Department of Management Faculty :: Fairleigh Dickinson University

Our full-time faculty are eminent scholars and great teachers who also bring a wealth of professional experience into the classroom.

Gwen Jones LOGO Department Chair - Gwen Jones, Associate Professor of Management, Chair of Management Department; B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College; B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S., St. Mary's University; Ph.D., University of Albany specializes in change management, management skills, and human resource management. Her research interests include effectiveness of change management strategies, unethical behavior in organizations, and diversity issues. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Human Resource Management Review, and Journal of Business Ethics among others. She has conducted executive training and organizational change consulting in a variety of profit and non-profit organizations.

Scott J. Behson, Associate Professor of Management; B.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany teaches Change Management, Human Resource Management, and Organizational Behavior. His research interests are workplace flexibility, high-involvement work practices, work-family balance, and environmental performance. Dr. Behson has also taught at as a visiting professor at the International University of Monaco, in Monte Carlo, Monaco, and La Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Gerard W. Cleaves Clinical Assistant Professor of Management; B.S., Lehigh University; M.S., Princeton University; M.B.A., Harvard University has more than 20 years experience in business and organizational development. This experience comes primarily in the global supply chain management software and consulting industry serving multinational chemical and pharmaceutical companies. He teaches business ethics and in our pharmaceutical management MBA program.

Kent Fairfield, Assistant Professor of Management; A.B., University of Illinois; M.B.A., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University teaches Organizational Behavior, Interpersonal Skills in Organizations, and Organization Theory. He emphasizes connecting students to the world of work through the use of business mentors and community service projects that offer the chance for “learning management by doing management.” His research concerns interdependence between individuals and groups as well as the factors contributing to sustainable business practices.

Gerard F. Farias, Associate Professor of Management; B.C., Ness Wadia College of Commerce, India; M.B.A., Xavier Labor Relations Institute, India; M.S., Ph.D., Texas Tech University teaches a variety of strategic management courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Joel I. Harmon, Professor of Management and Interim Director of the Institute for Sustainable Enterprise; B.A., City College of New York, City University of New York; M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany is a Distinguished Faculty Fellow of the Center for Human Resource Management. He has served as President of the University Faculty Senate, President of the Eastern Academy of Management, and in various leadership positions for the Academy of Management. He is Principal Investigator on an action-research project funded by the National Science Foundation, in which a team of academics, managers, and labor leaders strive to improve service effectiveness in the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

Vancouver - Martin Martens LOGO

Martin L. Martens, Associate Professor of Management; B.S., Arizona State University; M.B.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa; Ph.D., University of British Columbia joins the faculty at FDU-Vancouver as a specialist in the area of corporate governance. His primary area of research investigates internal and external social forces that restructure an organization facing new or unfamiliar environmental circumstances, with a focus on firms going through the initial public offering process.

Osita Nwachukwu, Associate Professor of Management; B.S.B.A., M.B.A., Xavier University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Dennis J. Scotti, Alfred E. Driscoll Professor of Healthcare and Life Sciences Management; B.S., State University of New York at Stony Brook; M.B.A., Adelphi University; M.S., Ph.D., Temple University teaches graduate-level courses in health systems & policy, medical services planning, life sciences research, strategic management and organization design. His research interests include healthcare reform, managed medical care, healthcare planning, and patient satisfaction. Professor Scotti is also a consultant to a variety of healthcare organizations.

Joan Slepian, Assistant Professor of Management; B.A., Baldwin-Wallace College; M.S.W., State University of New York; M.S., Syracuse University; Ph.D., Yale University teaches a variety of organizational behavior and human resource management classes at FDU. Her research interests include organizational change and leadership, as well as diversity issues. Joan brings many years experience as a manager and consultant in the telecommunications industry.

Gordon G. Sollars, Associate Professor of Management; B.A., Pomona College; M.B.A., The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of Virginia. Before teaching at FDU, primarily in business ethics, he worked for fifteen years in the financial services industry, and was a vice president at Kidder, Peabody & Co., Merrill Lynch, and Chemical Bank.

Daniel F. Twomey, Professor of Management; B.S., M.S., State University of New York at Albany; D.B.A., Kent State University is published in the areas of strategy, corporate entrepreneurship and organization design, is a national leader in creating partnerships between business and academia and is Director Emeritus and a co-founder of the Center for Human Resource Management Studies. He has taught and conducted research at West Virginia University, University of Bradford, England, University College Galway, and Durham University Business School, England.

Rogerio S. Victer, Assistant Professor of Management; B.S., Federal University at Niteroi - UFF; M.S., Federal University at Rio de Janeiro - National Museum; M.B.A., Boston College; D.B.A., Boston University

J. Daniel Wischnevsky, Associate Professor of Management (Ph.D., Rutgers University), Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and the Metropolitan Campus teaches courses in the areas of strategic management and organizational change. His research and consulting interests include the processes and outcomes of strategic and organizational change and the management of innovation. His research has been published in various refereed journals. Two of his recent articles have received scholarly and professional awards.

Professors Emeritus

Dr. Richard Ottaway, Professor of Management (Ph.D., University of Manchester, England)

Dr. Mary Beaven, Professor of Management (Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany)

Our part-time faculty are experts in their field, bringing their years of professional experience and connections into the classroom.

Our team of part-time faculty includes:

Dean Robb, Richard Dunn, Scott Carpenter, Angelo DiNome, LeeAnn Pounds, Rose Reyes-McKiernan, Charles Creamer, Marcia Kendler, Gerry Tchir, Dave Sullivan, James Walsh, Debbie Greagor, Linda Klug, Ray Miko, Peter Grefrath, Eli Amdur, Belmont Haydel, and Marc Kalan