Kwabena Dadson

Instructor

Faculty

Finance, Supply Chain and Transportation

Kwabena Dadson

Kwabena Dadson is a Ph.D. candidate in Transportation and Logistics at North Dakota State University, where he also serves as an instructor in the College of Business. His teaching and research interests include supply chain management, operations management, business analytics, and supply chain risk and resilience. His doctoral research examines government disaster procurement and supply chain decision-making under uncertainty. He holds an M.S. in Agribusiness and Applied Economics from North Dakota State University and a B.S. in Agribusiness from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He is passionate about connecting classroom learning with practical applications and preparing students to use technology, analytics, and emerging tools responsibly in business decision-making.

Areas of Study & Research

Supply Chain Management; Operations Management; Supply Chain Risk and Resilience; Disaster and Humanitarian Logistics; Procurement and Sourcing; Business Analytics; Transportation and Logistics; Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

Other Research Interests

Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chain and Operations Management; Stochastic Optimization; Supply Chain Finance; Multimodal Freight Transportation; Agricultural Supply Chains; Emerging Transportation Technologies; Sustainable and Resilient Logistics

Courses Taught

  • Business Software Applications
  • Data Analytics in Finance
  • Principles of Marketing

Previous Work

  • Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, North Dakota State University
  • Administrative Assistant, Center for Writers, North Dakota State University
  • Crop Insurance Intern, QBE North America – NAU Country Insurance Company
  • Business Intelligence Analyst, Microsoft Corporation Teaching
  • Assistant in Economics and Marketing, University of Cape Coast
  • Regional Coordinator, Youth Arise Organization

Awards & Honors

  • Mancur Olson Graduate Fellowship, Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth, North Dakota State University
  • Doctoral Consortium Participant, Decision Sciences Institute, 2026

Education

  • North Dakota State University
  • University of Cape Cod

Presentations

  • Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) EDGE Conference, Nashville, TN, 2026 — Optimal Pre-Positioning and Dynamic Procurement Under Supply Uncertainty in Disaster-Affected Agricultural Freight Networks: A Stochastic Decision Analysis Framework for Government Emergency Managers.
  • Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2026 — AI-Enabled Disaster Procurement Project Management Under Supply Uncertainty: A Decision Framework for Organizational Risk Reduction.
  • INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2026 — Decision Analysis for City and Supply Chain Resilience invited session.