Rashid, Aamir

Assistant Professor

Business and Economics

Phone: 718-262-2520
Office Location: AC-2B06
Email: arashid6@york.cuny.edu

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Dr. Rashid is an Assistant Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at York College, City University of New York (CUNY), where his work integrates research, teaching, industry experience, and academic leadership. His expertise spans supply chain and operations management, artificial intelligence and digital operations, supply chain resilience and risk, analytics, logistics and transportation, sourcing and procurement, sustainable and circular operations, and supply network complexity. Before entering academia, he accumulated 19 years of professional experience in operations and logistics, providing a strong practice-based foundation for his research and teaching. Dr. Rashid has published more than 90 peer-reviewed research articles, with recent work appearing in journals including Business Strategy and the Environment, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Sustainable Development, Quality & Quantity, Kybernetes, and Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing. His research increasingly focuses on AI-enabled risk mitigation, organizational capabilities, digital ecosystems, supply chain resilience, Industry 4.0, sustainability, and the transformation of complex supply networks. He has also authored and edited books and book chapters with international publishers including CRC Press, Springer Nature, Emerald Publishing, and IGI Global. His scholarly leadership extends to major editorial responsibilities. Dr. Rashid serves as an Associate Editor of Business Strategy and the Environment, Reviewing Editor for Springer Nature, and Editor-in-Chief of the South Asian Journal of Operations and Logistics. He also serves on editorial boards and as Guest Editor for several journals and regularly reviews for leading publications in operations, supply chain management, sustainability, and production research. Dr. Rashid has developed an active funded research portfolio. He serves as Principal Investigator on PSC-CUNY funded projects examining supply chain resilience in 2026, submitted major NSF CAREER and Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site proposals focused on AI-enabled organizational resilience and human-AI decision science for resilient and equitable supply networks. His contributions have been recognized through the 2026 Feliks Gross and Henry Wasser Outstanding Research Award from the CUNY, Springer Nature Editor of Distinction awards, selection as a CUNY Career Success Fellow, and appointments as a Universal Design for Learning Collaborative Facilitator and participant in CUNY's ACUE Teaching with AI initiative. Before joining York College, Dr. Rashid served as Assistant Professor and Head of the Supply Chain Management cluster at Iqra University, where he provided academic leadership, coordinated faculty activities, and contributed to accreditation and quality-assurance initiatives. At York College, his institutional contribution includes curriculum development, accreditation, career-readiness initiatives, AI-related institutional planning, faculty governance, and conference organization. He has also delivered invited lectures and professional training internationally on supply chain management, scholarly publishing, logistics analytics, and research methodology. Through the combination of scholarly productivity, editorial leadership, funded research, extensive industry experience, and commitment to innovative teaching, Dr. Rashid's work advances the understanding of how organizations and supply networks can use artificial intelligence, digital capabilities, and organizational capabilities to build more resilient, sustainable, and adaptive operations.

Education

Areas of Expertise

• Supply Chain Resilience
• Operations Management
• Technology and Innovations in Supply Chains
• Manufacturing Supply Chains
• Sustainable Supply Chains

Publications in Field Of Expertise

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