School of Business and Justice Studies

205 DePerno Hall
Phone: (315) 792-3055
Fax: (315) 792-3173

General Information on the School

The School of Business and Justice Studies houses undergraduate programs in:

• Business and Economics
• Public Relations and Journalism
• Justice Studies

The School also offers graduate programs in Economic Crime Management (M.S.), Economic Crime and Fraud Management (M.B.A.) and Professional Accountancy (M.B.A.).

In addition, the School oversees a number of important co-curricular activities at the College. This includes:

Lecture Series

Management Invited Lecture Series

Institutes and Centers

Center for Identity Management and Information Protection
Computer Forensics Research & Development Center
The Economic Crime Institute
Mohawk Valley Center for Economic Education
The Raymond Simon Institute for Public Relations 

Student Organizations

Accounting Society
Association of Certified Fraud
Examiners

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Criminal Justice Student Association
Economic Crime Investigation Student Association
Gamma Iota Sigma Professional Risk Management and Insurance Fraternity  
Marketing Club
PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America) 
SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management)

Programs and Majors Departments

Business and Economics

Executive Director: Charles J. Whalen, Ph.D.
cjwhalen@utica.edu

Director: Pamela Hurley, Ph.D.
Risk Management and Insurance
phurley@utica.edu

Director: Herbert E. Rau, Ph.D., MBA Program
hrau@utica.edu

Majors:

Accounting
Accounting - CPA
Business Economics
Economics
Health Studies - Management
Management
Risk Management and Insurance

Minors:

Economics
Management
Risk Management and Insurance

Graduate Programs:
Economic Crime and Fraud Management (MBA)
Professional Accountancy (MBA)

Faculty:

Atasi Basu - Accounting
Carl Dziekan - Accounting (part-time)
Richard Fenner - Economics
James Heian - Accounting
Jordan Huang - Economics/Finance
Pamela Hurley - Risk Management & Insurance
Sung Jun Jo - Management
Margaret Morgan-Davie - Economics (part-time)
Stephen Peek - Management
Robert Petrillo - Management (part-time)
Herbert Rau - Marketing
Thomas Rossi - Management
Tejashree Sayanak - Economics
Huanglin Wang - Management
Charles Whalen - Economics


Construction Management
Director:
David Dubbelde, Ph.D.
dmdubbelde@utica.edu

Faculty: 
David Dubbelde
Dimitar Todorov

Justice Studies

Acting Executive Director: 
Donald Rebovich, Ph.D., Economic Crime and Justice Studies
Executive Director: CIMIP
drebovich@utica.edu

Chair:

Jennifer Trost, Ph.D. Criminal Justice
jatrost@utica.edu

Chair:

Randall Nichols, M.B.A., M.S.Ch.E., Cybersecurity
rnichols@utica.edu

Director:

Gregory Walsh, M.A.
MS Degree Program in Criminal Justice Administration
gewalsh@utica.edu

Director:

Joseph Giordano, M.S., CFRDC
Interim Director: ECM
jgiorda@utica.edu

Interim Director:

Richard Kelly, M.S., CFE,  ECI & MBA Liaison
Intern Coordinator
rkelly@utica.edu

Executive Director:

George Curtis, J.D., Economic Crime Institute
gcurtis@utica.edu 

Assistant Executive Director:

Suzanne Lynch, M.S., Economic Crime Institute
slynch@utica.edu 

Director:

Thomas Ryan, M.B.A., Advising On-Line ECI & CIA
tryan@utica.edu
 
Majors:
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice-Ecomomic Crime Investigation
Cybersecurity

Graduate Programs:
Criminal Justice Administration (M.S.)
Economic Crime Management (M.S.)

Faculty: 
George Curtis
Joseph Giordano
Richard Kelly
Suzanne Lynch 
Qingkai Ma
R. Bruce McBride
Randall Nichols 
Donald Rebovich
Thomas Ryan
Jennifer Trost
William Virkler
Gregory Walsh
Amy Warmingham


Public Relations and Journalism
Chair:  Patricia Swann, M.S.
pswann@utica.edu

Majors:
Journalism
Public Relations
Public Relations/Journalism

Minors:
Journalism

Faculty:
David Chanatry - Journalism
Cecilia Friend - Public Relations/Journalism
Kim Landon - Public Relations/Journalism
Paul MacArthur - Public Relations/Journalism
Patricia Swann - Public Relations