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Meet our undergraduate and graduate full-time faculty in the Rowland School of Business at Point Park University.

Rowland School of Business Dean

Business Analytics and Technology 

  • Amy Cesario, CPA, MBA, lecturer of accounting
  • Cheryl Clark, CPA, MBA, professor of accounting and chair of the Department of Business Analytics and Technology
  • Joseph DeFazio, C.R.P.C., Ph.D., senior lecturer
  • Diogo Oliveira, Ph.D., assistant professor of applied computer science
  • Jayne Olshanski, CPA, MBA, associate professor of accounting
  • Luis Palacios-Salguero, Ph.D., associate professor of economics and finance
  • Jeffrey Seaman, MIS, associate professor of applied computer science
  • Mark Voortman, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the applied computer science program

Business Management, Human Resources Management and Marketing and Sales

  • George (Corky) Bromall, II, J.D., professor of business management
  • Dorene Ciletti, Ph.D., H.J. Heinz Company Endowed Chair in Business Management, professor and director of the marketing and sales program 
  • Helena Knörr, Ph.D., professor of organizational leadership
  • Michele Fyola, Ph.D., professor of business management
  • Elaine Luther, D.Sc., professor of business management
  • Sandra Mervosh, M.S., SHRM - SCP, SPHR, associate professor of human resources and director of the human resources management program
  • Patrick Mulvihill, D.Ed., associate professor of management and chair of the Department of Business Management
  • R. Hagen Starz, J.D., assistant professor of entrepreneurship and business law

Community Engagement, Organizational Leadership and Public Administration

  • Shamayeta Bhattacharya, Ph.D., assistant professor and director the Ph.D. in Community Engagement program
  • Robert Skertich, Ph.D., professor of public administration and director of the public administration and organizational leadership programs
  • Heather Starr Fiedler, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Community Engagement & Leadership
  • Robert Ross, Ph.D., professor, director of social justice studies program 
  • Tahirah Walker, Ph.D., assistant professor of organizational development and innovation

Sports, Arts, Entertainment & Music Business

  • Paige Beal, MBA, associate professor of sports, arts, entertainment & music business
  • Melinda Colaizzi, assistant professor of sports, arts, entertainment & music business
  • Robert Derda, M.S., associate professor and chair of the Department of Sports, Arts, Entertainment & Music Business
  • Ed Traversari, MBA, professor of sports, arts, entertainment & music business

Graduate Programs

Emeriti Faculty

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