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Business Administration Faculty | JCU | University in Rome
Department of Business Administration at John Cabot University in Rome
Business Administration Faculty | JCU | University in Rome

Business Administration Faculty

Chair of the Department

Alessandro Signorini 2008
Associate Professor of Marketing
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 1998
M.Phil., University of Strathclyde, 2003
Ph.D., University of Strathclyde, 2012
Email: [email protected]

Professors

Angelo Baccelloni 2022
Assistant Professor of Marketing
B.A., LUMSA University, 2016
M.Sc., Luiss University, 2018
Ph.D., University of Rome “La Sapienza”, 2022
Email: [email protected]

Colin Biggs 2009
Visiting Professor of Business Administration
B.A., University of Oxford, 1969
M.A., University of Oxford, 1971
Ph.D., Cambridge University, 1976
M.B.A., London Business School, 1993
Email: [email protected]

Maria Caridi
Lecturer in Management
Laurea, Politecnico di Milano, 1996
Dottorato di Ricerca, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, 2000
Email: [email protected]

Silvia Carnini Pulino 2002
Associate Professor of Business Administration, Director of Frank J. Guarini School of Business
B.A., Oxford University, 1985
M.A., Oxford University, 1986
M.B.A., Harvard Graduate School of Business, 1988
Email: [email protected]

Fabrizio Cialdea 2022
Lecturer in Marketing
Master, Eyes Italia, Rome, 2005
Master, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 2006
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 2013
M.B.A., LUISS Business School, 2018
Email: [email protected]

Geoffrey Crossley 2023
Lecturer in Accounting & Finance
B.A., University of Los Andes, Colombia, 1978
M.B.A., Insead, France, 1980
Email: [email protected]

Michèle Favorite 2005
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business and Communications
B.A., Brown University, 1982
M.Phil., Oxford University, 1984
D.Phil., Oxford University, 1988
Email: [email protected]

Alessandro Feri 2022
Assistant Professor of Marketing
B.A. (Hons), Edinburgh Napier University, 2015
PgCert, Edinburgh Napier University, 2017
Ph.D., Edinburgh Napier University, 2020
Email: [email protected]

Anna Fiorentino 2020
Lecturer in Marketing
Master’s Degree, University of Pisa, 1992
Ph.D., Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, 1996
Master, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, 1997
Email: [email protected]

Susan Fuller 1987
Professor Emeritus of Business Administration
B.A., Wheaton College, 1966
M.S., Simmons College, 1972
M.B.A., Anna Maria College, 1985
Email: [email protected]

Ieva Jakobsone Bellomi 2017
Lecturer in Business
B.A., Latvijas Universitate, Riga, 2002
International Management Programme Certificate, Boston University, School of Management, Shanghai, Osaka, 2006
M.B.A., Boston University School of Management, 2007
Finance and Accounting Programme Certificate, London School of Economics, 2008
Email: [email protected]

Maria Jell-Ojobor 2023
Assistant Professor of International Business
Master, University of Vienna, 2002
Ph.D., University of Vienna, 2012
Email: [email protected]

Tetyana Kholod 2019
Lecturer in Business and Management
B.A., National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy,” Ukraine, 2008
Global MBA, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan, 2011
Ph.D., National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan, 2016
Email: [email protected]

Tanja Lanza 2019
Lecturer in Marketing
Laurea triennale, University of Trieste, 2013
Master, LUISS University, Rome, 2014
Email: [email protected]

Josephine Luzon 2011
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business Administration
B.S.B.A.A., University of the Philippines, 1983
M.S.B.A., Boston University, 1990
D.B.A., University of Phoenix, 2010
Email: [email protected]

Barbara Sveva Magnanelli 2019
Associate Professor of Accounting and Management
Laurea, LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, 2005
M.B.A., LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, 2007
Ph.D. LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, 2011
Email: [email protected]

Chiara Magrini 2005
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 1995
LL.M., University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 1996
M.Jur., University of Oxford, 2000
Dottorato di Ricerca, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 2002
Email: [email protected]

Riccardo Maiolini 2015
Associate Professor of Management, Director of JCU Institute for Entrepreneurship
Laurea, LUISS, Rome, 2005
Ph.D., LUISS, Rome, 2010
Email: [email protected]

Luigi Nasta 2023
Assistant Professor of Management
Laurea triennale, Luiss University, 2009
Laurea magistrale, Luiss University, 2011
Ph.D., Luiss University, 2016
Email: [email protected]

Flavio Notari 2016
Lecturer in Business Administration
Laurea, LUISS, Rome 2006
Master, LUISS, Rome 2008
Email: [email protected]

Pietro Paganini 2008
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Laurea, LUMSA University, 2000
Master, Karlstadt University, 2001
Dottorato di Ricerca, LUMSA University, 2004
Email: [email protected]

Daniele Pica 2011
Associate Professor of Management and Information Systems
B.Sc., University of Southern California, 1999 
M.Sc., London School of Economics, 2001 
Ph.D., London School of Economics, 2006
Email: [email protected]

Ian Roberts 2014
Lecturer in Business Administration, Coordinator for AACSB Accreditation
B.Sc., University of Hull, UK 1982
Executive MBA, University of Georgia, 2007
D.B.A., University of Manchester, 2015
Email: [email protected]

Marco Valerio Rossi 2024
Lecturer in Business
Laurea Triennale, Sapienza University of Rome, 2013
Laurea Magistrale, Sapienza University of Rome, 2015
Ph.D., Sapienza University of Rome, 2019
Email: [email protected]

Tobias Schildfat 2024
Lecturer in Marketing
B.Sc., Lund School of Economics, 1998
M.Sc., Lund School of Economics, 1999
Email: [email protected]

Alina Sorgner 2018
Associate Professor of Applied Data Analytics
Dipl. in mathematical economics, Moscow State Institute for Electronics and Mathematics (Now: Higher School of Economics), Russia, 2007
Dr.rer pol., Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany, 2013
Email: [email protected]

Teresa Triglia 2015
Lecturer in Finance and Law
B.B.A., Pace University, 1990
M.B.A., Fordham University, 1996
J.D., Fordham University, 1996
Email: [email protected]

Federico Tunzio 2024
Lecturer in Management
Laurea, University of Cassino, 1999
Ph.D., University of Cassino, 2007
Email: [email protected]

Alessandro Signorini

Alessandro Signorini

2008
Associate Professor of Marketing

Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 1998
M.Phil., University of Strathclyde, 2003
Ph.D., University of Strathclyde, 2012
Email: [email protected]

After finishing his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Professor Signorini earned his Master in Philosophy (MPhil.) in Marketing at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland in 2003. In 2012, he completed his Ph.D. in Marketing at the same institution with a dissertation entitled “Alliances and acquisitions: the selection process in the civil airline industry.

Since September 2008, Signorini has been Assistant Professor of Marketing at JCU and he was granted tenure in 2012. He was Chair of the Business Administration Department from 2012-2014 and 2016-2018. Between November 2007 and 2014 he taught as Associate Adjunct Professor for the MBA program at St. John’s University. Since 2005, Prof. Signorini has also cooperated in fundraising projects for a number of non-profit organizations, primarily, Bioversity International, the World Food Programme, Oxfam, and Ashoka.

In 2016, Prof. Signorini co-founded an innovative social start-up in the field of charity cashback called Donapp, where he was Chief Marketing Officer until April 2019. In 2016, he was also appointed as a member of the Board of Trustees of Soleterre Foundation, which deals with pediatric oncology. At the moment, Professor Signorini works as senior corporate fundraiser for UniCamillus, a fully-recognized medical university based in Rome.

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