Biography
Dr. Aaron Heinrich is Assistant Professor of Operations Management in the School of
Economics, Management, and Project Management, where he teaches MGT 375, Operations
Management. He holds a PhD in Business Administration and an MBA from Texas A&M University,
an MS in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M University, an MA in Christian Apologetics
from Biola University, and a BS in Applied Science and Technology from Thomas Edison
State University.<br> <br>His teaching philosophy centers on meeting students' academic
needs. While he regards deep subject-matter knowledge as a necessary condition for
high-quality instruction, he holds that it is not a sufficient one: effective teaching
also requires establishing personalized connections with students and discerning how
each learns best. To that end, he continuously solicits student feedback both inside
and outside the classroom, varies his delivery between lecture and sustained dialogue,
and integrates his own industry experience to keep course content engaging and relevant.
His prior teaching record reflects this approach, with student evaluations of 4.9/5.0
in two undergraduate courses at Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. He has
also taught graduate students at the Naval Postgraduate School, where he adapted his
methods to the needs of working defense professionals.<br> <br>His scholarship examines
the intersection of public policy and operations management through quasi-experimental
research designs, work recently recognized with the 2026 Distinguished Paper Award
from the Decision Sciences Institute, Southwest. He has mentored a doctoral student
and serves on the editorial review board of the International Journal of Physical
Distribution and Logistics Management.
