Dr. John Mello joined A-State in 2006 after spending nearly 30 years in the consumer packaged goods industry. He is the director of the Center for Supply Chain Management and co-author of an award winning marketing textbook.
Why did you choose A-State?
I liked the faculty and culture within the Management and Marketing department.
Enthusiasm for the subject, willingness to stay current, and placing student learning above all else.
Who was your favorite teacher (and why)?
Dr. Peter K. Breit (political science), the University of Hartford. His deep understanding of the subject and his great enthusiasm for teaching.
What's the value of a university education?
A better understanding of the world.
Put student learning above all else, every day.
If you could teach another field, which one and why?
History. I am very interested in knowing how things got to be the way they are.
What is the one thing you wish you could teach everyone about your field?
The value of collaboration within and between companies.
See that Supply Chain Management becomes a core business curriculum course.
Sense and Sensibility (the one with Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, and Kate Winslet).
to Italy with my wife and youngest daughter.
Dianna Krall, President Obama, David McCullough, and my wife.
that the older I got the smarter my father would get.
people who run red lights.
getting to see the Red Wolves women's basketball team.
not be afraid of heights.