Bio
Dr. McAllister is serving as a Distinguished Visiting Professor for the 2022-2023 academic year while on sabbatical leave from Southeast Missouri State University. He has more than 20 years of teaching and administrative experience.
PhD (Industrial Engineering & Operations Research), The Pennsylvania State University, 2002
MA (Higher Education Administration), Southeast Missouri State University, 2013
MS (Industrial Engineering), Purdue University, 1999
BS (Industrial and Management Systems Engineering), University of Nebraska, 1998
Professional Experience
Southeast Missouri State University: Assistant, Associate, Full Professor of Quantitative Business Methods; interim chair of accounting, interim dean of business, vice provost and dean of graduate studies, interim director of institutional research, interim chair of computer science
Louisiana State University: Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering
Honors & Awards
Multiple department, college, and university teaching awards
University awards tor student organization advising and community development
Eagle Scout and Silver Beaver Award recipient
Research and Scholarly Interests
Deterministic and stochastic models for mathematical optimization, computer simulation, pedagogy, and higher education administration