Conference Presentations
Regulation (Dis)Order: The Impact of Trade Policy Shifts in Shaping Global Supply Chain Structures
- Invited Session, INFORMS (San Francisco, CA) – upcoming*** November, 2026
- Refereed Submission, EurOMA (Vienna, Austria) July, 2026
- Contributed Session, POMS International (Stockholm, Sweden) June, 2026
- Invited Session, POMS Annual Conference (Reno, NV) May, 2026
- Invited Session, Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting (Orlando, FL) November, 2025
Distant Mines, Local Risks: The Impact of Deregulation on Fissured Workforce Risk Management Systems
- Doctoral Research Showcase, Decision Sciences (San Francisco, CA) – upcoming*** November, 2026
- ARS, CSCMP (Nashville, TN) October, 2026
- HOPE Research Workshop (University of Notre Dame, IN) September, 2026
- Refereed Submission, AOM (Philadelphia, PA) August, 2026
- Finalist, Best Student Paper (OSCM Division)
- Refereed Submission, EurOMA (Vienna, Austria) July, 2026
- Invited Session, POMS Annual Conference (Reno, NV) May, 2026
- Invited Session, Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting (Orlando, FL) November, 2025
- Invited Session, POMS Annual Conference (Atlanta, GA) May, 2025
- Invited Session, INFORMS (Seattle, WA) October, 2024
- Contributed Session, POMS Annual Conference (Minneapolis, MN) May, 2024
Modeling Illicit Massage Business Location Dynamics - A Network Simulation Approach
- Invited Session, DSI Annual Conference (San Francisco, CA) – upcoming*** November, 2026
- Contributed Session, POMS International (Stockholm, Sweden) June, 2026
- Invited Session, POMS Annual Conference (Reno, NV) May, 2026
- Finalist, Best Video (HOCM mini-conference)
- Invited Flash Talk, Operations & Technology Day (Philadelphia, PA) November, 2025
- Invited Session, POMS Annual Conference (Atlanta, GA) May, 2025
Labor Trafficking – Supply Chain Security and Policy Compliance
- Contributed Session, POMS International (Paris, FR) July, 2023
Professional & Academic Service
Conference Sessions
Location Analysis & Systemic Impacts: Emerging Approaches within OM Contexts
- POMS Annual Conference (Reno, Nevada), May 2026
- Session organizer, session chair
Text Analysis in Operations Management
- Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting (Orlando, FL), November 2025
- Session co-organizer, session co-chair
Social Responsibility in Global Operations
- Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting (Orlando, FL), November 2025
- Session organizer, session chair
OM Applications to Address Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery
- POMS Annual Conference (Atlanta, GA), May 2025
- Session organizer, session chair
Managing Supply Chain Risks
- POMS Annual Conference (Minneapolis, MN), May 2024
- Session chair
Supply Chain Security and Policy Compliance
- Center for Supply Chain Research - Annual Symposium (State College, PA), April 2024
- Symposium mini-session organizer
Service to Academic Community
Reviewer (2026 - present)
- Journal of Operations Management
Ad Hoc Reviewer - Special Issue on Spatial Networks (2025)
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology (JOQC) (IF: 3.3, H-index: 101)
Service to Penn State University
Search Committee: Dean of the Smeal College of Business (Spring 2024)
- Sole graduate student on the 18-member search committee; semester-long commitment
- Reviewed applications & interviewed candidates for the next Dean of the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University
Awards, Scholarships, and Fellowships
● 2026-2027 Alumni Association Penn State Fellowship
- University-wide fellowship award for excellent dissertation work; sole awardee from Smeal College of Business ($8000)
● 2025-2026 Alumni Association Penn State Fellowship
- One of two fellowships awarded university-wide for dissertation work ($5000)
● Outstanding Teaching Presentation (2025)
- Smeal College of Business Ph.D. Teaching Summit
● Edward & Susan Wilson Graduate Scholarship in Business (2025 - 2026)
- One scholarship awarded for Smeal graduate students for outstanding graduate work ($2500)
● Edward & Susan Wilson Graduate Scholarship in Business (2024 - 2025)
- One scholarship awarded for Smeal graduate students for outstanding graduate work ($2500)
● Peter E. Liberti and Judy D. Olian Scholarship (2023 - 2024)
- One scholarship for Smeal graduate students awarded for excellence in academics ($1500)
● Humanitarian Operations & Crisis Management Mini-Conference Doctoral Student Scholarship (2023)
- One of two scholarships awards for POMS Annual Conference (Orlando, FL)
● Finalist – Outstanding Graduate Student (2021)
- One of five finalists university-wide at Florida Gulf Coast University