Joseph Ahlstrom
Professor, Marine Transportation Department
B.S., M.S., SUNY Maritime College; Federal License: Master of Steam and Motor Vessels, Any Gross Tons, Oceans; Radar Observer, General Radio Operator; CDR,USNR; Arbitrator, N.A.S.D; Past Master, Training Ship “Empire State VI”
Prof. James Drogan
Senior Lecturer, Global Business & Transportation Department
B.S., Southern Illinois University; Railroad Institute, Harvard Graduate School of Business; Systems Research Institute, IBM; Railroad Institute, Multisystems, Inc.; The Special Studies Program in Transportation: Transportation System Management and Analysis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; The Special Studies Program in Transportation: Logistics Analysis for Carries and Shippers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Advanced Freight Seminar, Northwestern University Transportation Center. Teaching and research interests are in the area of supply chains, business design and information technology strategy.
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Robert G. Edmonds
Lecturer and Vice Chair, Global Business and Transportation Department
B.A.,M.A., History St. John’s University, MBA Kensington University, D.B.A. California Southern University. Dr. Edmonds has over 25 years in the marketing and sales area and his teaching and research interests are in international business and marketing, the impact of trade blocs, NAFTA & the EU, contemporary management issues and the development of case studies for management and international business courses.
Larry Howard, Professor and Chair, Global Business and Transportation Department
B.A., M.S., Ph. D Political Science, University of Washington; Teaching and research interests are in the areas of international business, supply chain management, and security.
Walter Nadolny
Assistant Professor, Marine Transportation Department
Captain Nadolny teaches both Graduate and Undergraduate courses in Environmental Policy, Environmental Law, Government Transportation Policy, Ships Construction and Navigation. He is a master mariner and a graduate of the SUNY Maritime College and has done extensive graduate work at Tufts University and MIT in Environmental Policy & Planning and Coastal Zone Management. He has been employed in industry by Exxon International, Carnival Cruise Lines and Norwegian Cruise Lines in an environmental capacity. Capt. Nadolny’s research interests include: Resource Depletion, Climate Change, Zero Discharge Ships, and Minimizing of Shipping Effects on Highly Sensitive and Critical Environments. In addition to his teaching responsibilities Capt. Nadolny is the advisor to the Environmental Club and serves as the Music Director of the College’s band.
Riccardo R. Pellicciaro
Professor of Economics and Finance, Global Business and Transportation Department
B.A., Hunter College (CUNY); M.A. Queens College (CUNY); Ph.D.,Fordham University, Financial Economics. Teaching and research interests are in the areas of corporate finance, shipping finance, quantitative methods and statistics.
Janis Schulmeisters
Lecturer, Global Business & Transportation Department
B.S., SUNY Maritime College, LL.B. Brooklyn Law School; Prof. Schulmeisters, a Fulbright Scholar, has previously served as lead maritime attorney, US Dept. of Justice, New York, as an attorney with Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, as a claims adjuster for Gulf Oil Corp. and as a deck officer in the US Merchant Marine. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in business law, maritime and admiralty law.
Jeffrey A. Weiss
Associate Professor of Law and Transportation
B.S., M.S., SUNY Maritime College; J.D., Pace University School of Law; Federal Licenses: Master of Freight and Towing vessels of not more than 1600 Gross Tons Upon Oceans; Second Mate of Steam and Motor Vessels of Unlimited Gross Tonnage Upon Oceans; Member of the New York State and Federal Bars; Maritime Arbitrator; Member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States. Teaching and research interests are in all aspects of Maritime Law.
Hernan Wurgaft
Assistant Professor, Global Business and Transportation Department ((on leave)
M.Sc., University of Chile; Ph.D., Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA; Teaching Faculty, University of Chile; Consultant, University of Chile Consultant Group; Operations Analyst & Consultant, IBM; Engagement Manager/Client Partner, EDS Global Planning; Developer and Consultant, Aspen Technology Inc.; Adjunct Professor, Graduate School for Business, Metropolitan College of New York. Teaching and research interests are in the area of Operations Management.
Shmuel Yahalom
Professor of Economics, Global Business and Transportation Department
B.A., University of Haifa; M.A. Queens College; Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center
ADJUNCT FACULTY:
William T. Brown
MBA, George Washington University, Washington DC; B.A, St. Francis College; Diploma, Naval War College.
Mark Chadwin
B.A. Yale University, Ph.D. Columbia University, former chair of the Maritime College’s GBAT Department and former Director of the Weissman Center for World Trade at Baruch College. Dr. Chadwin has taught, and published extensively on matters pertaining to international business and trade. He teaches the Managing Across Cultures course in the graduate program.
Lars Gustafson
B.S., M.S., SUNY Maritime College; Federal Licenses; Third Mate of Steam and Motor Vessels of Unlimited Gross Tonnage Upon Oceans; Maritime Arbitrator, Member of the Marine Insurance Claims Association, member of the General Average Association. Eight years experience in handling a wide variety of P & I claims, including cargo, FD&D and personal injuries. Experience operating vessels in dry bulk trades. Teaching and research interests are in all aspects of ocean shipping.
Anthony Mavronicolas
Attorney-at-Law
B.A., University of Wisconsin, J.D., Tulane University, Member of the New York State, Massachusetts State and Federal Bars. Teaching and research interests are in alternate dispute resolution, international business law, development policy and environmental law.
Carl Selinger
Principal of Carl Selinger Services, an aviation & transportation consultancy, following 31- year career with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Eng., C.E., Polytechnic University, B.E., Cooper Union, Certificate, Highway Transportation, Yale University. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASEE). Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS). Honorary member of Sperry Transportation Board of Award and National Transportation Policy Committee. Teaching and research interest in aviation.
Charles A. Walwyn, Jr.
B.S. in Management and Industrial Relations, New York University; Advanced Banking Degree, University of Wisconsin. Prof. Walwyn has also served as Chairman of the New York Clearing House, Transit Task Force Committee.
Daegwun Yoon
B.S., M.S. Korea Maritime University, M.S. SUNY Maritime College, Ph.D. New Jersey Institute of Technology. Dr. Yoon served aboard the Korea Maritime University’s training ship, Hanbada and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Port & Terminal Management and Supply Chain Management. His primary research interests are in supply chain management, port & terminal operations & management and international relationships.
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