ONLINE MASTER’S IN MANAGEMENT

Michael Pirson

Associate Professor

Michael Pirson joined the Gabelli School of Business as an associate professor of management systems in 2008. A scholar of humanistic management, which holds that business and commerce ought to advance human dignity and society, Dr. Pirson helped to establish an undergraduate sustainable business minor and a social innovation concentration at Fordham. He teaches courses such as Social Entrepreneurship, Fundamentals of Management, and Principles of Management, and his work spans the undergraduate and graduate levels.

A native of Germany, Professor Pirson has worked and lived in Switzerland, France, China, Costa Rica, and the United States. Before beginning his academic career, he worked for an international consulting group for several years and then started his own private consultancy. He has worked for and with businesses, nonprofits, embassies, political campaigns, and local and national governments. He is also a founding partner of the Humanistic Management Network, an organization that unites scholars, practitioners, and policymakers around the common goal of creating a “life-conducive” economic system.

With professional experience that includes working across various sectors, Dr. Pirson is dedicated to sharing his expertise with motivated students who want to change the world in a positive way.

Barbara Porco

Clinical Associate Professor

Dr. Porco is the recipient of:

Dr. Porco is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) by the AICPA and certified in Corporate Sustainability Management from Harvard University. She has been ranked nationally in the Top 50 Researchers in Accounting Education by the American Accounting Association.

Dr. Porco is the director of Fordham’s Center for Professional Accounting Practices (CPAP), which promotes interdisciplinary collaboration among accounting, auditing, tax, and forensics professionals, as well as business and legal scholars. Under her leadership, CPAP launched a partnership with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) to educate the next generation of business leaders and embed sustainability accounting into best practices at companies and investment organizations alike.

With more than 30 years in academia as well as vast experience in accounting and finance, Dr. Porco serves as a valuable resource for students who want to improve their accounting literacy and learn more about sustainable accounting practices.

Sris Chatterjee

Professor

First joining Fordham University in 1989, Dr. Chatterjee is a full professor in the finance and business economics area. Dr. Chatterjee is widely published and has primary research interests that include corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and capital structure.

Professor Chatterjee earned his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur and his postgraduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He received his MPhil and PhD from Columbia Business School. Before joining the Fordham faculty, Professor Chatterjee taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Rutgers University, and Columbia University.

With vast experience in both academe and industry, learning from Dr. Chatterjee gives students a unique opportunity to gain key finance and management skills across a wide spectrum.

Peter Johnson

Clinical Associate Professor

Peter Johnson is a clinical assistant professor at the Gabelli School of Business, where he teaches customer-driven marketing, sales management, consumer behavior, and services marketing. He is also academic program director of Fordham’s Master of Science in Marketing Intelligence. His scholarly research focuses on the use of organizational improvisation to enhance the rapid development of marketing strategies and to improve marketing performance. Dr. Johnson has vast experience in the field, having worked as a senior agency executive at several NYC-based advertising firms and as a managing partner at an investment firm.

In his classes, Professor Johnson shares his expansive management experience in marketing, advertising, investment, e-commerce, and technology with his students. By sharing insights into developing creative solutions to business problems, Professor Johnson prepares his students for meaningful careers in marketing, analytics, and management.