After earning a BS in Economics and a Masters in Operations Research, he taught various management courses at Pittsburg State University in Kansas. His doctorate (University of Tennessee) is in Transportation and Logistics with a minor in Accounting. He taught operations, statistics, and accounting in Saudi Arabia for two years. Dr. Wood has published seventeen research articles on supply chain cost and risk, in refereed journals of logistics and management accounting. He teaches Managerial, Cost, Systems, and Professional Ethics for UC, as well as frequent pedagogy workshops for the American Accounting Association.