Howard P. Tuckman

• Bachelors: B.S., Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University
• Masters: M.A., Economics, University of Wisconsin
• PhD: Economics, University of Wisconsin

• Financial health of nonprofit organizations
• Biotech/pharmaceutical industry finance

• “Do Mergers and Acquisitions Create Shareholder Wealth in the Pharmaceutical Industry?”(with Mahmud Hassan), Journal of Pharmaceutical and Health Management, Vol. 1(1), 2007, 58-78.
• “Financial Health, in Dennis Young, Financing Nonprofits: Putting Theory Into Practice, (Maryland: AltaMira Press, 2007). pp. 315-338.
• “Commercial Activity, Technological Change, and Nonprofit Mission” in Walter W. Powell and Richard Steinberg, The Non-profit Sector: A Research Handbook (New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2006) 629-643.
• “Nonprofit Websites: Prevalence, Usage, and Commercial Activity,” (with Patrali Chatterjee and David Muha), Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing, 2004. 12 (1), 49-68.
• “Marketing For Involvement and Advocacy:  Business Advisory Boards-A Case Study,” (with Michael W. Little and Ron Humphrey), Journal of Professional Services Marketing, 2000, 117-124.

Howard P. Tuckman, Ph.D. is Dean of the Fordham University Graduate School of Business Administration, Dean of the Business Faculty, Professor of Finance and Economics, and holder of the George N. Jean Chair in Business.  Prior to joining the Fordham University community, Dr. Tuckman served as Distinguished Professor of Economics and interim dean of the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis, dean of the School of Business at Virginia Commonwealth University, and, most recently, Dean of Rutgers Business School: Newark and New Brunswick and a P2 professor in the Department of Finance and Economics.  During his tenure as Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Memphis, he was recipient of both the University Distinguished Teaching Award and the University Distinguished Research Award.

A consultant for multiple corporate and government agencies, he is the author of eight books and over 130 refereed journal articles, and his work has been cited over 250 times.  He has served as a consultant to many private, nonprofit, and government entities and is on a variety of nonprofit and for-profit Boards of Directors.  Most recently, he served on the boards of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, the Business Advisory Board of NJ Transit, the Logistics Council, the Westfielld Red Cross, and the Fordham Law Center Board of Advisors.  He is also a member of several corporate boards including iNano and Sunyata.

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