MSCM Faculty & Staff
Dedicated, engaged and involved faculty are a hallmark of the MSCM program. Each faculty member brings a wealth of knowledge gained through study, research and being connected to industry. MSCM professors care about student success in the classroom and beyond.
Professor of Operations Management, Director of MSCM Program
Education
(1986) BA, State University of New York at Fredonia; MA University of Maine; MBA, College of William & Mary; MPhil, University of Edinburgh; PhD, University of Washington.
Background
Professor Haug teaches courses in Designing and Improving Operations, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, and Manufacturing Strategy. From 1997-1998, he taught as a Fulbright Lecturer in the MBA program at Renmin University of China in Beijing, China, and in 1998-1999, he had a professional development leave at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland. From January - June 2001, he was a visiting professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik. His research interests are in global manufacturing strategy and location decisions and the implementation of lean manufacturing.
Professor of Operations Management
Education
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison; MBA, Baylor University.
Background
Professor Hua held a faculty position at Oregon State University prior to joining Western Washington University in 2002. She has been certified by APICS in Production & Inventory Management since 2001. Her research focuses on process improvement, public procurement, and supply chain sustainability. Her work has appeared in a variety of academic journals, including IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Production Innovation Management, International Journal of Production Research, and the International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review. For the past 20 years, she has been teaching undergraduate, graduate, and executive level supply chain management courses, and working with supply chain professionals and executives from a wide range of industries. She also worked as a Senior Supply Chain Consultant at Boeing.
Associate Professor of Operations Management
Associate Professor of Operations Management
Education
(1987) BA, University of Cincinnati; MBA, PhD, Vanderbilt University.
Background
Professor Springer currently teaches the ERP and Quality Management courses as well as the senior seminar in Manufacturing Management. His research has appeared in the European Journal of Operational Research, the Journal of Operations Management, and Computers and Industrial Engineering.
Professor of Operations Management
Education
BS, Columbia University; MS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; PhD, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Background
Professor Campbell’s research interests include mathematical modeling of workforce staffing and production scheduling issues, and he has also written numerous teaching case studies based on actual manufacturing and service organizations. His research has appeared in a variety of academic journals, including Decision Sciences, Management Science, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, and the Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education.