Katia Passerini is an Italian academic administrator who has served as provost at Seton Hall University since 2020. She served as the interim president of

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from 2023 to 2024. She was announced as the 27th president-elect of Gonzaga University on January 15, 2025 to succeed Dr. Thayne McCulloh in July of 2025.

Life

Passerini earned a B.A. in political science from

Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli Luiss University () is a private university located in Rome, Italy, founded in 1974 by a group of entrepreneurs led by Umberto Agnelli. It provides undergraduate and postgraduate education, in addition to a range of Double Degree programs, in ...

in 1993. She completed a M.A. (1997) in economics from the

University of Rome Tor Vergata University of Rome Tor Vergata, also known as the University of Tor Vergata (), is a public research university located in Rome, Italy. Located in the southeastern suburb of Rome, the university combines a liberal arts tradition with emphasis on ...

. She earned a M.B.A. (1996) and Ph.D. (2000) from the

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. Her dissertation was titled, ''A Comparative Analysis of Performance and Behavioral Outcomes in Different Modes of Technology-Based Learning''. Mary J. Granger was her doctoral advisor. From 2003 to 2013, Passerini was a professor and the Hurlburt chair of

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s at the Martin Tuchman School of Management of the

New Jersey Institute of Technology New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is a Public university, public research university in Newark, New Jersey, United States, with a graduate-degree-granting satellite campus in Jersey City. Founded in 1881 with the support of local indust ...

. She held a joint appointment in the department of information systems at the Ying Wu College of Computing Sciences. In 2016, she joined St. John's University as its Lesley H. and William L. Collins Distinguished Chair and Dean of the Collins College of Professional Studies. Passerini also was a professor in the division of computer science, mathematics, and science. She was dean of the Albert Dorman Honors College from 2013 to 2016. Passerini joined

on June 5, 2020, as its provost and executive vice president. In 2022, she was elected to the administrative board of the

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. On July 24, 2023, Passerini became the interim president of Seton Hall, succeeding Joseph E. Nyre. She was succeeded by Monsignor Joseph R. Reilly on July 1, 2024.

Selected works

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