Faculty

Students will be engaged with a faculty distinguished by scholarly achievements and business experience, who have published books and articles, presented their research at national and international conferences, and earned international awards for research and teaching. They are:

Christy Ashley
Assistant Professor of Marketing
B.S., Sacred Heart University
M.B.A., University of Miami
Ph.D., The University of Rhode Island

Bharat B. Bhalla
Professor of Finance
B.A., Punjab University
M.B.A., Delhi University
Ph.D., Cornell University

Mousumi Bhattacharya
Associate Professor of Management
B.A., M.B.A., Jadavpur University
Ph.D., Syracuse University

Bruce Bradford, C.P.A.
Associate Professor of Accounting
Arthur Andersen Fellow
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.B.A., Arkansas State University
D.B.A., University of Memphis

Gerard M. Campbell
Associate Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management
B.S., Columbia University
M.B.A., University of Connecticut
M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ph.D., Indiana University

Paul Caster
Associate Professor of Accounting
B.S., Lehigh University
M.B.A., University of Chicago
Ph.D., University of North Texas

Gerald O. Cavallo
Associate Professor of Marketing
B.B.A., Pace University
M.B.A., Columbia University
M.B.A., Ph.D., City University of New York

J. Michael Cavanaugh
Associate Professor of Management
B.A., St. Francis College
B.S., Baylor College of Medicine
M.S., Georgetown University
M.B.A., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

Arjun Chaudhuri
Rev. Thomas R. Fitzgerald, S.J., Professor of Marketing
B.A., M.A., Calcutta University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Thomas E. Conine, Jr.
Professor of Finance
B.S., University of Connecticut
M.B.A., Ph.D., New York University

JoAnn Drusbowsky
Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting
M.S. Taxation, University of New Haven

Catherine Connelly Giapponi
Assistant Professor of Management
B.A., Providence College
M.B.A., University of Connecticut
Ph.D., University of New Haven

Donald E. Gibson
Associate Professor of Management
B.S., University of California
M.A., San Francisco State University
M.B.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Xin James He
Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management
B.S., Zhejiang University
M.B.A., University of Shanghai for Science & Technology
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Walter F. Hlawitschka
Associate Professor of Finance
B.S., M.B.A., Cornell University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

Christopher L. Huntley
Chair, Information Systems and Operations Management Department
Associate Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Virginia

Lucy V. Katz
Robert C. Wright Professor of Business Law,
Ethics, and Dispute Resolution
Professor of Business Law
B.A., Smith College
J.D., New York University

Gregory D. Koutmos
Chair, Finance department
Gerald M. Levin Professor of Finance
B.S., Graduate School of Business Studies, Athens, Greece
M.A., City College of City University of New York
Ph.D., Graduate School and University Center,
City University of New York

Robert W. Kravet, C.P.A.
Assistant Professor of Accounting
A.B., Southern Connecticut State University
B.S., University of New Haven
M.S., University of Massachusetts

Nikiforos Laopodis
Associate Professor of Finance
B.Sc., The Graduate Industrial School of Thessaloniki, Greece
M.A., Morgan State University
Ph.D., The Catholic University of America

Patrick S. Lee
Associate Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems
A.B., Berea College
M.S., Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University

Sooyeon Nikki Lee-Wingate
Assistant Professor of Marketing
B.B.A., MBA, Seoul National University
Ph.D., M.Phil., New York University

Mark Ligas
Chair, Marketing Department
Associate Professor of Marketing
B.A., University of Pennsylvania
M.S., Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Lisa A. Mainiero
Professor of Management
B.A., Smith College
M.A., Ph.D., Yale University

Valeria Martinez
Assistant Professor of Finance
B.S. Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico
M.S. University of Warwick, England
Ph.D. University of Texas at San Antonio

Dawn W. Massey, C.P.A.
Chair, Accounting Department
Associate Professor of Accounting
B.S., M.B.A., Fordham University
Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Deborah C. McLean
Visiting Professor of Finance
MBA, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration

John McDermott
Associate Professor of Finance
B.S., U.S. Coast Guard Academy
MBA, Columbia University
Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Sharlene A. McEvoy
Professor of Business Law
B.A., Albertus Magnus College
M.A., Trinity College
J.D., University of Connecticut
Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles

Camelia C. Micu
Assistant Professor of Marketing
B.S., M.S., Polytechnic University, Romania
Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Yasin Ozcelik
Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management
B.S. Bilkent University
M.S. Purdue University
Ph.D, Purdue University

Milo W. Peck, Jr., C.P.A.
Assistant Professor of Accounting
A.B., Middlebury College
M.S., Northeastern University
J.D., Suffolk University
LL.M., Boston University

Patricia M. Poli, C.P.A.
Associate Professor of Accounting
B.S., University of Connecticut
M.Phil., Ph.D., New York University

Rajasree K. Rajamma
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Bachelors of Technology, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Kerala University, India
M.B.A., Cochin University of Science & Technology, India
M.B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., University of North Texas

Katsiaryna Salavei
Assistant Professor of Finance
B.S., The Belarussian State University of Informatics and
Radioelectronics, Belarus
B.A., Hartwick College
Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Carl A. Scheraga
Professor of Business Strategy and Technology Management
Sc.B., M.A., Brown University
Ph.D., University of Connecticut

David P. Schmidt
Chair, Management Department
Associate Professor of Ethics
B.S., Illinois State University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

Norman A. Solomon
Dean, Dolan School of Business
Professor of Management
B.S., Cornell University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Debra M. Strauss
Assistant Professor of Business Law
B.A., Cornell University
J.D., Yale University

Winston Tellis
Camille and Stephen Schramm Professor of Information
Systems and Operations Management
B.C., University of Bombay
M.A., Fairfield University
Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University

Cheryl L. Tromley
Professor of Management
B.A., Michigan State University
M.A., Florida Atlantic University
Ph.D., Yale University

Michael T. Tucker
Professor of Finance
B.A., Washington College
M.B.A., D.B.A., Boston University

Joan L. Van Hise, C.P.A.
Acting Chair of Accounting Department Fall 2007
Associate Professor of Accounting
B.S., M.B.A., Fordham University
Ph.D., New York University

Vishnu Vinekar
Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management
B.S., Manipal Institute of Technology, India
M.S., Texas A&M International University
Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington

Kathleen Weiden, C.P.A.
Assistant Professor of Accounting
B.S., Manhattan College
M.S., Pace University
Ph.D., Baruch College