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Administration

Dr. Sam N. Basu
Dean
Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business /
Professor

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. – Business Administration (Finance),
               University of Houston, 1975

MBA – University of Saskatchewan, 1971
B. Technology (Honors) – Indian Institute
              of
Technology, Kharagpur, 1966
Certificate in Management Accounting, 1981

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Banking, Corporate Finance, New Venture Finance, Economic Deregulation, Retirement Finance, Strategic Financial Management.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Dr. Basu’s professional background combines academic, business and consulting experiences.  He comes to the Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business from California State University, Eastbay (formerly Hayward), where he has been Interim Dean, Associate Dean, Co-Director of the Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies and Professor of Finance.  His prior academic relationships include University of Southern California where he served as Assistant Professor. He has also taught at The Graduate School of Business at UC Berkeley as an adjunct faculty.

Dr. Basu is the author of approximately thirty papers in academic and professional journals and co-author of the book “Strategic Credit Management,” published by John Wiley & Sons.

Originally trained as an engineer, Dr. Basu worked for the Indian Subsidiary of Alcan Aluminum.  He was also an A.V.P. in Corporate Finance and V.P. & Manager of Strategic Planning for Wells Fargo Bank in San Fransisco.  He was also a Senior V.P. for Corporate Planning & Development for Merabank in Phoenix. 

He has worked with Booz Allen and Hamilton in San Fransisco and has been an independent consultant in finance and strategy in California over the years.  Dr. Basu has been a member of Boards of Directors/Advisors for both corporate and non-profit organizations.


OFFICE PHONE: 973-720-2964
FAX: 973-720-2809
EMAIL: BasuS1@wpunj.edu

Dr. Rajiv Kashyap
Interim Associate Dean
EDUCATION:
Ph.D.- Marketing, University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
M.S. - Business, University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
B.S. - Chemistry, Bombay University

SPECIAL INTERESTS:

Strategic marketing and marketing of social causes.

COURSES TAUGHT:

Principles of Marketing (MKT210); Marketing Management (MKT482); Marketing Management (MKT608) 

OFFICE PHONE: 973-720-3746
EMAIL: KashyapR@wpunj.edu



Dr. Haiyang Chen 
Director, E*TRADE Financial Learning Center / Professor

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Finance, Kent State University
M.A. - Economics, Kent State University 
M.I.M. - Master of International Management, American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird)
B.S. - Economics/International Trade, University of International Business and Economics

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Corporate Finance; Personal Finance; International Business


BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:

Dr. Chen currently serves as the Director of the E*Trade Financial Learning Center and simultaneously holds the rank of Full Professor of Finance.  He has previously served as Professor of Finance in the Williamson College of Business (AACSB accredited) at Youngstown State University, where he also served as the Assistant to the Dean for Graduate Programs. His primary research interests are in Finance and Global Business.  he has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including Financial management and Financial Practice and Education. He has been the recipient of the University Distinguished Professor award in 1993-1994.

COURSES TAUGHT: International Economics and Finance (ECON/FIN755)

 
OFFICE PHONE: 973-720-3765
FAX: 973-720-2809
EMAIL: chenh@wpunj.edu

Dr. David A. Reid
Executive Director, Russ Berrie Institute for Professinal Sales
/ Professor 
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Marketing, State University of New York at
              Binghamton

MBA - Marketing, State University of New York at
             Binghamton
BS. - Marketing, State University of New York at
             Plattsburgh

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Effective sales practices, strategic issues in business-to-business marketing, and buyer-seller relationships.

COURSES TAUGHT:
Professional Selling (RPS205)


OFFICE PHONE: 973-720-3858
FAX:  973-720-3854
E-MAIL: ReidD@wpunj.edu

Dr. Francis Cai
MBA Director / Professor

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Financial Economics, The City University of New York
M.S. - Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 
B.S.- Automation Control, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Investment Analysis; Asset Valuation; Corporate Finance; Capital Structure Analysis 

COURSES TAUGHT:
Investment Management (MBAE777); Advanced Managerial Finance (FIN430); Corporate Finance (FIN320); Business Statistics (ECON210)

OFFICE PHONE:   973-720-2178
FAX: 973-720-3721
EMAIL: caif@wpunj.edu

Dr. Sia Nassiripour
Chair of Accounting and Law / Associate Professor

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Accounting, Washington State University
M.S. - Accounting, University of Missouri 
B.S. - Accounting, University of Missouri

Professional Certification:
C.P.A. - Certified Public Accountant (Missouri)

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Cash flow and earnings related issues; Reporting of environmental costs in financial statements.

COURSES TAUGHT:
International Financial Statement Analysis (ACCT731); Advanced Accounting I (ACCT420); Intermediate Accounting I, II (ACCT311/312); Financial/Managerial Accounting (ACCT211/212)

OFFICE PHONE:   973-720-2241
FAX: 973-720-3722
EMAIL: NassiripourS@wpunj.edu

Dr.  Alexandros Panayides
Chair of Economics, Finance and
Global Business / Associate Professor 


EDUCATION:

Ph.D. - Economics, SUNY Binghamton
M.A. - Economics, SUNY Buffalo
M.S. - Mathematics, University of Frankfurt

SPECIAL INTERESTS:

How improvements in telecommunications technology affect urban concentration and the growth of cities; how globalization affects the determination of wages and employment; mathematical models with applications to economics.

COURSES TAUGHT:

Managerial Economics (ECON705 & ECON/FIN415); International Economics (ECON370); Macroeconomics (ECON201)

OFFICE PHONE: 973-720-2962
FAX: 973-720-3721
EMAIL: PanayidesA@wpunj.edu

 

Dr. Caesar Perez
Chair of Marketing and Management
/ Assistant Professor 
EDUCATION:
M.B.A. - IESA, Caracas, Venezuela, 1981
B.S. -
, 1979Ph.D. - Management, Rutgers University, 1996rketing, University of Memphis
MBA - IFSA, Caracas, Venezuela, 1981
B.S.
-
Electronic Engineering, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Strategic information systems: software engineering and user satisfaction

COURSES TAUGHT:
Management Information Systems (Mgt305); Production Management (Mgt431):


OFFICE PHONE: 973-720-3361
E-MAIL: PerezC@wpunj.edu

 


Dr. Robert M. Peterson
Chair of the Department of Professional Sales
/ Associate Professor 
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Marketing, University of Memphis
MBA - International Business, George Washington University
B.S. - Marketing, Indiana University

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Negotiation preparation and strategy, personal & global selling, and entrepreneurship.

COURSES TAUGHT:
Negotiation (RPS 210)


OFFICE PHONE: 973-720-3835
FAX: 973-720-3854
E-MAIL: PetersonR84@wpunj.edu


 
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