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About Penina Orenstein

Hired in 2006, Dr. Orenstein is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computing and Decision Sciences at Seton Hall’s Stillman School of Business, and the Academic Director for the Master’s Program in Business Analytics.  Dr Orenstein teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses, Quantitative Methods for Business, Management Science and Supply Chain Management. 
Dr. Orenstein has introduced an undergraduate certificate in Supply Chain Management and has been responsible for the creation and deployment of a new concentration in Supply Chain Management at the MBA level. Her research focus is on the topological structure of supply networks. Her research has appeared in the Journal of Networks and Spatial Economics and in the Journal of Information Systems and Operations Research (INFOR).  She has also presented her work at various conferences including POMS, INFORMS, MSOM and the SCMA. 
In 2016, her research idea on the topological structure of supply networks attracted international attention by winning the 2016 Best Paper Award at SCMA 2016. In 2018, she won the University Research Council award for her work on digital mapping of supply chain networks. In 2021 she was awarded the University’s Opportunity Meets Innovation Challenge Grant Award for a joint research project on the impact of COVID-19 on the financial performance of supply chain networks.

Positions

2021 - Present Academic Director MS Business Analytics, Seton Hall University Stillman School of Business
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2006 - Present Associate Professor, Stillman School of Business ‐ Department of Computing and Decision Sciences
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2013 - 2016 Undergraduate Program Director, Seton Hall University Stillman School of Business
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Honors and Awards

  • University Research Council Award 2018-2019,"Using a data visualization approach to establish a conceptual framework for supply chain network structure, evolution and performance."
  • Digital Scholar Award 2017, 2018
  • Winner of the Best Paper Award at International SCMA Conference, June 2016
  • International Institute for Business Award 2014-2015, 2015-2016, Stillman School of Business
  • University Teacher of the Year Award 2015, Stillman School of Business representative
  • Beck Scholar Award 2013-2014, Stillman School of Business, Research Achievement
  • NJ Bright Idea Award, October 2012 for paper, “ Using hierarchical forecasting to align inventory levels in a two-stage supply chain: an empirical approach”
  • Research Achievement Award, Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
  • Teaching Achievement Award, Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University, 2009
  • International Business Institute Award, Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University, 2009
  • Provost 's Faculty Scholarship Award, Seton Hall University, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
  • Smeed Prize awarded to the best student paper in Transportation Research in UK Research Institutions, 1995
  • Seton Hall University Undergraduate Research Awards, May 2019, May 2020, June 2021
  • Stillman School of Business ,Faculty Formation Award Winner, 2018
  • Seton Hall University Undergraduate Research Award, 2021
  • Seton Hall University Undergraduate Research Award, 2020
  • Seton Hall University Undergraduate Research Award, 2019
  • Merit Pay Award, Seton Hall University, 2017
  • New Jersey Bright Idea award, NJPRO, 2012

Courses

  • BQUA7813 - Management Science
  • BQUA7825 - Supply Chain Management
  • BQUA2812 - Quantitative Methods for Business

Education

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1989 - 1992 BSc, Penina Orenstein, Kings College London
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Presentations (22)

Recent Works (2)