Dr. Houghtalen earned a doctoral and master’s degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from the University of Tennessee. She is the recipient of the EURO/INFORMS 2007 Management Science Strategic Innovation Prize, a National Science Graduate Research Fellow, and the recipient of the 20/20 Teaching Innovation Grant at ACU. She served as the executive associate dean for sciences at the College of Arts and Sciences, Abilene Christian University (ACU). Her research interests revolve around enhancing logistics and sustainability through optimization techniques while also focusing on broadening access and participation for under-represented groups in engineering. Her teaching interests involve Capstone design and engineering leadership development. In her previous role at ACU, Dr. Houghtalen designed industry-sponsored capstone experiences for engineering students and was a key contributor to initial ABET accreditation and recent re-accreditation of the general engineering program. earned a doctoral and master’s degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from the University of Tennessee. She is the recipient of the EURO/INFORMS 2007 Management Science Strategic Innovation Prize, a National Science Graduate Research Fellow, and the recipient of the 20/20 Teaching Innovation Grant at ACU. Outside of academia, Dr. Houghtalen enjoys traveling and baking with her family.

• Ph D in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (2007)
• MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (2004)
• BS in Industrial Engineering, University of Tennessee (2002)

• Faculty Reflections on Implementing Servingness into Research and Teaching: How Professional Development Around Servingness Foster Latinx Student Success Journal of Latinos and Education (2024), Christina Convertino, Robyn K. Pinilla, Camila Leite Madeira, Lori M. Houghtalen, Robert M. Pankow, Lizette Villanueva, Jaeyoung Cho, Jeffrey Olimpo, Elena Bitner.
• Faculty Transformation: a Study of Professional Transition 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (2024), Lori M. Houghtalen, Meagan Kendall.
• Pursuing Gender Diversity in Undergraduate Business Programs: Understanding the Major Selection Process Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences 35 3 (2023), M. Suzanne Clinton, Jody L. Jones, Kimberly Merritt, Lori M. Houghtalen.

• Servingness (2024), Volume UTEP, Lori M. Houghtalen.
• Engaging with the construct of servingness in HSI: How faculty implement servingness in research and teaching to support student success (2024), Christina Convertino, Jaeyoung Cho, Isaac Frausto Hernandez, Lori M. Houghtalen, Camila Leite Madeira, Robyn K. Pinilla, Lizette Villanueva.

• Boeing 2024 Higher Education Relations Grant