Keely Croxton maintains two primary research focuses. The first is the intersection of optimization and applying mathematical models to issues in logistics. Her second focus is supply chain management. She has worked with Ohio State’s Global Supply Chain Forum to develop a process-oriented framework for supply chain management. Croxton has published in several journals and is also an author of the book Supply Chain Management: Processes, Partnerships, Performance. She holds a PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University.