School of Business

Lucille and Jay Chazanoff and their record-setting gift to the College are profiled in the 2019 issue of the alumni magazine Eye on CSI.

The Lucille and Jay Chazanoff School of Business

Business is synonymous with dynamic environmental forces, technological innovation, internationalization of markets, and changes in consumer decision-making.  To succeed amidst complex and demanding market forces, business leaders must possess a wide range of knowledge and skills, an understanding of business disciplines, cultural awareness, and the ability to adapt to change.
 

The Lucille and Jay Chazanoff School of Business at the College of Staten Island prepares and shapes business leaders for the New York metropolitan region and beyond. Built on a legacy of teaching, scholarship, and professional engagement the Chazanoff School offers strong programs that combine business discipline skills, exposure to the latest technology, and the breadth of the liberal arts and sciences through its comprehensive curricula.

School of Business

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Meet the Dean

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Dean Susan Holak

Dr. Susan L. Holak has served as the Founding Dean of the School of Business at the College of Staten Island since its inception in 2013. She formerly served as the Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness, and also holds faculty rank as a Professor of Marketing. As Associate Provost, she provided leadership in academic program review, accreditation, assessment, and the promotion of institutional effectiveness throughout the institution. Professor Holak also served as the area chairperson of marketing in the Business Department (2003-2007) and the Director of the Honors College of CSI/CUNY (2005-2007).

Dr. Holak earned a B.S. in Economics (Magna Cum Laude) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where she was named to Beta Gamma Sigma, the business honorary society. She received an M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Business from Columbia University.

Dr. Holak was the recipient of an AACSB Fellowship and a Richard D. Irwin Fellowship for her doctoral studies. Supporting her interests in international education, she was awarded a 1997 Sasakawa Fellowship to attend the Japan Studies Institute at San Diego State University. She has taught as a visiting professor at the American University of Rome, where she is currently a member of the Business Advisory Committee.

She has volunteered extensively in her community on transportation, economic development, and civic projects.

Scholarship / Publications:

Susan L. Holak’s research interests include new product development, consumer behavior, and cross-cultural marketing.  She has published research on consumer response to innovations, advertising-sales relationships, and the impact of nostalgia on consumer behavior.  Recent work investigates nostalgia-proneness and its measurement in the U.S., Japan, and Eastern Europe.  Dr. Holak’s research has appeared in many publications including Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Marketing Letters, Advances in Consumer Research, European Advances in Consumer Research, and Consumption, Markets & Culture.



Programs in School of Business

  • Accounting (BS)
    Academic Plan
     
  • Business (AAS, BS)
    Business Finance
    Business International
    Business Management
    Business Marketing
     
  • Economics (BA, BS)
    Economics BA
    Economics Business
    Economics Finance
     
  • Information Systems and Informatics (BS) - Program offered jointly by the Marketing and Computer Science departments
     
  • Business Minors