Department of Operations and Business Analytics

Faculty and Staff

Fisher Building

Our faculty are active researchers who have a long tradition of being leaders in their fields and contributing their expertise to businesses, policy makers, and government officials. Faculty regularly publish in top-tier Journals.

Our faculty also are dedicated educators who prepare students to become effective leaders . The Faculty are consistently engaged in developing leading educational approaches, focusing on action-based learning and the use of technology both in the classroom and through hybrid course delivery. Their impact on the college and the student body is reflected in the many teaching awards bestowed upon them in both the undergraduate and graduate programs.

Chair: James Hill

OBA Faculty
Elliot BendolyDistinguished Professor of Operations and Business Analytics, SMB-Analytics Co-Director, Department Editor, Technology Management, JOM, Former Assoc. Dean of Undergraduate Students/Programs
W.C. BentonEdwin D. Dodd Professor of Management , Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management
Christian BlancoAssistant Professor
Kenneth BoyerFisher Designated Professor of Operations and Business Analytics
Aravind ChandrasekaranProfessor of Operations, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Executive Education
Nathan CraigAssociate Professor, PhD Coordinator
Adam CockrellSenior Lecturer
John DraperAssistant Professor of Clinical Operations and Business Analytics
Douglas EvansSenior Lecturer in Management Sciences
John GrayProfessor of Operations, Part-Time Consultant, Office of Science and Technology, Executive Office of President (White House)
Ralph GrecoSenior Lecturer, Director, Nationwide Center for Advanced Customer Insights
Renard GreenProgram Director
Nicholas G. HallBerry Family Professor of Operations Management
Jurriaan de JongAssistant Professor
Nil KaracaogluAssistant Professor
Terry KlinkerSenior Lecturer in Management Sciences
Jessica KohlschmidtSenior Lecturer
Telesilla KotsiAssistant Professor
Steve LundreganSenior Lecturer in Management Sciences, Associate Director, COE
Rakesh MallipeddiAssistant Professor
Whitney MantonyaSenior Lecturer
Erin McKieAssistant Professor
Mi Kyong NewsomClinical Assistant Professor, Lean Six Sigma Academic Director
David SchillingProfessor Emeritus
Bonnie SchroederSenior Lecturer in Management Sciences
Ismael TalkeSenior Lecturer
Jill TreeceSenior Lecturer
David VeechSenior Lecturer
Peter WardRichard M. Ross Emeritus Chair in Management, Academic Director, Center for Operational Excellence
PHD Students
Peter Carrera
Tamanna Chauhan
Soh Hyun Chu
Mateus Ferreira-Lima
Jane Iversen
Mohamed Megahed
Nikhil Sharma
Zach Wright
Nan Zhang
OBA Staff MemberPhoneE-mail
Tiffany Cooper
Academic Program Coordinator, OBA Department
614-247-6094cooper.1930@osu.edu
Danielle DiFrancesco
Academic Program Assistant
614-292-1275difrancesco.15@osu.edu
Vienna Thai
Student Assistant
614-292-1275thai.75@buckeyemail.osu.edu