From the editor ...
Taylor, John C.
I am honored that DNA selected Wayne State University and me to
serve as the new Publisher and Editor of the Journal of Transportation
Management. The Journal has made great progress since its founding in
1989 and with the help of the Editorial Review Board we hope to continue
to enhance the reputation of the Journal for both academic and
practitioner audiences.
Delta Nu Alpha and I would like to thank Georgia Southern
University and its team for the tremendous job they did with the Journal
for some 15 years. Dr. Karl Manrodt served as Editor the last two years
and was an Associate Editor from 2000 to 2007. Prior to Karl's
service Dr. Jerry Wilson served some 13 years as Editor, and then two
years as Senior Editor, and he has been the guiding force of the Journal
for many years. Thank you so much to Georgia Southern for their great
efforts and best of luck as they begin their new Ph.D. program in
Logistics/SCM.
Going forward the Journal will be published by Wayne State
University's School of Business in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. George C.
Jackson, recently retired from the Wayne State faculty, will be
assisting as Associate Editor. I have also been in contact with our
Editorial Review Board and look forward to them continuing their work on
behalf of the Journal. Welcome to Editorial Board newcomers Tom Goldsby
of the University of Kentucky, Stan Griffis of Michigan State
University, Bob Cook of Central Michigan University, Scott Keller of the
University of Western Florida, Anthony Roath of the University of
Oklahoma, and Dan Lynch of Dalhousie University.
We have begun a series of changes that are intended to make the
Journal more visible and attractive to readers and authors. These
include registering and updating Journal information with several
publishing guides, placing the Journal content with the EBSCO and Gale
databases faculty have access to, registering the Journal with Google
Scholar, and placing abstracts of all past journal articles on an open
area of the DNA Journal web page. Full Journal article PDF's
continue to be available to subscribers on the webpage at
www.deltanualpha.org--email admin@deltanualpha for the password if you
are interested. We also have updated Submission Guidelines on the web
page.
In this issue of the Journal we have some great articles that I
hope you will find interesting. The review process has begun on a number
of articles for the Fall Issue and I encourage all to submit articles to
me as soon as possible. I look forward to serving you as the Editor of
the Journal, and hope to hear from you our readers; with questions,
comments and article submissions.
John C. Taylor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management
Journal of Transportation Management Editor
Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management
School of Business Administration
Wayne State University
5201 Cass Avenue/315 Prentis Hall
Detroit, Michigan 48202
taylorjohn@wayne.edu
www.deltanualpha.org and www.business.wayne.edu/gscm
Cell 517-719-0275 Office 313-577-4525
