Cheryl Druehl

George Mason University Costello College of Business Senior Associate Dean Cheryl Druehl Headshot

Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research
Additional Roles: Professor, Information Systems and Operations Management

Contact Information

Email: cdruehl@gmu.edu
Phone: (703) 993-9760
Office Location: Enterprise Hall, 248
 

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Cheryl Druehl

Biography

Cheryl Druehl is the senior associate dean for faculty affairs and research and a professor within the information systems and operations management area.

She most recently served as the interim dean of the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, where her leadership and continued focus on the college’s strategic priorities allowed Costello to build on the momentum it has established as it prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Druehl championed and expanded experiential learning opportunities to provide students hands on experiences to better prepare them for the changing world of work. She also expanded partnerships with the business community, furthering Costello’s strong regional presence and student career outcomes.

Druehl’s previous appointments include the R.H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park and Stonehill College. She has a PhD in Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Druehl’s research interests are in the areas of product development, supply chain management,and sustainable operations. Her recent work studies innovation contests and environmentally-focused product and process development efforts. Other work models the encroachment of a disruptive innovation on an existing product, diffusion of technology from an operations perspective, and outsourcing process and product innovation in the supply chain. She has published research in Productions and Operations Management Journal, Journal of Operations Management, Decision Sciences, Journal of Product Innovation Management, and European Journal of Operational Research.

Druehl serves as a Department Editor for the Journal of Operations Management Innovation and Project Management Department and on the editorial review boards of Productions and Operations Management Journal and Decision Sciences Journal. She co-edited the special issue of Decision Sciences on Innovation Within and Across Borders. She is a member of the INFORMS academic community and the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS). She previously served on the board of the POMS College of Product Innovation and Technology Management as Treasurer and Vice President - Honors and Awards, and served for five years on the board of INFORMS Technology, Innovation Management, and Entrepreneurship Section (TIMES).

Druehl worked extensively before obtaining her doctorate. As a management consultant at Price Waterhouse LLP, she focused on the design and implementation of warehouse management systems. Prior to that, she worked at MediaServ, a startup computer consulting firm. There, she programmed end-user applications and implemented computer networks and technologies. Druehl began her career as a manufacturing engineer at the Watkins Johnson Company.

Druehl teaches operations management, supply chain management, and management of technology and innovation processes at the MBA, EMBA, and undergraduate levels. She has also taught Executive Education classes on supply chain, service operations, and management of technology both in the U.S. and internationally.

Research Interests

  • Innovation Contests
  • Management of Technology and Innovation
  • New Product Development
  • Supply Chain Coordination, Contracts and Competition
  • Sustainability

Education

  • PhD - Business Administration, Stanford University
  • MBA - University of Pittsburgh
  • BS - Electrical Engineering, UCLA

Research and Awards

  • Published an article titled, “Co-development versus Outsourcing: Who Should Innovate in Supply Chains” (coauthored with Gal Raz and Hubert Pun) in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management in 2023. 
  • Published an article titled, “Incentives and Stars: Competition in Innovation Contests with Participant and Submission Visibility” (coauthored with Anant Mishra and Jesse Bockstedt) in Production & Operations Management in 2022.
  • Published an article titled, “Heterogeneous Submission Behavior and its Implications for Success in Innovation Contests with Public Submissions” (coauthored with Anant Mishra and Jesse Bockstedt) in Production & Operations Management in 2016.
  • Published an article titled, “Problem-Solving Effort and Success in Innovation Contests: The Role of National Wealth and National Culture” (coauthored with Anant Mishra and Jesse Bockstedt) in the Journal of Operations Management in 2015. 

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