Dr. Taylor is Associate Professor and Director of Supply Chain Management Programs in the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and a senior policy analyst for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.  His research has been published in journals such as the Transportation Journal, Journal of Business Logistics, Regulation, the International Journal of Logistics Management, International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management, and the International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management.  Dr. Taylor also serves as Director of the School’s U.S.-Canada Border Policy Instuitute, and as Editor of the Journal of Transportation Management.  He is a past member of the President’s National Commission on Intermodal Transportation and the DOT’s National Motor Carrier Advisory Committee.  Dr. Taylor obtained a Ph.D. in marketing and logistics from Michigan State University in 1991.