Nme : Christine T. Kydd

Title：Emeritus Professor

Discipline：Operations Management

Email ：chriskyd@udel.edu

Introduction ：

Christine T. Kyddis an Emeritus professor of Operations Management in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Delaware. She holds a Ph.D. in decision science from University of Pennsylvania.

Education
Ph.D.   1984   Decision Sciences, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

M.B.A.  1977    Quantitative Systems Analysis/MIS, Drexel University.

B.A.    1973   Mathematics, Bucknell University.

Academic Appointments

September, 2012 - Present          AREA HEAD for Operations Management

September, 2011 -Present             PROFESSOR of Operations Management

September, 2005 -June, 2010       COORDINATOR, Freshman Basics of

Business Course  

September, 2002 -September, 2005   DIRECTOR of Undergraduate Programs  

Lerner College of Business & Economics

September, 1991-September, 2011 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR of Operations Management

January, 1985 – September, 1991    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR of Operations Management

Specialty & Achievement

Teaching Interests

Her teaching interests are in the areas of Operations Management, Operations Research, Decision making, Decision Support Systems, Project Management, etc.

Research Interests

Her researchinterests focus on: decision making, behavioral issues in the use and implementation ofelectronic communication systems and collaboration technologies for group work, innovativestrategies for teaching and learning. Her research has been published in such top academic journals as the Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, Journal of Computer Information Systems, INFORMS Transactions on Education, etc.