University of North Texas
Logistics Student Association at the University of North Texas
Professors
Terrance
L. Pohlen, Ph.D.
Pohlen@coba.unt.edu/mktg/LogSA
Room
BA 238E
(940)
565-2367
Dr. Pohlen is an assistant professor of logistics at the University of
North Texas. He received a BS in Marketing from Moorhead State
University, a MS in Logistics from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and
an MA and Ph.D. in Business Administration from The Ohio State
University. He has taught graduate courses in logistics at the Air Force
Institute of Technology and logistics undergraduate courses at The Ohio State
University. His previous faculty position was with the University of
North Florida. Dr. Pohlen retired from the United States Air Force with
over 20 years of logistics experience. He has published several articles
focusing on the costing and financial management of logistics and supply chain
performance measurement. He has routinely participated in executive
education programs including those sponsored by Northwestern University,
Georgia Institute of Technology, The Ohio State University, the University of
North Florida, the University of North Texas, and the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. His research has been published in Journal of Business
Logistics, International Journal of Logistics Management, International Journal
of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management.
M.
Theodore “Ted” Farris II, Ph.D.
Farris@coba.unt.edu/mktg/LogSA
Room
BA 259G
(940)
565-4368
Dr.
Farris is an associate professor of
logistics at the University of North Texas. Dr. Farris has received a
B.S. in Business Administration from Arizona State University, an M.B.A. in
Materials Logistics Management (Purchasing and Transportation) from Michigan
State University, an M.A.B.A. and a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University
concentrating in Business Logistics and Management Information Systems.
He also is Certified in Transportation and Logistics (C.T.L.) through the
American Society of Transportation and Logistics. Prior to pursuing his
Ph.D., Dr. Farris was employed by the IBM Corporation and INTEL
Corporation. His experiences include Purchasing, Traffic, New Logistics
Development, Materials Systems, and Inventory Planning and Control. Dr.
Farris has published numerous articles appearing in: Journal of
Applied Business Research, Journal of Business Logistics, Journal of Education
for Business, Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics, and Policy,
Journal of Transportation Management, Journal of Personal Selling and Sales
Management, and the International Journal of Physical Distribution &
Logistics Management.
Stephen
Swartz, Ph.D.
Swartz@coba.unt.edu/mktg/LogSA
Room
BA 238A
(940)
565-3673
Dr. Swartz is an assistant professor
of logistics at the University of North Texas. Steve received a Bachelor
Degree in Professional Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle University, an MA in Human
Resource Development from Webster University, an MS Logistics Management from
the Air Force Institute of Technology and a PhD in Business Administration from
Michigan State University. He recently retired from the United States Air
Force with over 20 years of service. His last assignment was on the
graduate faculty at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base, Ohio. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at Wright
State University and the University of Dayton. His research has appeared
in journals such as Mathematical and Computer Modeling, Journal of
Transportation Management, and International Journal of Production and
Logistics Management. He has participated in numerous seminars for
senior managers including the Air Force Materiel Command, Military Operations
Research Society, Society of Logistics Engineers, and the Production and
Operations Management Society
John
R. Grabner, DBA
Grabner@coba.unt.edu/mktg/LogSA
Room
BA 238E
(940)
369-7133
Dr. Grabner is a visiting professor
of Logistics at the University of North Texas. Dr. Grabner earned a B.S.B.A
degree from Wichita University, and M.B.A. and D.B.A. degrees from Indiana
University. He taught at Ohio State University (where he is an associate
professor emeritus), Syracuse University and has been visiting professor at
North Texas since 2002. He has published in the International Journal of
Physical Distribution and Logistics, the Journal of Marketing, Southwest Social
Science Quarterly, HortScience, Distribution Management and numerous conference
proceedings. He has made more than 150 presentations in professional and
executive seminars and is active in several professional organizations. His
research interests include the dynamics of supply chain management,
transportation management, uses of RFID in supply chains and Public Policy in
Transportation, Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
