The Preston Robert Tisch Center

FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION

Tisch Center faculty are carefully chosen for their outstanding credentials, professional achievements, and dedication to teaching excellence. Renowned educators and experienced industry leaders, they help to make the Tisch Center the country’s leading program for hospitality, tourism, and sports management. Faculty focus on building a curriculum that is comprehensive, relevant, and challenging. They are eager to share their practical experience in these rapidly evolving professions.

Our faculty also provide access to New York City’s remarkable resources by routinely inviting distinguished leaders to speak in their classrooms. As innovators with an active role in the professional community, they share their expertise through advisement, mentoring, and conferences. They are equally generous in introducing students to valuable professional networking opportunities.

Bjorn Hanson Bjorn Hanson
Divisional Dean, HVS Chair, and Clinical Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Ph.D. in Food and Nutrition, New York University

 

FULL-TIME FACULTY

Robert Boland Robert Boland
Academic Chair and Clinical Associate Professor
Sports Management

J.D., Samford University Cumberland School of Law
  David Hollander David Hollander
Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor
Sports Management
J.D., Quinnipiac University School of Law
Lee Igel Lee Igel
Clinical Associate Professor
Sports Management
Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Capella University
  Jukka M. Laitamaki Jukka M. Laitamaki
Clinical Professor
Hospitality and Tourism Management
Ph.D. in Hotel Administration, Cornell University
Fredrick Mayo Frederic B. Mayo
Clinical Professor
Hospitality and Tourism Management
Ph.D. in Education, Johns Hopkins University
  Wayne G. McDonnell Wayne G. McDonnell
Clinical Associate Professor
Sports Management
M.B.A. in Management, Iona College
Sharr J. Prohaska Sharr J. Prohaska
Clinical Associate Professor
Hospitality and Tourism Management
M.S. in Tourism Administration, George Washington University
  Donna Quadri-Felitti Donna Quadri-Felitti
Clinical Associate Professor
Hospitality and Tourism Management
M.S. in Hospitality Industry Studies, New York University
Lalia Rach

Lalia Rach
Clinical Professor
Hospitality and Tourism Management

Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration, George Washington University

  Mark Warner Mark Warner
Clinical Professor
Hospitality and Tourism Management
D.P.A. in Public Administration, University of Alabama
Connee Zotos Connee Zotos
Clinical Associate Professor
Sports Management
Ph.D. in Educational Administration, University of Texas

 

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