Texas A&M University-Commerce | Department

Mildred Golden Pryor, Ph.D.
Professor, Management and Faculty Mentor
Office : BA 303
Phone : 903.886.5115
E-mail : mildred.pryor@tamuc.edu

Dr. Pryor's Vita

Education:

• Post-Doctoral Courses and Seminars - Computer Science, Psychology, Statistics; Quality (Deming, Juran); Six Sigma; Taguchi Methods; Quality Function Deployment Change Management/Organizational Transformation, National Training Labs
• Ph.D., Production and Operations Management, Quantitative Methods, & Organizational Behavior, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
• MBA and BBA, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee

Excellence Awards (Teaching & Research) and Research Interests:

• 2012, 2011, 2010 Texas A&M University Teaching Excellence Awards
• 2012 Provost Award for Research and Creative Activity (TAMUC)
• 2011 H.M. Lafferty Distinguished Faculty Award for Scholarship and Creative Activity
• 2010 McGraw-Hill/Irwin Distinguished Paper Award, Southwest Case Research
• 2006 Paul Barrus Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching (TAMUC)
• Research awards from the Academy of Management, Management History Division, and the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines
• Research Interests:  Strategic Quality Management; Strategy Deployment; Leadership, Ethics; Organizational Transformation; National Security: A Systems Perspective

Professional Experience (Academic and Industry):

• Professor of Management, Texas A&M University-Commerce (8/2002-Present)
• Manager, Organizational Development and Training, Campbell Soup, Paris, Texas (1/00-7/31/02)
• Co-Owner, Golden Pryor Consulting & Training (1/99-Present)
• Director, E-Systems - Center for Excellence, Partnership between E-Systems Texas A&M University-Commerce (6/1/92-12/31/98)
• Director/Manager, Total Quality Management/Statistical Process Control, E-Systems (Raytheon, L-3), Greenville, Texas (12/85-12/31/98)
• Professor of Management, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi (9/84-12/85)
• Chairman, Management & Marketing Department and Professor of Management, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas (9/79-8/84)
• Professor of Management, Texas A&M University-Commerce, then East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas (9/68-8/79)
• Professor of Management, Troy State University, European Theatre (on leave from ETSU to teach Air Force Officers in England, Germany, & Turkey (1975-76)