Faculty & Staff

	Dr. Festus Olorunniwo Professor Contact: Office: AWC J403 Phone: 615-963-7299 Email: folorunniwo@tnstate.edu Website	Dr. Olorunniwo is a Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management and the Head of Department of Business Administration at Tennessee State University. He holds a Doctorate degree in Operations Research (Management Science) from The University of Texas at Austin, and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Polytechnic University, New York. His research and consulting interests are in Service and Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain Management, and Management of Quality. He has consulted for several companies in Tennessee, Singapore, Malawi, Ukraine, and Nigeria. Twice a consultant to United Nations Development Program, he has also published over 75 research articles in refereed journals and proceedings.

	Dr. Chunxing Fan Associate Professor Contact: Office: AWC K432 Phone: 615-963-7393 Email: cfan@tnstate.edu Website	Dr. Fan’s research interests are Supply Chain Strategy and Collaborative Optimization, Integrated Production and Distribution Optimization, Logistics and Transportation Network Design, and Resource/Project Management. He has published articles in refereed journals and proceedings such as Journal of the Operational Research Society, Transportation Research, International Journal Management and Enterprise Development, etc.

	Dr. Phyllis Flott Associate Professor Contact: Office: AWC K428 Phone: 615-963-7135 Email: pflott@tnstate.edu Website	Dr. Flott's current research interests include the Relationship Between Bankruptcy and use of Differed Deposit Services, Ethical Issues Related to Fringe Banking, and Location Patterns of Deferred Presentation Companies in Nashville.

	Dr. Carrie Hurst Assistant Professor Contact: Office: AWC K444 Phone: 615-963-7341 Email: churst@tnstate.edu Website	Dr. Hurst's research interests relate broadly to individual and organizational career development issues and occupational health and safety. Specifically, recent publications have focused on consequences of experiencing a career plateau (Career Development Quarterly) and how employees cope with being plateaued in their jobs (Journal of Vocational Behavior). Dr. Hurst is also interested in research methods, with a recent book chapter focusing on the methodological rigor/validity of published qualitative research.

	Dr. Joel Jolayemi Professor Contact: Office: AWC K446 Phone: 615-963-7134 Email: jjolayemi@tnstate.edu Website	Dr. Jolayemi’s areas of active research interest include project scheduling, supply chain management, production management, total quality management, quality strategic planning, and credit scoring. He has published in many international journals. These include International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Applied Statistics and Data Analysis, The Indian Journal of Statistics, Ecological Modeling, Omega, etc. Altogether, he has published nothing less than 30 journal articles.

	Dr. Kenneth Kungu Assistant Professor Contact: Office: AWC K429 Phone: 615-963-7379 Email: kkungu@tnstate.edu Website	Dr. Kungu obtained his Doctorate in Human Resource and Leadership Development from Louisiana State University. He teaches courses in Human Resource Management, Organization Behavior and Leadership. His research interests include self-directed learning, career development, cross-cultural HR practices and employee health and wellness.

	Dr. Xiaoming Li Associate Professor Contact: Office: AWC K441 Phone: 615-963-7073 Email: xli1@tnstate.edu Website	Dr. Li’s current research interests include stochastic inventory management, demand evolution in supply chains, reverse logistics, and evolutionary game theory. His articles appear in various refereed journals, such as European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Scheduling, Omega, and Supply Chain Management.

	Dr. Vaidotas Lukošius Associate Professor Contact: Office: AWC K401 Phone: 615-963-7128 Email: vlukosius@tnstate.edu Website	Dr. Lukosius' research interests include analyzing consumer behavior in the virtual environments, modeling service encounters in retail environments, and advertising trends. Dr. Lukošius has published in Ekonomika, Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, Proceedings of Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators.

	Dr. Sharon Thach Professor Contact: Office: AWC K438 Phone: 615-963-7133 Email: sthach@tnstate.edu Website	Dr. Thach’s research interests include international entrepreneurship, international distribution, and ethics. Dr. Thach has published in such journals as International Marketing Review, Journal of Business Ethics, and Industrial Marketing Management, The Journal of Product Innovation Management, The Journal of Business Research, and The Journal of Business and Industrial Management among others. Dr. Thach is also on the Editorial Boards of The Journal of International Marketing and The Journal of African Business.

	Dr. Ramaprasad Unni Associate Professor Contact: Office: AWC K439 Phone: 615-963-7343 Email: runni@tnstate.edu Website	Dr Unni’s research interests are in the area of consumer behavior in interactive environments. His research has examined the relative effectiveness of virtual product trial, consumer evaluations of wireless location-based marketing, value creation through customization, and use of information sources in different shopping contexts. He has published in the Journal of Interactive Advertising, Marketing Education Review, Proceedings of the AMA Educators Conference, Proceedings of Association for Consumer Research, and other national conference proceedings

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