Richard Fenner, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

Program: BS - Economic Crime Investigation

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Professor Fenner joined the Utica College faculty in 1989 after earning his M.B.A. from Cornell University and his Ph.D. in economics from Syracuse University. His research interests are in the areas of education finance and teaching of economics, and his most recent work includes a study for the U.S. Department of Education on the impact of state aid on local school districts and an article titled "Addressing Prerequisite Mathematics Needs: A Case Study in Introductory Economics," which was published in the International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. Professor Fenner is the director of Utica College's Mohawk Valley Center for Economic Education.

Qingkai Ma, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

Program: BS - Economic Crime Investigation

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Professor Ma got his Ph.D degree in computer science from the University of Texas at Dallas and joined Utica College in 2004. Before that, he spent seven years at Nankai University, P.R. China, to get Bachelor's and Master's degree in computer science.

Professor Ma has a broad research interest in security and information systems. His dissertation concentrates on the security and survivability study in distributed systems. He is currently working with some colleagues from UT Dallas on some bioinformatics research. The collaboration with Dr. Kendra Cooper on security software engineering is also underway.

Currently as an assistant professor of the ECI program, Professor Ma teaches computer and security classes for ECI and Cybersecurity major undergraduates. Courses taught include Information Security, Computer Hardware and Peripherals, Computer forensics, etc.

Donald J. Rebovich, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

Program: BS- Economic Crime Investigation

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Donald J Rebovich, Ph.D., is associate professor and director of the Economic Crime Investigation Program at Utica College. He is also Executive Director of the Center for Identity Management and Information Protection (CIMIP) of Utica College.

Before coming to Utica College, Prof. Rebovich served as research director for the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) and the American Prosecutors Research Institute. At NW3C he was responsible for directing the national analysis of Internet crime report data generated by the FBI's Internet Fraud Complaint Center and directing the National Public Survey on White Collar Crime. He is the author of Dangerous Ground: The World of Hazardous Waste Crime, which presented the results of the first empirical study of environmental crime and its control in the United States. He is also the assistant editor of the Journal of Economic Crime Management. His background includes research in economic crime victimization, white collar crime prosecution, and multijurisdictional task force development.

Prof. Rebovich has served as advisor to the U.S. Department of Justice on tribal technology and information sharing, and on environmental crime control. He obtained his B.S. degree in Psychology from the College of New Jersey and received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University.

Thomas M. Ryan, M.B.A.

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

Program: BS- Economic Crime Investigation

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Professor Thomas Ryan holds an Associates Degree in Police Science from Auburn Community College. He has a Bachelors Degree in Public Justice from the State University of New York at Oswego and a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the State University of New York at Oswego. He began his career in Law Enforcement as a Police Officer with the City of Oswego Police Department in 1974 rising through the ranks to the position of Deputy Police Chief. In 1989, he left the Oswego City Police Department and became the Police Chief of the University Police Department at the State University at Oswego. In 1995, he was appointed Assistant Vice President of Public Safety, Parking, and Emergency Services at SUNY Oswego. In 2002, he retired from the State University at Oswego. In 2004, he joined Utica College as an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice.

Since 2002, Professor Ryan has worked as a consultant for the State University at Oswego as the Chairman of their Labor Management Committee, handling all labor issues between CSEA and the Management at SUNY Oswego. He presently teaches courses at Utica College and at the State University of New York at Oswego.

Professor Ryan does many management presentations around the country, most recently in Los Angeles, San Antonio, Texas and Orlando, Florida. Upcoming in November, he will be doing a management presentation at Princeton University in New Jersey. He has also taught a management course in Belgium with participants from Russia, South Africa, Ireland, Sweden, England, Belgium, Holland, France and many other countries.

Professor Ryan is a Vietnam Veteran, receiving the Bronze Star, Air Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Army Commendation Medal with V for Valor, and the Vietnam Service Medal. He has been married for 34 years with three children and three grandchildren.