at another conference is considered a breach of professional ethics.
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Program Participation. Paper reviewer and session chairpersons will be needed for the program to be a success. Please contact the Program Chair or one of the Track Chairs by October 1, 2019, if you are interested in serving as a session chair or reviewer. Symposia, tutorials, and workshops on current topics are invited. Please contact the Program Chair concerning these proposals.
Distinguished Paper Awards. Distinguished paper awards will be presented to the outstanding papers.
Student Papers. Up to three cash awards for student papers will be presented. Papers submitted in the student track must be solely of student authorship. Watch the SWDSI website for information about a Doctoral Student Consortium. Fast Track Journal Reviews. The papers nominated for the best paper awards will be recommended to a group of journal editors for another round of fast track peer review and possible publication in these journals: International Journal of Mobile Communications www.inderscience.com/ijmc International Journal of Electronic Finance www.inderscience.com/ijef International Journal of Services and Standards www.inderscience.com/ijss Electronic Government: An International Journal www.inderscience.com/eg Studies in Business and Economics www.qu.edu.qa/business/journal/
SPECIAL SESSIONS. TBD
• Workshop: Python and the Jupyter Notebook environment for data analysis, University of Central Arkansas, [email protected]
TRACKS & CHAIRS
• Accounting and Ethics, Mary Fischer, University of Texas at Tyler, [email protected] • Decision Support and Expert Systems, Binshan Lin, Louisiana State University at Shreveport,
[email protected] • E-Commerce and Social Networking Gina Harden, Stephen F. Austin State University,
[email protected] • Economics, Law and Finance, M. Kabir Hassan, The University of New Orleans, [email protected] • Enterprise Systems (ERP), Information Security and Privacy, Mohammad I. Merhi, Indiana University
South Bend, [email protected] • Innovative Education, Pamela Rogers, Stephen F. Austin State University, [email protected] • Internet of Things and Big Data, John Seydel, Arkansas State University, [email protected] • Management Information Systems, Mike Ellis, University of Central Arkansas, [email protected] • Management, Healthcare and Org Behavior Venugopal Gopalakrishna-Remani, University of Texas
at Tyler, [email protected] • Marketing and International Business, Thiagarajan Ramakrishnan (Ram), Prairie View A&M
University, [email protected] • Operations and Project Management, Balaji Janamanchi, Texas A&M IU, [email protected] • Quantitative Methods, Quality and Business Analytics, Robert Pavur, U of North Texas,
[email protected] • Supply Chain, Logistics and UAVs, Mary Helen Fagan, University of Texas at Tyler,
[email protected] • Student Track, Gayle Prybutok, University of North Texas, [email protected] • Special Panels, S. Mantravadi, University of West Florida, [email protected] • Proceedings Editor, Will Senn, Emporia State University, [email protected]
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS SOME SUGGESTED TOPICS
1. Author(s) must submit papers/abstracts via https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swdsi2020. Abstracts should not exceed three pages; papers should not exceed 20 pages. The more complete and detailed the submission, the greater its chance for acceptance. Hard copies will not be accepted. The site will open August 1, 2019.
2. Each submission must include a separate title page with the following information:
(1) Title of submission (2) Type of submission (i.e., research paper,
abstract, proposal-workshop, tutorial, panel, symposium).
(3) Author(s) (4) Affiliation(s) (5) Complete address(es) (6) Telephone number(s) (7) Email address of the author(s) (8) Name of the dean(s) of the affiliate school(s) (9) Track (or topic) that best fits the submission (10) Corresponding author
3. Initial papers should follow formatting provided at http://www.swdsi.org/swdsi2020/2020_SWDSI_Proceedings_Formatting_Instructions.pdf. Up to 20 pages will be accepted for the initial paper.
4. The main body of the paper, abstract, or proposal must have a title but should not include author name(s).
5. All submissions must be received by October 14, 2019. Acceptance or rejection notifications will be provided by December 1, 2019. Camera-ready submission deadline for the Proceedings is January 7, 2020.
6. A registration fee will be required before papers are accepted by the Proceedings Editor at [email protected]
7. Volunteers: Anyone interested in participating in the program as a session chair or reviewer should communicate their interests to the Program Chair at [email protected].
• 3-D Printing • Accreditation Issues in
DS • Analytics • Artificial Intelligence • Autonomous Vehicles • Big Data • Bodycams and • Changing Career Paths • Classrooms Technology • Cloud-based Systems • Corporate Social
Responsibility
• Data Visualization • Data Warehousing • Data and Text Mining • Drones/UAVs • Emerging Programming
Languages • Employment Trends • Ethical & Legal Issues • Forecasting • Geospatial Analytics
• Global and Regional
Economic Cooperation • Global Strategies • Global Sourcing • Healthcare Informatics • Impact of Higher
Education • Inclusiveness • Inequality • Innovation • Instructional Issues in
DS
• Information Security Internet of Everything (IoE)
• Knowledge Management
• Mgmt. of Technology • Market-based Curricula
• MOOCS and their Variations
• Methodologies • Multimedia • Online/Distance
Learning • Optimization • Organizational Culture • Outsourcing &
Offshoring • Performance
Measurement • Process Reengineering
• Professional Student
Organizations • Project Management • Rapid Prototyping • Reengineering Higher
Education • Risk and Uncertainty • RFID Applications • Scorecards and
Dashboards
• Simulation • Social Media • Student Engagement • Sys Analysis and
Design • Systems
Implementation • Technology for the
Aging • Total Quality
Management • Vision Systems
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Call for Papers
WESTERN DECISION SCIENCES INSTITUTE
Forty-Ninth Annual Meeting, April 7th – April 10th, 2020
Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront 1401 SW Naito Parkway,
Portland, Oregon, 97201 USA
Submission Deadline: October 25, 2019 WDSI is the Western Regional Subdivision of the
Decision Sciences Institute
CALL FOR PAPERS TOPICAL AREAS AND TRACKS Papers are invited in, but not limited to, the topical areas listed. Full papers are double-blind reviewed first by referees and abstracts are reviewed by Track Chairs. Accepted papers and abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings at the option of the author(s). Copyright of the papers will stay with the author(s). Paper submission acknowledges that the author will register for the conference and present, in person, the paper at the time specified in the conference program. Panels, workshops, and tutorials on current topics of interest, and other special sessions are also planned. Please contact the Program Chair, if you are interested in any of these.
Accounting: Salem Boumediene, Montana State University Billings, [email protected] Business Analytics and Data-Driven Decision Making: Abbas Heiat, Montana State University Billings, [email protected] Business Environment - Strategy, Policy, Law, Ethics: Xia Zhao, California State University Dominguez Hills, [email protected] Finance and Investment: Pia Gupta, California State University Long Beach, [email protected] and KC Chen, California State University Fresno, [email protected] Hospitality Management and Marketing: Natasa Christodoulidou and Keong Leong, California State University Dominguez Hills, [email protected] and [email protected] Innovative Education: Rita Kumar, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, [email protected] Internet and e-Business: Albert Huang, University of the Pacific, [email protected] and David Yen, Sunny Oneonta, [email protected] Management Information System: Marcus Rothenberger, University of Nevada Las Vegas, [email protected] Management Science and Quantitative Methods: Seong-Jong Joo, Air Force Institute of Technology, [email protected] Management, Entrepreneurship and Organization: Cindy Sutton, Metropolitan State University of Denver, [email protected] Marketing: Sally Baalbaki-Yassine, Metropolitan State University of Denver, [email protected] Military Applications: Eddine Dahel, Naval Postgraduate School, [email protected] and Jeremy Jordan, Air Force Institute of Technology, [email protected] Modeling and Simulation: Khosrow Moshirvaziri, California State University Long Beach, [email protected] and Mahyar Amouzegar, University of New Orleans, [email protected] Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Stanley Griffis, Michigan State University, [email protected] and John Bell, University of Tennessee, [email protected] Public Policy and Public Administration: Rui Sun and Theodore Byrne, California State University Dominguez Hills, [email protected] and [email protected] Sustainability Issues in Decision Making: Yuanjie He, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, [email protected]
PROGRAM CHAIR
Salem Boumediene, Montana State University Billings
BEST PAPER AWARDS
Accepted regular papers will be considered for the Decision Sciences and Information Systems Honor Society, Alpha Iota Delta, Best Paper Awards in the following categories:
• Applications • Case Studies • Environmental Issues • Interdisciplinary Issues • Theoretical Research • Empirical Research
In addition, awards will be given for the best undergraduate student paper and the best graduate student paper.
JUNIOR FACULTY AWARDS
The governing board of the Western Decision Sciences Institute (WDSI) has approved funding for a number of $500 awards to support tenure-track faculty to attend the 2020 WDSI annual meeting. For details, please refer to the conference website, https://wdsi2020.org
IMPORTANT DATES
Submissions Begin: June 1st, 2019 - https://wdsi2020.exordo.com Submission Deadline: October 25th, 2019 Notification of Acceptance: November 15, 2019 Camera-Ready Manuscript Submission Deadline: January 15, 2020
REGIONAL CONTACTS China, Hong Kong, Taiwan: Shin-Yuan Hung, National Chung Cheng
University, [email protected] and Yue “Jeff” Zhang, California State University-Northridge, [email protected]
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MWDSIPresident:SanjayKumar,ValparaisoUniversity
Past President:PeggyDanielsLee,IndianaUniversityPurdueUniversity–Indianapolis
Transition Team:
JaideepMotwani,GrandValleyStateUniversity
DianeH.Parente,PennStateUniversity-Erie
JohnParente,MercyhurstUniversity
StephanieEckerd,IndianaUniversityPurdueUniversity–Indianapolis
SanjeevJha,ValparaisoUniversity
JanainaSiegler,ButlerUniversity
Archivist:XiaodongDeng,OaklandUniversity
V.P. of Technology:SourishSarkar,PennStateUniversity–Erie
NEDSIPresident:DougHales,UniversityofRhodeIsland
President-Elect:EricStein,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,Malvern
Immediate Past President:NesetHikmet,Universityof South Carolina
Program Chair 2020:EffieStavrulakiandGangLi,BentleyUniversity
Program Chair-Elect 2021:DinsehPai,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,Harrisburg
VP Communications:HalRavinder,MontclairStateUniversity
VP Member Services:CarolynLamacchiaBloomsburgUniversityofPennsylvania
SEDSIPresident:TobinTurner,PresbyterianCollege
President-Elect:CherylAasheim,GeorgiaSouthernUniversity
Past President:RezaKheirandish,ClaytonStateUniversity
Program Chair:PingWang,JamesMadisonUniver-sity
Program Chair-Elect: TBA
Secretary:SaraKiser,AlabamaStateUniversity
V.P. Finance:ChrisMcCart,RoanokeCollege
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V.P. Planning & Development:MauroFalasca,EastCarolinaUniversity
V.P. Publications:ShonaMorgan,NorthCarolinaA&TUniversity
SWDSIPresident:KhaledAlshare,QatarUniversity
President-Elect:MatthewLindsey,StephenF.AustinStateUniversity
Program Chair:DanPeak,UniversityofNorthTexas
Program Chair-Elect: Venugopal Gopalakrishna-Remani,TheUniversityofTexasatTyler
Past President:MarkMcMurtrey,UniversityofCentral Arkansas
Secretary:BalajiJanamanchi,TexasA&MUniversity
VP–Finance:LynneCagleCox,UniversityofNorthTexas
VP – Member Services:GinaHarden,StephenF.AustinStateUniversity
VP – Student Liaison:GaylePrybutok,UniversityofNorthTexas
Regional Archivist: PeggyLane,UniversityofLouisiana Monroe
WDSIPresident:OmerBenli,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach
President-Elect:TheodoreByrne,CaliforniaStateUniversity,DominguezHills
Immediate Past President:AlbertHuang,UniversityofthePacific
Vice President and Program Chair: Salem Boumediene,MontanaStateUniversity–Billings
Vice President and Program Chair-Elect: Pia Gupta,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach
Vice President for Advancement and Marketing: Yuanjie(Ed)He,CalPolyPomona
Treasurer/Secretary:SheldonSmith,UtahValleyUniversity
Director of Information Systems:KhosrowMoshirvaziri,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach
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President-Elect:MarkkuKuula,AaltoUniversity
Immediate Past President:MarcoSartor,Universityof Udine
European VP at DSI:CarmelaDiMauro,Universityof Catania
Secretary/Treasurer:GuidoOrzes,FreeUniversityof Bozen-Bolzano
OFFICERS OF OUR INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL SUBDIVISIONS
ISDSIPresident:M.P.Jaiswal,IndianInstituteofManagement
Immediate Past President:AbhijeetK.Digalwar,BITS Pilani
Vice President:E.B.Khedkar,PuneUniversity
Immediate Past Vice President:RaviKumarJain,SymbiosisInstituteofBusinessManagement
Vice President (At Large):Ramachandran(Nat)Natarajan,TennesseeTechUniversity
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OPEN POSITIONS AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
TheDecisionSciencesInstitutewebsiteprovidesalistingofopenacademicpositions.BelowyouwillfindPlacementListingsforJuly
8–October9,2019.Formoredetailsontheseandotherpositionlistings,aswellasapplicantlistings,visittheDSIwebsite–decision-
sciences.orgReadytopostaposition?Guidelinesonhowtolistyourpositioncanbefoundthereaswell.
POSTING DATE INSTITUTION LOCATION JOB TITLE JOB TYPE AREA OF INTEREST
10/9/19 BentleyUniversity Waltham,MAUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sorofInformation&ProcessManagement
TenureTrack ComputerInformationSystems
10/9/19 UniversityofWiscon-sin Eau Claire
EauClaire,WIUSA Assistant Professor Full-Time,TenureTrack
InformationSystems,DataAnalytics,Data-base Management
10/9/19 Georgia State Uni-versity
Atlanta,GAUSA ClinicalFaculty NonTenureTrack OperationsandSupplyChainManagement
10/9/19 Georgia State Uni-versity
Atlanta,GAUSA ClinicalFaculty NonTenureTrack BusinessAnalytics
10/9/19 Georgia State Uni-versity
Atlanta,GAUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sor
TenureTrack OperationsandSupplyChainManagement
10/8/19 UniversityofWestFlorida
Pensacola,FLUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sor in Management
Full-Time Management,Analytics
10/7/19 Georgetown Uni-versity
Washington,DCUSA
AcademicDirectorfortheMasterofScienceinBusi-nessAnalyticsProgram
Full-Time 12-month,NonTenureTrack,
Business/DataAnalytics
10/4/19 UniversityofNotreDame
SouthBend,INUSA Assistant Professor of Busi-nessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics,OperationsResearch/Management,InformationSystems
10/3/19 Penn State Erie Erie,PAUSA LecturerinProjectandSup-plyChainManagement
Lecturer SupplyChainManagement
10/3/19 UniversityofNotreDame
NotreDame,INUSA Assistant/AssociateTeach-ing Professor
Full-Time,NonTenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics,Accounting,DataSci-ence
10/2/19 MichiganStateUniversity
EastLansing,MIUSA
Assistant Professor Full-Time,TenureTrack
Logistics/Transportation
10/2/19 TilburgUniversity Tilburg,TheNeth-erlands
Open Rank Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainManagement
10/2/19 SuffolkUniversity Boston,MAUSA Assistant Professor Full-Time,TenureTrack
InformationSystems,OperationsManage-ment
9/30/19 St.John'sUniversity Queens,NYUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sor
Full-Time,TenureTrack
AnalyticalComputing,MachineLearning,DataMining,AdvancedStatisticalMethods
9/30/19 DePaulUniversity Chicago,ILUSA Assistant Professor of Busi-nessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics
9/30/19 PennStateYork York,PAUSA Assistant Professor of Busi-ness Administration
Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainManagement,BusinessAdministration
9/27/19 The College at Brockport,SUNY
Brockport,NYUSA Assistant Professor of Productions&OperationsManagement
Full-Time 10 month,TenureTrack
Production/Operations/SupplyChainMan-agement,BusinessAnalytics
9/27/19 BostonUniversity Boston,MAUSA Full Professor of Operations &TechnologyManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
OperationsandTechnologyManagement
9/26/19 TheUniversityofTulsa
Tulsa,OKUSA Visiting Assistant Professor ofDataAnalytics
Full-Time OperationsManagement,Business/DataAnalytics
9/26/19 TheUniversityofTulsa
Tulsa,OKUSA Assistant Professor of Data Analytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
OperationsManagement,Business/DataAnalytics
9/25/19 SoochowUniversity Suzhou,China Open Rank Full-Time or Part-Time
Business/Economics-AllAreas
9/24/19 UniversityofSouthCarolina
Columbia,SCUSA Open Rank Full-Time,TenureTrack
Operations&SupplyChainManagement
9/24/19 UniversityofSouthCarolina
Columbia,SCUSA Open Rank Full-Time,NonTenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics,Operations&SupplyChain Management
9/23/19 TheUniversityofAlabama
Huntsville,ALUSA Assistant Professor in Busi-nessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics
9/20/19 TheUniversityofScranton
Scranton,PAUSA Assistant Professor TenureTrack BusinessAnalytics
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9/20/19 James Madison University
Harrisonburg,VAUSA
Department Head Full Time InformationSystems/OperationsManage-ment
9/20/19 AsperSchoolofBusiness
Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
Assistant Professor or As-sociateProfessor
TenureTrack SupplyChainManagementandLogistics
9/18/19 CaseWesternRe-serveUniversity
Cleveland,OHUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sor of Operations
Full-Time,TenureTrack
Operations/SupplyChainManagement,BusinessAnalytics
9/17/19 WesternKentuckyUniversity
BowlingGreen,KYUSA
Assistant Professor in Man-agement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
Operations Management
9/16/19 HEC Montreal Montreal,QuebecCanada
Open Rank Full-Time,TenureTrack
OperationsandLogisticsManagement
9/16/19 BucknellUniversity Lewisburg,PAUSA John D and Catherine T MacArthurProfessorofDataScience
Full-Time,TenureTrack
DataScience
9/13/19 Robert Morris Uni-versity
MoonTownship,PAUSA
Assistant/AssociateProfes-sor of Management
Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics,OperationsManage-ment
9/13/19 UniversityofRich-mond
Richmond,VAUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sor of Management
Full-Time,TenureTrack
OperationsManagement,SupplyChainManagement
9/12/19 TexasStateUni-versity
SanMarcos,TXUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sor of Computer Information Systems
Full-Time,TenureTrack
MIS,InformationSystems,ComputerSci-ence,DataAnalytics
9/12/19 XavierUniversity Cincinnati,OHUSA Assistant Professor of Op-erations Management
Full-Time,TenureTrack
OperationsManagement,SupplyChainManagement
9/12/19 UniversityofNotreDame
NotreDame,INUSA Assistant/AssociateTeach-ing Professor of Business Analytics
Full-Time BusinessAnalytics
9/12/19 IveyBusinessSchool,WesternUniversity
London,ONCanada Limited Term Position in ManagementScience
Full-Time DataScience,BusinessAnalytics
9/12/19 UniversityofMis-souriSt.Louis
St.Louis,MIUSA Assistant Professor of Sup-plyChain&Analytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
Operations/SupplyChainManagement,Logistics,BusinessAnalytics
9/12/19 East Carolina Uni-versity
Greenville,NCUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sor of MIS
Full-Time,TenureTrack
Business/DataAnalytics,ManagementInformationSystems
9/12/19 Embry-RiddleAero-nauticalUniversity
DaytonaBeach,FLUSA
Assistant/AssociateProfes-sorofBusinessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics
9/11/19 UniversityofOkla-homa
Norman,OKUSA Assistant Professor of MIS Full-Time,TenureTrack
ManagementInformationSystems,Pro-gramming,Database
9/10/19 UniversityofSt.Thomas
St.Paul,MNUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sorofBusinessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics
9/10/19 TheUniversityofToledo
Toledo,OHUSA AssistantProfessor,IOTM Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics,InformationSystems,Operation&SupplyChainManagement
9/9/19 TulaneUniversity NewOrleans,LAUSA
LecturerinManagementScience
Non-TenureTrack BusinessAnalytics
9/9/19 UniversityofNe-braska
Lincoln,NEUSA CynthiaHardinMilliganChairof Business
Full-Time SupplyChainManagementandAnalytics
9/9/19 UniversityofNe-braska
Lincoln,NEUSA ProfessorofPracticeinSup-plyChainManagementandAnalytics
Full-Time SupplyChainManagementandAnalytics
9/6/19 UniversityofCali-fornia
LosAngeles,CAUSA
LadderFacultyPositioninDecisions,OperationsandTechnologyManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
DecisionSciences,OperationsManage-ment
9/6/19 ClemsonUniversity Clemson,SCUSA Assistant Professor of Sup-plyChainandOperationsManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainandOperationsManagement
9/5/19 TheUniversityofMemphis
Memphis,TNUSA Assistant Professor of Sup-plyChainManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainManagement
9/5/19 UniversityofSouth-ern Indiana
Evansville,INUSA Assistant Professor of Com-puterInformationSystems
Full-Time ComputerInformationSystems
9/5/19 USF Sarasota-Manatee
Sarasota,FLUSA Assistant Professor of Infor-mationSystems/DecisionScience
Full-Time,TenureTrack
InformationSystems,SupplyChainMan-agement,DecisionSciences
9/5/19 TheUniversityofKansas
Lawrence,KSUSA Assistant/Associate/FullProfessorofSupplyChainManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainManagement
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9/5/19 TheUniversityofKansas
Lawrence,KSUSA Assistant/Associate/FullPro-fessorofBusinessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics,DataScience,DataManagement/Modeling
9/3/19 Missouri State Uni-versity
Springfield,MOUSA Assistant Professor of Logistics&SupplyChainManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrack,9-monthAppointment
Logistics&SupplyChainManagement
8/30/19 WayneStateUni-versity
Detroit,MIUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sorofManagement&Infor-mationSystems
Full-Time,TenureTrack
InformationSystems
8/29/19 San Jose State University
SanJose,CAUSA Assistant/Associate/FullProfessorofIndustrial&SystemsEngineering
Full-Time Industrial&SystemsEngineering
8/29/19 The Ohio State University
Columbus,OHUSA Assistant Professor of Op-erations Management
Full-Time,TenureTrack
Operations Management
8/27/19 UniversityofLou-isville
Louisville,KYUSA Operations Management Faculty
Full-Time,Non-TenureTrack
OperationsManagement,ManagerialAnalytics
8/20/19 GrandValleyStateUniversity
GrandRapids,MIUSA
Assistant Professor of Man-agement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
Operations,SupplyChainManagement,ManagementInformationSystems
8/20/19 BallStateUniversity Muncie,INUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sorofLogistics&SupplyChain Management
Full-Time,TenureTrack
Logistics,SupplyChainManagement
8/20/19 TulaneUniversity NewOrleans,LAUSA
Assistant Professor of Man-agementScience
Full-Time,TenureTrack
ManagementScience
8/19/19 UniversityofRed-lands
Redlands,CAUSA Open Rank Full-Time,TenureTrack
OperationsManagement,BusinessAnalyt-ics
8/16/19 YorkUniversity Toronto,ONCanada Assistant Professor of Infor-mationSystems
Full-Time,TenureTrack
InformationSystems
8/16/19 YorkUniversity Toronto,ONCanada Assistant Professor of Op-erations Management
Full-Time,TenureTrack
Operations Management
8/16/19 John Carroll Uni-versity
Cleveland,OHUSA Assistant Professor of Sup-plyChainManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainManagement
8/15/19 MiamiUniversity Oxford,OHUSA Assistant Professor of Infor-mationSystems
Full-Time,TenureTrack
InformationSystems
8/15/19 MiamiUniversity Oxford,OHUSA Assistant Professor of Busi-nessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics
8/15/19 WesternMichiganUniversity
Kalamazoo,MIUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sor of Computer Information Systems
Full-Time,TenureTrack
ComputerInformationSystems
8/14/19 RochesterInstituteofTechnology
Rochester,NYUSA Assistant/AssociateProfessor of MIS/Business Analytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
ManagementInformationSystems,Busi-nessAnalytics
8/12/19 UniversityofSouthDakota
Vermillion,SDUSA AssistantProfessorofDeci-sionSciences
Full-Time,TenureTrack
AnalyticsandStatistics
8/12/19 California State PolytechnicUniver-sityPomona
Pomona,CAUSA Assistant Professor of Technology/OperationsManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
Operations,SupplyChainManagement
8/12/19 UniversityofAr-kansas
Fayetteville,ARUSA Open Rank Professor of Sup-plyChainManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainManagement,Logistics
8/9/19 SUNYNewPaltz NewPaltz,NYUSA Assistant Professor of Busi-nessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics
8/8/19 TulaneUniversity NewOrleans,LAUSA
ProfessorofPracticeinBusi-nessAnalytics
Non-TenureTrack BusinessAnalytics
8/8/19 Northern Illinois University
Dekalb,ILUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sorofInformationSystems
Full-Time,TenureTrack
ManagementInformationSystems,DataAnalytics
8/8/19 BaylorUniversity Waco,TXUSA Assistant Professor of Op-erations Management
Full-Time,TenureTrack
OperationsManagement/SupplyChainManagement
8/8/19 Virginia Common-wealthUniversity
Richmond,VAUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sorofSupplyChainManage-ment&Analytics
Full-Time,TenureEligible
SupplyChainManagement
8/7/19 UniversityofWiscon-sin-Whitewater
WhitewaterWI,USA Lecturer-InformationTechnology&SupplyChainManagement
Full-Time SupplyChainManagement,Logistics,Man-agementInformationSystems
8/5/19 St.NorbertCollege DePere,WIUSA Assistant Professor of Sup-plyChainManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
Operations,SupplyChainManagement
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8/1/19 UniversityofTen-nessee
Knoxville,TNUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sorofSupplyChainManage-ment
Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainManagement
8/1/19 BallStateUniversity Muncie,INUSA Assistant Professor of Busi-nessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics
7/30/19 DePaulUniversity ChicagoIL,USA Assistant Professor TenureTrack BusinessAnalytics
7/25/19 UniversityofAla-bama at Birmingham
Birmingham,ALUSA Open Rank Professor of Management
Full-Time,TenureTrack
Business/Management
7/24/19 California State University
SanBernardino,CAUSA
Assistant Professor of Sup-plyChain,LogisticsandBusinessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
ManagementInformationSystems
7/8/19 Penn State Har-risburg
Middletown,PAUSA Assistant Professor of Sup-plyChainManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainManagement
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2018–2019 M.JohnnyRungtusanatham,TheOhio StateUniversity
2017–2018 Jatinder(Jeet)Gupta,Universityof Alabama – Huntsville
2016–2017 FundaSahin,UniversityofHouston
2015–2016 MorganSwink,TexasChristian University
2014–2015 MarcSchniederjans,Deceased
2013–2014 MalingEbrahimpour,Universityof SouthFlorida,St.Petersburg
2012–2013 E.PowellRobinson,Jr.,Universityof Houston
2011–2012 KrishnaS.Dhir,BerryCollege
2010–2011 G.KeongLeong,UniversityofNevada, Las Vegas
2009–2010 RamNarasimhan,MichiganState University
2000 – 20092008–2009 NormaJ.Harrison,MacquarieGraduate SchoolofManagement
2007–2008 KennethE.Kendall,RutgersUniversity
2006–2007 MarkM.Davis,BentleyUniversity
2005–2006 ThomasE.Callarman,ChinaEurope InternationalBusinessSchool
2004–2005 GaryL.Ragatz,MichiganState University
2003–2004 BarbaraB.Flynn,IndianaUniversity
2002–2003 ThomasW.Jones,Universityof Arkansas–Fayetteville
2001–2002 F.RobertJacobs,IndianaUniversity– Bloomington
2000–2001 MichaelJ.Showalter,FloridaState University
1999–2000 LeeJ.Krajewski,UniversityofNotre Dame
1990–19991998–1999 TerryR.Rakes,VirginiaTech
1997–1998 JamesR.Evans,Universityof Cincinnati
1996–1997 BettyJ.Whitten,Deceased
1995–1996 JohnC.Anderson,Universityof Minnesota–Twin Cities
1994–1995 K.RoscoeDavis,UniversityofGeorgia
1993–1994 LarryP.Ritzman,OhioStateUniversity
1992–1993 WilliamC.Perkins,IndianaUniversity– Bloomington
1991–1992 RobertE.Markland,Universityof South Carolina
1990–1991 RonaldJ.Ebert,Universityof Missouri–Columbia
1989–1990 BernardW.Taylor,III,VirginiaTech
1981 – 19891989–1990 BernardW.Taylor,III,VirginiaTech
1988–1989 WilliamL.Berry,OhioStateUniversity
1987–1988 JamesM.Clapper,AladdinTempRite
1986–1987 WilliamR.Darden,Deceased
1985–1986 HarveyJ.Brightman,GeorgiaState University
1984–1985 SangM.Lee,UniversityofNebraska– Lincoln
1983–1984 LaurenceJ.Moore,VirginiaTech, Deceased
1982–1983 LindaG.Sprague,Deceased
1981–1982 NormanL.Chervany,Universityof Minnesota–Twin Cities
1979–1981 D.ClayWhybark,UniversityofNorth Carolina–Chapel Hill
DSI FOUNDED – 19791978–1979 JohnNeter,UniversityofGeorgia
1977–1978 CharlesP.Bonini,StanfordUniversity
1976–1977 LawrenceL.Schkade,Universityof Texas–Arlington
1975–1976 KennethP.Uhl,Deceased
1974–1975 AlbertJ.Simone,RochesterInstitute ofTechnology
1973–1974 GeneK.Groff,GeorgiaState University
1972–1973 RodgerD.Collons,DrexelUniversity
1971-1972 GeorgeW.Summers,Deceased
1969-1971 DennisE.Grawoig,Deceased
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In order for the nominee to be considered, the nominator must submit in electronic form a full vita of the nominee along with a letter of nomination which highlights the con-tributions made by the nominee in research, teaching and/or administration and service to the Institute. Nominations must highlight the nominee’s contributions and provide appropriate supporting information which may not be contained in the vita. A candidate cannot be considered for two consecutive years.
Send nominations to:Chair of the Fellows Committee Decision Sciences Insti-tuteC.T. Bauer College of Business 334 Melcher Hall, Suite 325Houston, TX [email protected]
Adam,EverettE.,Jr.Anderson,JohnC.Benson,P.GeorgeBeranek,WilliamBerry,WilliamL.Bonini,CharlesP.Brightman,HarveyJ.Buffa,ElwoodS.*Cangelosi,Vincent*Carter,PhillipL.Chase,RichardB.Chervany,NormanL.Clapper,JamesM.RodgerD.CollonsCouger,J.Daniel*Cummings,LarryL.*Darden,WilliamR.*Davis,K.RoscoeDavis,MarkM.Day,RalphL.*Digman,LesterA.Dock,V.ThomasEbert,RonaldJ.Ebrahimpour,MalingEdwards,WardEvans,JamesR.Fetter,RobertB.Flores,BenitoE.*Flynn,BarbaraB.Franz,LoriS.Ghosh,SoumenGlover,FredW.Gonzalez,RichardF.Grawoig,DennisE.*Green,PaulE.Groff,GeneK.Gupta,JatinderN.D.Hahn,ChanK.Hamner,W.ClayHayya,JackC.
Heineke,JanelleHershauer,JamesC.Holsapple,ClydeHorowitz,IraHouck,ErnestC.*Huber,GeorgeP.Jacobs,F.RobertJones,ThomasW.Kendall,JulieE.Kendall,KennethE.Keown,ArthurJ.Khumawala,BasheerM.Kim,KeeYoungKing,WilliamR.Klein,GaryKoehler,AnneB.Krajewski,LeeJ.LaForge,LawrenceLatta,CarolJ.*Lee,SangM.Luthans,FredMabert,VincentA.Malhotra,ManojK.Malhotra,NareshK.Markland,RobertE.McMillan,Claude*Miller,JeffreyG.Monroe,KentB.Moore,LaurenceJ.* Moskowitz,HerbertNarasimhan,RamNeter,JohnNutt,PaulC.Olson,DavidL.Perkins,WilliamC.Peters,WilliamS.Philippatos,GeorgeC.Ragsdale,CliffT.Raiffa,Howard*Rakes,TerryR.
Reinmuth,JamesR.Ritzman,LarryP.Roth,AledaV.Rungtusanatham,Manus(Johnny)Sanders,NadaSchkade,LawrenceL.Schniederjans,MarcJ.*Schriber,ThomasJ.Schroeder,RogerG.Simone,AlbertJ.Slocum,JohnW.,Jr.Smunt,TimothySobol,MarionG.Sorensen,JamesE.Sprague,LindaG.*Steinberg,EarleSummers,GeorgeW.*Tang,Kwei
Taylor,BernardW.,IIITroutt,MarvinD.Uhl,KennethP.*Vakharia,AsooJ.Vazsonyi,Andrew*Vickery,ShawneeVoss,ChristopherA.Ward,PeterT.Wasserman,William*Wemmerlov,UrbanWheelwright,StevenC.Whitten,BettyJ.*Whybark,D.ClayWicklund,GaryA.Winkler,RobertL.Woolsey,RobertE.D.Wortman,MaxS.,Jr.*Zmud,RobertW.
*Deceased
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