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Stephanie Eckerd

Stephanie Eckerd

FedEx Supply Chain Professor, James A & Natalie Haslam Faculty Fellow

Phone 865-974-5311

Email seckerd@utk.edu

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Location Room - 320, Stokely Management Center

Department:

Supply Chain Management

Center:

Global Supply Chain Institute

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Biography

Stephanie Eckerd is a FedEx Supply Chain Professor, James A & Natalie Haslam Faculty Fellow who holds a doctorate from The Ohio State University, researches behavioral operations and supply chain management to understand better how social and psychological variables impact aspects of buyer-supplier relationship management.

Eckerd’s research has received numerous awards, including the 2017 Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award at the Journal of Supply Chain Management and the 2015 Chan Hahn Best Paper Winner at the Academy of Management.

She teaches strategic sourcing, leveraging her previous industry experience in procurement analysis as a defense contractor serving the Missile Defense Agency. Eckerd also has taught “Introduction to Operations Management” and “Intermediate Supply Chain Management,” and she has been recognized for her teaching excellence.

Eckerd is an associate editor for the Decision Sciences Journal, the Journal of Operations Management and the Journal of Supply Chain Management. She sits on the editorial review board for the Journal of Business Logistics.

Eckerd currently serves on the executive committee for the operations and supply management division of the Academy of Management.

Education:

2011 The Ohio State University,, Ph.D., Business Administration

2006 Wake Forest University, M.B.A., Business Administration

2002 Strayer University, B.S., Business Administration

Awards/Honors
  • Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award 2022 (Finalist), Journal of Supply Chain Management.
  • James A & Natalie Haslam Faculty Fellow, 2023 Haslam Summer Scholars Program.
  • Martin & Carol Robinson Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service Award, Finalist, 2023, Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee.
  • Vallett Family Outstanding Researcher Award, Finalist, 2022, Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee.
  • Certificate of recognition for Top Cited Article (2020 – 2021) in the Journal of Operations Management for paper entitled "On making experimental design choices: Discussions on the use and challenges of demand effects, incentives, deception, samples, and vignettes."
  • Certificate of recognition for Top Cited Article (2020 – 2021) in the Journal of Operations Management for paper entitled "Spillover effects of information leakages in buyer-supplier-supplier triads."
  • F. Perry and Elaine Ozburn Award for Innovative Research, 2021, Department of Supply Chain Management, University of Tennessee.
  • Outstanding Reviewer for 2020, Journal of Business Logistics.
  • Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award 2017 (Winner), Journal of Supply Chain Management.
  • Harold E. Fearon Best Empirical Paper Award 2016 (Finalist), Journal of Supply Chain Management.
  • Best Paper Award 2015, Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation.
  • Reviewer Service Award for outstanding service from 2011-2015, Journal of Operations Management.
  • Chan Hahn Best Paper Award, 2015, Academy of Management, OM Division.
  • Journal Reviewer of the Year, Production and Operations Management, Behavioral Operations, 2015.
  • Top 15% Teaching Award, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, academic year 2011-2012.
  • Awarded sponsorship for the CIBER Faculty Development in International Business Program, Africa, 2012.
  • Recipient of Pace Setter Award, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University 2009.
  • Nominated for the Graduate Associate Teaching Award, The Ohio State University 2008 & 2009.
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