Kent Gourdin, D.B.A.

Professor and Director of Global Logistics and Transportation Program

Education

Affiliations

• Past-President and founding member of Charleston Roundtable, 2003-present.
• Founded Charlotte Roundtable with a group of other logisticians.
• Member, Editorial Review Board, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 2000-Present.
• Member, Editorial Review Board, Defense Transportation Journal, 2000-Present.

Courses Taught

GRADUATE COURSES

• Logistics Management
• Marketing Management
• Professional Applications
• Physical Distribution Management
• Transportation Systems
• Transportation Management
• Transportation Policies
• Logistics Systems
• Management of Integrated Logistics Systems

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

• Intermodal Transportation
• Global Logistics
• Global Logistics Systems Management
• Issues in Global Logistics
• Logistics and Transportation
• Export Marketing and Logistics
• Physical Distribution Management
• Marketing Concepts, International Marketing
• International Business
• Planes,Trains, and Automobiles: More than Just a Movie

Selected Publications

REFEREED ARTICLES

• Gourdin, Kent N.  “The Evolving Relationship between Airline Profitability and Passenger Satisfaction,” Journal of Transportation Management, Vol. 24 No. 1, 2013, pp. 7-21. (Published June 2014)
• Gourdin, Kent N. and Shao, Alan T.  “Building a Niche Business Program At a Liberal Arts Institution:  The Integration of Supply Chain Management,” Journal of International Business and Economics, Vol. 13, No. 4, 2013, pp. 103-108.

BOOKS

• Gourdin, Kent N.  A Profile of the Global Airline Industry,  (New York:  Business Expert Press, 2016).

Honors & Awards

• Awarded the 2000 Memorial Medal for Literary Merit for “Maritime Deregulation: What’s Ahead for Carriers, Shippers, and the Department of Defense,” the best article published Defense Transportation Journal during 2000.
• Earned the rank of Major in the Air Force through serving 20 years as a transportation officer.