Stephanie Powell Thomas

She teaches the Integrated Supply Chain Management course which is designed to give Walton students a broad overview of the exciting world of supply chain management and logistics. She enjoys incorporating her previous work experience with Lowe’s Companies, IBM, and Stanley Tools in her class discussions, and she pursues a variety of research interests. Stephanie is actively engaged with students, especially undergraduate supply chain majors as the Executive Director for Women Impacting Supply Chain Excellence (WISE). She is the founder of the WISE Future Leaders Symposium, which this year brought together supply chain students and faculty from 50 U.S. universities and 9 international schools. Prior to coming to the University of Arkansas, she was an Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University. In 2019, Stephanie was globally recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Supply Chain Management by B2G Consulting. She earned a B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Tennessee and her PhD in Logistics/Supply Chain Management with a Marketing support area from Georgia Southern University.