She is a research affiliate at the Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute and the Center for Supply Chain Research at Penn State. She has served on doctoral and Master's students' committees in business, engineering, and education. She has taught a wide variety of courses in logistics and supply chain management and is currently teaching a graduate course in strategic procurement in the Penn State World Campus Master of Professional Studies in Supply Chain Management. In July 2009, Dr. Thomchick was selected to be the editor of the Transportation Journal, published by the American Society of Transportation and Logistics (AST&L). She was also elected to the AST&L Board of Directors. Current Research