Jenna Johnson, Ph.D., CSSMBB is a three-time Mississippi State University graduate who received her B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering in 2013, 2018 and 2021, respectively.
Before joining the ISE Department in 2019, Jenna worked in aerospace manufacturing, shipbuilding, and manufacturing consulting. Specializing in Six Sigma and Lean methodologies, Jenna is Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt. Previous Six Sigma projects include reducing turnaround time of pathology laboratory results at a regional hospital using statistical process control and utilizing gage repeatability and reproducibility analysis to identify and eliminate root causes of material shortages at an appliance manufacturing plant. Utilizing this specialization, Jenna has created a Six Sigma graduate certificate at MSU.
Jenna’s research area of interest is engineering education. Her findings regarding engineering discipline depth and its impacts on occupational alignment and engineering identity have been published in the International Journal of Engineering Education. She previously served as the Engineering Education track chair for numerous Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers annual conferences and co-founded an Engineering Education Technical Interest Group within IISE.
