Bio of Christopher Craighead
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Christopher Craighead |
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Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management |
Introduction
Christopher W. Craighead recently joined the Department of Supply Chain & Information Systems in the Smeal College of Business. His primary research interest is in the area of strategic sourcing/supply management. Professor Craighead has articles published in Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Decision Sciences, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management Review, and other journals. He has been the recipient of several research fellowships, competitive research grants, and research awards. For example, he was co-author on a paper that won the Wickham Skinner Best Paper Award given by the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS). Professor Craighead currently teaches classes in Strategic Procurement and has been the recipient of awards for teaching excellence at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Professor Craighead serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Operations Management where he recently received the Best Associate Editor Award. He is an Area Editor for Operations Management Research and also serves on the Editorial Review Boards of Production and Operations Management, Decision Sciences, and Production & Inventory Management Journal.
Expertise
Strategic Sourcing, Procurement and Supply Management
Supply Disruptions and Risk
Service Operations/Supply Chains
Empirical Research in Supply Chain Management
