Notre Dame Stories: What's going on with the mail?

Author: Andy Fuller

ND Experts

James O'Rourke

James O'Rourke

Professor of Management

USPS Truck
USPS Truck

For the better part of a year, the mail has been increasingly slow…and COVID is only partly to blame.

To find out what’s behind this we spoke with James O’Rourke, professor of management in the Mendoza College of Business and an expert on corporate communications and reputation. O'Rourke has studied the cost structure and business of the United States Postal Service for more than a decade.


Notre Dame Stories highlights the work and knowledge of the University's faculty and students. This podcast features interviews with Notre Dame faculty members who can lend insight into some of the major national and international stories of the day, as well as pieces that show the breadth of the life and research at the University.

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