Areas of Expertise

Operations Management, Behavioral Operations Management, Humanitarian Operations

Academic Degrees

• PhD, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland, 2016
• MSc. Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2011
• BS, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2009

Professional Experience

• Indiana University, 2020-present
• Universidad de los Andes, 2016-2020, visiting scholar

Awards, Honors & Certificates

• Best Student Paper - Danna Meadows Award, International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. Washington, July 2013

Selected Publications

• Villa, S., and Castañeda J. A. (2020). A Behavioral Investigation of Power and Gender Heterogeneity in Operations Management under Uncertainty. Management Research Review, 23(5), 753-771.
• Villa, S., and Castañeda J. A. (2018). Transshipments in Supply Chains: A Behavioral Investigation. European Journal of Operational Research, 269(2), 715-729.
• Villa, S., Gonçalves, P., and Odong, T. (2017). Understanding the Contribution of Effective Communication Strategies to Program Performance in Humanitarian Organizations. Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 7(2), 1-25.
• Urrea, G. Villa, S., and Gonçalves, P. (2016). Exploratory Analyses of Relief and Development Operations using Social Networks. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 56, 27-39.
• Urrea, G. Villa, S., and Gonçalves, P. (2016). Exploratory Analyses of Relief and Development Operations using Social Networks. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 56, 27-39.
• Villa, S., Gonçalves, P., and Arango, S. (2015). Exploring Retailers Ordering Decisions under Delays. Systems Dynamics Review, 31(1), 1-27.

Edited on September 22, 2020