Maryam Mahdikhani

Assistant Professor of Supply Chain and Information Management

Address: Beatty Center 328
Office Hours: MWF 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, and Zoom by appointment
Phone: 843.953.5181
E-mail: mahdikhanim@cofc.edu
Curriculum Vitae: Download


Education

Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management, Rutgers University (July 2020)
M.Sc. in Operations Management, Summa cum laude, Shahid Bahonar University, Iran (September 2012)
B. S. in Industrial Engineering, Sharif University, Engineering School, Tehran, Iran (September 2009)

Certifications

Six Sigma- Black Belt Certification-(June 2022)
Six Sigma - Green Belt Certifications- (May 2022)

Research Interests

  • Retail Operations Management     
  • Machine Learning    
  • Text Mining  
  • Business Analytics

Courses Taught

  • Business Statistics
  • Supply Chain Planning Analysis
  • Production and Operation Management
  • Independent study in SCM
  • Operation Management Platform: Hybrid Class - MBA

Honors and Awards

  • Faculty Research and Development Grant (2022 Summer) College of Charleston ($5,000)
  • Faculty Research and Development Grant- SCIM Research (2022 Summer) SCIM Department ($3,500)
  • Faculty Research and Development Grant (2021 Summer) College of Charleston ($5,000). 

MEDIA

  • Cunneff, T. (2022, February 22). Professor Investigates Emotions of Pandemic-Related Tweets, The College Today

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

  • Python Programming
  • R Programming
  • Java Script Programming
  • C++ Programming
  • SPSS Software 
  • Mathematica Software
  • VoSViewer Software
  • Cite Space Software
  • Minitab Software
  • Weka Software

Affiliations

ACADEMIC SERVICES

Ad-Hoc Reviewer for Peer-Reviewed Journals:

  • Journal of Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience- 2022
  • SSM- Population Health -2022 Impact factor: 4.634
  • Journal of Cleaner Production – Since 2021 Impact factor: 9.297
  • International Journal of Information Management – Data Insights - 2021
  • Omega- The International Journal of Management Science-2020 Impact factor:5.324
  • Data Science and Management (DSM)-2020

Organizational Membership

  • Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • Decision Science Institute (DSI)

UNIVERSITY SERVICES-College of Charleston

  • Member of Senate Spring 2022
  • Faculty Welfare Committee Spring 2022

College of Charleston – School of Business level

  •  Member of the MBA Faculty Committee Fall 2020 – Spring 2021
College of Charleston – Department level
  • Participate in Career fair for Major/ Minor Fall 2021
  • Supervising independent study- SCIM 420 Fall 2021
  • Presenter in Department research Seminar series Fall 2021
  • Advisor of Supply Chain Management Majors Fall 2021, Spring 2022
  • Admitted Student Event Spring 2021
  • Supervising independent study- SCIM 420 Spring 2021
  • Attending SCIM summit with students Spring 2021

 

 

Publications

PUBLICATIONS

Mahdikhani. M, 2021 “Predicting the popularity of tweets by analyzing public opinion and emotions in different stages of Covid-19 pandemic”, Vol 2, Issue1, International Journal of Information Management – Data Insights  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjimei.2021.100053

Mahdikhani. M, Mahdikhani. Ma, Gonzalez. M, Teixeira. R, 2022, “A scientometric review of high-technology and supply chain: current status, and future directions” Journal of Management Decision, [Status: Revised and Re-submit, 2nd review].

Mahdikhani. M, 2022. “Systematic analysis of the Total Quality Management and Lean Six Sigma impacts on Supply Chain Management research fields” International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, [Status: Under review]

Mahdikhani. M, 2022. “Mining the frequent terms from online reviews on fashion field to predict the review helpfulness” Fashion Marketing and Management, [Status: Under review

Jones, A C., Mahdikhani. M, Wilcox. K, Jung. W, Ward. G, 2022, “Diversity in Topic, Methodology, and Impact in the Journal of Consumer Research.” Journal of Consumer Research [Status: Under review].

Gonzalez. M, Quesada. G, Mahdikhani. M, Gonzalez. S, 2021, “LPI: A benchmarking
analysis of USMECA, MERCOSUR, and CAFTA-DR countries”, Journal of Business
Logistics, [Status: Under review].

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Mahdikhani. M, 2022 “What type of tweets are shared during Covid-19? Sentiment Analysis Approach” proceeding of SEDSI Conference, Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Mahdikhani. M, 2022 “Public opinion on Covid-19 vaccination on Twitter platform” proceeding of 40th Euro Global Summit and Expo on Vaccines & Vaccination, Madrid, Spain.

Gonzalez. M, Quesada. G, Mahdikhani. M, 2022 “Port Productivity: A Benchmarking analysis among strategic ports” proceeding of European Decision Science, Dublin, Ireland.

Mahdikhani. M, 2021 “Predicting Review Helpfulness by Analyzing Imbalanced Classifications” proceeding of INFORMS Conference, Anaheim, CA, USA.

Biedova. O, Mahdikhani. M, 2021 “Supply Chain Management and COVID-19: Scientometric Analysis” proceeding of INFORMS Conference, Anaheim, CA, USA.

Mahdikhani. M, 2021 “Sentiment Analysis on tweets related to fake information about Covid-19” proceeding of SEINFORMS Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA.

Mahdikhani. M, 2021 “Sentiment Analysis on Tweets Across the Development of COVID-19” proceeding of DSI Conference, Virtual 2021.

Mahdikhani. M, 2020 “Sentiment Analysis on Tweets Across the Development of COVID-19” proceeding of INFORMS Conference, Virtual 2020.

Mahdikhani. M, 2020 “Sentiment Analysis on Luxury products Reviews- Amazon Fashion” proceeding of DSI Conference, Virtual 2020.