Department Chair Named Journal Editor

PROVO, Utah – Feb 16, 2016 – Earning recognition for his contributions to quality management research, Brigham Young University marketing and global supply chain department chair Tom Foster was chosen as the new editor of the Quality Management Journal, one of the top journals of its kind in the world.

“Tom has repeatedly shown himself to be an excellent academic,” says Keith Vorkink, associate dean of the Marriott School of Management. “This new position demonstrates the respect he has earned from his peers and is a credit to Tom’s contributions in his field.”

Foster’s extensive research experience has led to publishing more than 80 articles, as well as a textbook, Managing Quality: Integrating the Supply Chain, which is used for course instruction.

“I am excited to work with great researchers around the world and to help them publish great research in quality management,” Foster says.

Foster earned his bachelor of science degree in operations and systems analysis from BYU in 1984, then attended the University of Missouri where he earned his MBA and PhD. He began teaching at BYU in 2005 and has been serving as the marketing and global supply chain chair since July 2014. In order to follow in the footsteps of the academics he admired as a young researcher, Foster hopes to make significant contributions in his new position.

“Early in my career I would have never believed that one day I would be asked to do this,” Foster says. “While editing a journal is a lot of work, when you become a senior contributor in a particular field of research you feel a responsibility to move the field forward. It provides me an outstanding opportunity to make a significant contribution to research in my field of quality management.”

The Marriott School is located at Brigham Young University, the largest privately owned, church-sponsored university in the United States. The school has nationally recognized programs in accounting, business management, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems and public management. The school’s mission is to prepare men and women of faith, character and professional ability for positions of leadership throughout the world. Approximately 3,300 students are enrolled in the Marriott School’s graduate and undergraduate programs.