Georgia WebMBA Program Coordinator, Coles College of Business
Dr. Jomon A. Paul is the Interim Associate Dean of Research and Accreditation and Professor of Quantitative Analysis at the Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University (KSU), Georgia. Dr. Paul serves as a Senior Associate Editor for Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. He is also an American Society of Quality certified Six Sigma Black Belt.
Dr. Paul teaches business analytics courses focused on optimization, statistics, simulation modeling, and decision analysis topics in the BBA and MBA programs. His primary research interests include the application of operations research, analytics, simulation, and statistical modeling to disaster planning, humanitarian logistics, homeland security, healthcare, and transportation domains.
Dr. Paul is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, the Production and Operations Management Society, the Decision Sciences Institute, and a senior member of the American Society of Quality (ASQ). His research has appeared in premier journals such as Operations Research, Transportation Research Part B, Transportation Research Part E, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Journal of Business Ethics, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Emergency Medicine, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management among several others. Dr. Paul’s research has been cited several times in high-quality papers published in Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, Production and Operations Management, International Journal of Production Economics, Transportation Research Part E, Decision Support Systems, Information Systems Frontiers, Annals of Operations Research, etc.
Dr. Paul was awarded the "KSU Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award” in 2016 and the Coles College of Business "Distinguished Professor Award" in 2019. He was also awarded the “Distinguished Scholarship Award” of the Coles College of Business in 2013 and 2020. Dr. Paul has won teaching awards at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has organized and chaired sessions and presented papers at national and international conferences. He has done several lean six sigma quality and throughput improvement projects for clients that include hospitals, airports, etc.
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About Jomon A. Paul
Dr. Jomon A. Paul is the Interim Associate Dean of Research and Accreditation and Professor of Quantitative Analysis at the Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University (KSU), Georgia. Dr. Paul serves as a Senior Associate Editor for Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. He is also an American Society of Quality certified Six Sigma Black Belt.
Dr. Paul teaches business analytics courses focused on optimization, statistics, simulation modeling, and decision analysis topics in the BBA and MBA programs. His primary research interests include the application of operations research, analytics, simulation, and statistical modeling to disaster planning, humanitarian logistics, homeland security, healthcare, and transportation domains.
Dr. Paul is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, the Production and Operations Management Society, the Decision Sciences Institute, and a senior member of the American Society of Quality (ASQ). His research has appeared in premier journals such as Operations Research, Transportation Research Part B, Transportation Research Part E, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Journal of Business Ethics, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Emergency Medicine, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management among several others. Dr. Paul’s research has been cited several times in high-quality papers published in Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, Production and Operations Management, International Journal of Production Economics, Transportation Research Part E, Decision Support Systems, Information Systems Frontiers, Annals of Operations Research, etc.
Dr. Paul was awarded the "KSU Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award” in 2016 and the Coles College of Business "Distinguished Professor Award" in 2019. He was also awarded the “Distinguished Scholarship Award” of the Coles College of Business in 2013 and 2020. Dr. Paul has won teaching awards at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has organized and chaired sessions and presented papers at national and international conferences. He has done several lean six sigma quality and throughput improvement projects for clients that include hospitals, airports, etc.
| Present | Course Lead, WebMBA 6040 (Managerial Decision Analysis), Georgia WebMBA | |
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| Present | Director of Research and Assessment, Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University | |
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| Present | Georgia WebMBA Program Coordinator, Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University | |
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| Present | Professor of Quantitative Analysis, Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University | |
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Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- 1996-97 - National Merit Certificate
- 2002 - Best Final Year Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Project, Title: “Micro Controller Based Automated Level Crossing System” (Article featuring the project published in the newspaper India Times)
- 2003-6 - Graduate Research Scholarship, University at Buffalo.
- 2006 - Award of Excellence in Workforce Development, University Economic Development Association
- 2007-8 - Coles College of Business Faculty Research (RDC) Award, Proposal Title: “Models for Competitive USDA Bidding”
- 2008 - Incentive Teaching Development (EFQA) Award, Proposal Title: “Development of Innovative materials for Improved Dissemination of Quantitative Analysis Concepts”
- 2008 - Coles College of Business Faculty Research (RDC) Award, Proposal Title: “Determination of Optimal Number of Nurses for a Hospital”
- 2008 - Coles College of Business Faculty Research (RDC) Award, Proposal Title: “Operating Room Scheduling Planning”
- 2008-9 - Coles College of Business Faculty Research (RDC) Award, Proposal Title: “Port Disaster Planning”
- 2009 - Coles College of Business Faculty Research (RDC) Award, Proposal Title: “Models for solving Emergency Room Crisis”
- 2009-10 - Coles College of Business Faculty Research (RDC) Award, Proposal Title: “Models for solving Emergency Room Crisis” -
- 2011-12 - Coles College of Business Faculty Research (RDC) Award, Proposal Title: “Access to care issues in Emergency Departments”
- 2011 - Coles College of Business Distinguished Award in Teaching Nominee
- 2011 - Coles College of Business Distinguished Award in Research Nominee
- 2012 - Research Grant, Coles College of Business, Proposal Title: “Impact of Certificate of Need Law on Quality of Care in Emergency Departments”
- 2012 - Coles College of Business Distinguished Award in Teaching Nominee
- 2012 - Article on Social Networking Selected for inclusion in Elsevier’s Monthly Research Selection, an e-newsletter for science journalists and reporters
- 2012 - Coles College of Business Distinguished Award in Research Nominee
- 2013 - Coles College of Business Distinguished Award in Service Nominee
- 2013 - Coles College of Business Distinguished Award in Research
- 2013 - Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
- 2014 - Coles College of Business Distinguished Award in Service
- 2014 - Research Grant, Coles College of Business, Proposal Title: “Determinants of Terrorism in India”
- 2014 - Finalist, Kennesaw State University Foundation Distinguished Research and Creative Activity Award
- 2014-Now - Academic Fellow, Kennesaw State University Center for Corporate Governance
- 2015 - Prize for Best Publication “Optimal Allocation of Resources in Airport Security: Profiling vs. Screening” Operations Research, Vol. 62, Issue 2 (March) 2014, pp. 219-233
- 2015 - Research Grant, Coles College of Business, Proposal Title: “Determinants of Terrorism in India”
- 2015 - Research Grant, Coles College of Business, Proposal Title: “A Frontier Analysis of Not-For-Profit Hospitals”
- 2015 - Coles College of Business Research Collaboration Award (with Aniruddha Bagchi from Economics)
- 2015 - Coles College of Business Research Collaboration Award (with Michael Maloni from Management and Entrepreneurship)
- 2015 - Research Grant, Coles College of Business, Proposal Title: “Effect of Certificate of Need Law on Acute Ischemic Stroke Quality of Care”
- 2016 - Prize for Best Publication “Modeling the Benefits of Cross Training to Address the Nursing Shortage” International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 150, Issue 1 (April) 2014, pp. 83-95.
- 2016 - Prize for Best Coles Working Paper Publication “Determinants of Operational and Financial Performance and Market Concentration for Not-For-Profit Hospitals” Coles Working Paper Series, SPRING16-05, March 2016.
- 2016 - Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award
- 2016 - Coles College of Business Faculty Research (RDC) Award, Proposal Title: “Impact of Online Social Networking on Critical Thinking”
- 2016 - KSU Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award – Business and Industry Applications
- 2006-Present American Society of Quality Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
- 2017 - Coles College of Business Research Collaboration Award (with Leo MacDonald from Quantitative Analysis)
- 2017 - Coles College of Business Faculty Research (RDC) Award, Proposal Title: “Development of a Measurement Instrument for Social Media Behavior”
- 2016-17 Outstanding Faculty of the Year - Awarded Outstanding Faculty of the Year by the students in the WebMBA program (Cohort 59)
- 2017 - Coles College of Business Elite Publication Award (with Leo MacDonald (Quantitative Analysis) and Benedikt Quosigk (School of Accountancy))
- 2017-18 Outstanding Faculty of the Year - Awarded Outstanding Faculty of the Year by the students in the WebMBA program (Cohort 68)
- 2019 - Prize for Outstanding Publication “Espionage and the Optimal Standard of the Customs-Trade Partnership against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Program in Maritime Security” European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 262, Issue 1 (October) 2017, pp: 89-107.
- 2019 - Prize for Best Coles Working Paper Publication “Decision-Support Model for Cybersecurity Risk Planning: A Two-stage Stochastic Programming Framework Featuring Firms, Government, and Attacker” Coles Working Paper Series, SPRING19-02, March 2019.
- 2019 - Distinguished Professor Award
- 2019 - Coles College of Business Faculty Research (RDC) Award, Proposal Title: “Development of a Measurement Instrument for Social Media Behavior”
- 2020 - Coles College of Business Faculty Research (RDC) Award, Proposal Title: “Development and Validation of a Deep Fake Video Instrument”
- 2020 - Distinguished Scholarship Award
- 2020 - Coles College of Business Faculty Research (RDC) Award, Proposal Title: “Development and Validation of a Deep Fake Video Instrument”
- 2020 - Education Economics Center Grant, Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University, Project: “Georgia Public School Rankings: Beating the Odds Analysis using Stochastic Frontier Analysis”
- 2020 - Provost's Faculty Leadership Fellow
- 2020-21 Outstanding Faculty of the Year - Awarded Outstanding Faculty of the Year by the students in the WebMBA program (Cohort 91)
Courses
- Econ 7750 Introduction to Business Intelligence Using Simulation
- Econ 8900 MBA Special Topics
- WebMBA 6040 Managerial Decision Analysis Using Business Intelligence
- Econ 4850 Simulation and Modeling Analysis
- Econ 4400 Hospital Operations and Procedures
- Econ 3300 Applied Statistics and Optimization Models
- Econ 2300 Business Statistics
Contact Information
Burruss Bldg., Room 318, MD 0403
560 Parliament Garden Way
Kennesaw, GA 30144
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