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Glenn Richey is the Harbert Eminent Scholar in the Department of Supply Chain Management and research director at the Center for Supply Chain Innovation (CSCI) at Auburn University. His role is to help advance supply chain management research and outreach in the Harbert College of Business at Auburn University. Richey engages in industry-based research and enjoys building research and student relationships between academia and practice. In addition to his formal education, Richey has an executive certificate in international business from the University of South Carolina. Before entering academia, Richey worked for ten years in managerial positions across several functional areas, including procurement, sales, retail consulting, finishing/manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics/supply chain operations for two companies: Scott Paper Company and Genuine Parts Company.

DR. GLENN RICHEY Auburn University

Richey has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals since 2001. He has won numerous awards for his research, including the Cavusgil Award for the best contribution to international marketing in the Journal of International Marketing and the LaLonde Award for the best contribution to supply chain management and logistics in the Journal of Business Logistics. Richey has also been awarded multiple graduate and undergraduate teaching awards. He received the Outstanding Faculty Award for teaching at the Harbert College of Business and the University of Alabama’s top teaching award—the National Alumni Association Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award. Richey has taught across six continents as a visiting professor and research associate at many universities including BEM Dakar (Senegal), Bilkent University (Turkey), Bond University (Australia), Donghua University (China), University of Ghent (Belgium), Istanbul Technical University (Turkey), KEDGE (Bordeaux and Marseilles, France), Koç University (Turkey), Mediterranean School of Business (Tunisia), Toulouse Business School (France & Barcelona), University of Bath (UK), University of Edinburgh (Scotland), and University of Zagreb (Croatia). He has led study abroad and executive trips to countries including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Chile, China, Columbia, Croatia, Greece, the Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, and Turkey. Richey currently is the Editor-in-Chief at the Journal of Business Logistics (with Dr. Beth Davis Sramek) and an Associate Editor at the Journal of Supply Chain Management. Richey received Emerald Publishing’s Leading Editor Award as co-editor of IJPDLM (with Dr. Alex Ellinger) in 2013. He has served on several editorial review boards, including Decision Sciences, Journal of World Business, Industrial Marketing Management, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management (IJPDLM), and International Journal of Logistics Management. He is a past senior and associate editor at Decision Sciences and the Journal of World Business. His industry service efforts extend across many state, local, and national organizations. When taking a break from his job, Richey enjoys travel and downtime with his wife (Suzanne), his sons (Rob & Max), and a pair of too-active border collies.

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