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About Koray Özpolat
I am a supply chain management scholar with a passion in humanitarian logistics and disaster relief. My career journey started as an electrical engineer. Having worked in IT for a while as an applications developer and a lecturer, I realized that I am more interested in working with humans than machines. This became clearer during my employment at the United Nations as a Logistics Systems Analyst where I provided process mapping and programming support to the Procurement and Logistics Division. Upon talking to the beneficiaries and witnessing the agency’s terrific impact on generations of refugees, I came to find a deeper meaning and satisfaction in this field. Eventually, I did my PhD in supply chain management and started doing research to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of humanitarian supply chains. Following the teacher-scholar model, I work with business students in the classroom to promote smart compassion by designing public service announcements. In collaboration with government agencies, I also develop decision support tools to educate the public in making right donation decisions.
I am the coordinator of the doctoral program in supply chain management and also act as an advisor to the Business Living and Learning Community (BLLC) at URI. I have been serving the profession as a VP for Technology at the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute since 2015.
2022 - Present | Professor, University of Rhode Island ‐ College of Business | |
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2016 - 2022 | Associate Professor, University of Rhode Island ‐ College of Business | |
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2011 - 2016 | Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island ‐ College of Business | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Supply Chain Management, Humanitarian Logistics, Pedagogical Business Reserach, and Geopilitics of Business
Professional Service and Affiliations
2021 - Present | Associate Editor, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education | 2020 - Present | Editorial Board Member, Transportation Journal | 2022 - 2024 | Co-Editor of Pandemics Special Issue, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education | 2021 - 2023 | VP for Information Management & Board Member, Decision Sciences Institute | 2015 - 2019 | VP for Technology & Board Member, Northeast Decision Sciences Institute |
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Reviewer Award - Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management-2013
- Dean's William A. Orme Working Paper Series Award - 2015
- Dean's Outstanding Research Paper Award - 2013
- Dean's Outstanding New Teacher Award - 2013
- Dingman Research Fellow, R. H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland - 2011
- Dean's Outstanding Research Award - 2016
- Thomas Chisolm Graduate Teaching Award-2021
Courses
- MBA 560 - Global Supply Chain Management
- BUS 355 Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management
- BUS 462 Supply Chain Network Modeling and Optimization
- BUS 609 Doctoral Seminar in Supply Chain Management
2022 - Present | MS in International Relations, University of Rhode Island | |
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2007 - 2011 | PhD in Business and Management, University of Maryland at College Park ‐ School of Business | |
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2005 - 2007 | Graduate Diploma, CIPS ‐ The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply - UK | |
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1998 - 2000 | MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University - Fort Collins ‐ College of Engineering | |
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1991 - 1995 | BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Hacettepe University | |
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Contact Information
College of Business Administration
University of Rhode Island
7 Lippitt Rd.
Kingston, RI 02881
phone: 401-874-5750
email: koray@uri.edu
http://www.cba.uri.edu/ozpolat
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