Mentorship of the Month January 2024 Dr. James Kirby Easterling

Our Mentorship of the Month Winner for January is Dr. James Kirby Easterling. Dr. Easterling is an Assistant Professor-Global Supply Chain Management in the College of Business.

Dr. James Kirby Easterling particularly enjoys mentoring students—during college and after graduation—across three primary areas: community engagement, scholarly research, and career planning. Dr. Easterling helps EKU students give back to the community through activities such as providing hands-on flood relief in eastern Kentucky, collecting canned food in supporting families in need across the region, helping renovate historic properties, and assisting the elderly. Dr. Easterling also enjoys collaborating with current and former student in scholarly research, with published proceedings, journal articles, and conference presentations with multiple students, including a recent 2023 article in the journal “Inside Management,” 34(6), 38-43: A Novel Approach to Hospital Supply Chains—just published with a 2017 EKU graduate (Tanner Hayes) in the #1 industry journal for global supply chain professionals. Through his extensive professional network, Dr. Easterling greatly enjoys helping students with career planning in transitioning into the workforce with résumé workshops, mock interviews, coordinating internships, providing introductions to industry executives, assisting with salary negotiations, etc. Dr. Easterling mentors students well after degree completion, including many rising executives at premier companies such as Valvoline, Walmart, Toyota, Lockheed-Martin, and many others.

Congratulations to Dr. Easterling on your well deserved Mentorship of the Month

Published on February 22, 2024