Haworth College of Business Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award
Dr. Patricia J. Daugherty, B.B.A.’80, MBA’81
Professor, Ivy Chair in Business
Iowa State University
Daugherty is a past editor of the Journal of Business Logistics, which is widely considered the top logistics academic journal. She has also served as associate editor for the Logistics and Transportation Review and the Journal of Supply Chain Management. She remains a member of multiple editorial boards and has been extensively published in logistics and supply chain journals, as well as being the co-author of two books.
Prior to her career in academia, she was a buyer with a national retail grocery chain and carried that experience into her primary research interests, which include buyer-seller relationships, collaboration, and reverse logistics and return management. Due to her specialization, she has consulted with a number of firms including Gillette, Nabisco, Owens-Corning Fiberglass, Union Pacific and others.