Jill Bernard Bracy

Jill Bernard Bracy is an Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Business, where she directs the Supply Chain Risk and Resilience Engineering department. She specializes in applied data analytics for highway safety policy and student success in higher education, with a focus on connecting academic research to industry applications.

• Ph.D. in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (UMSL, 2015)
• M.B.A. (Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, 2007)
• B.S. in Business Administration (Fontbonne University, 2005)

Her research integrates transportation safety analysis with educational outcomes, leveraging machine learning and quantitative methods to address real-world challenges. Current projects examine autonomous vehicle infrastructure impacts and administrative policy effects on student performance.

Her publications focus on transportation safety (autonomous vehicles, crash severity modeling) and educational policy (AP programs, college credit initiatives). Key methodologies include decision trees, ensemble learning, and data-driven policy analysis.

• Director, Supply Chain Analytics Center of Excellence
• President, Transportation Research Forum – St. Louis Chapter
• Education Advisor, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals – St. Louis Roundtable

Dr. Bracy maintains active leadership roles in transportation and supply chain professional organizations while advancing interdisciplinary research at the intersection of mobility and education.