Debuting in Spring 2025, Shannon Parker’s new Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain course offered Master of Environmental Management (MEM) students the opportunity to tackle real sustainability challenges on Duke’s campus. The course bridged classroom theory to real-world decision-making.
Parker returned to the Nicholas School of the Environment in August 2024 as an Executive in Residence, after earning her MEM/MBA (’21) at Duke. Her teaching is influenced by her startup experience, where creativity and stakeholder collaboration are core to solving complex problems. An expert in waste, circularity, supply chain, and impact strategy, she designs simulations and projects that reflect the kinds of high-stakes, ambiguous problems students will face in their sustainability careers.
