Welcome to the Nicolais School of Business at Wagner College
Kayhan Koleyni (PhD), Richard Lahijani (MTax, CPA), Giacomo Di Pasquale (PhD), and Edward Ai (PhD) joined the Nicolais School of Business in fall 2023 as new faculty members. Their expertise in economics, finance, and accounting, coupled with their excellent teaching, research, and student-focus have made them a tremendous asset to our school.
Sajad Ebrahimi (PhD), Emma Li-Ore (PhD), and Jing Chen (PhD) joined the Nicolais School of Business in fall 2022! Their expertise in supply chain and logistics, accounting, and marketing have helped us redesign and strengthen our academic curriculum with a lens to the future of work.
Our mission is to develop the next generation of business leaders who are data-informed decision makers, effective communicators, resilient, inclusive, and ethical business leaders and responsible global citizens.
We continue to create new opportunities for our students to get involved in the local and global community and we develop impactful programs to help our students thrive.
In the classroom, our students are challenged to get comfortable with messy business problems, be intellectually curious, and develop resilience. Our innovative teaching methods focus on experiential learning and students work to solve real problems for businesses and non-profit companies of all sizes.
Our co-curricular programs such as the Career Activator and Wagner SELECT prepare students to be career-ready young professionals upon graduation.
Come join us as we continue to invest in student success and take the Nicolais School of Business to new heights.
Aarti S. Ivanic, Ph.D.
Dean and Associate Professor
Nicolais School of Business
ACCOUNTING
Richard Lahijani
Clinical Professor, Business, Nicolais School
richard.lahijani@wagner.edu Campus Hall Room 205FINANCE
Zhexu Ai
Assistant Professor, Business, Nicolais School
zhexu.ai@wagner.edu Campus Hall 222Assistant professor in finance. I am a dedicated teacher, researcher, and finance practitioner.
Richard LaRocca
Professor, Business, Nicolais School
richard.larocca@wagner.edu Campus Hall 230Chair of Academic Honesty Committee
D.P.S., Finance, Economics
Cathyann Tully
Professor, Business, Nicolais School
718-390-3439 cathyann.tully@wagner.edu Campus Hall 224Director of Undergraduate Business Program
D.P.S., Finance
MANAGEMENT
Frank DeSimone
Associate Professor, Business, Nicolais School
718-420-4491 frank.desimone@wagner.edu Campus Hall 216Ph.D., International Management, International School of Management (ISM)
Sajad Ebrahimi
Assistant Professor, Business, Nicolais School
sajad.ebrahimi@wagner.edu Campus Hall 220MARKETING
Paul Barretta
Associate Professor, Business, Nicolais School
718-390-3434 paul.barretta@wagner.edu Campus Hall 219718-390-3434
Ph.D., Marketing
Aarti Ivanic
Dean of the Nicolais School of Business, Business, Nicolais School
aarti.ivanic@wagner.edu Campus Hall 225ECONOMICS
Giacomo Di Pasquale
Assistant Professor, Business, Nicolais School
giacomo.di-pasquale@wagner.edu Campus Hall 227Assistant Professor of Economics at Wagner College. Research interest include income inequality, poverty and migration.
Kayhan Koleyni
Assistant Professor, Business, Nicolais School
kayhan.koleyni@wagner.edu 230 Campus HallAssistant Professor of Economics and MBA Coordinator
AFFILIATE FACULTY – BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS & MATH ECONOMICS
Amy Eshleman
Director of Assessment, Office of Human Resources
Professor, Psychology Department
esh@wagner.edu 112 Parker HallInterests: social psychology, prejudice, stigma, gender, behavioral economics
Zohreh Shahvar
Associate Professor/Chair, Math & Computer Science
zshahvar@wagner.edu Megerle Science Building 114Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Application of Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation in Engineering
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
Arleen Wilk
Academic Administrative Assistant, Business, Nicolais School
718-390-3447 awilk@wagner.edu Campus Hall 223CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Rosa Santana
Director of Career Planning & Development, Office of Career Planning and Development
rosa.santana@wagner.eduAfro-Taina, Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Inc., Networking Guru, Tech Savage, Dog Mom of 2