Katia Passerini

Katia Passerini is an Italian academic administrator serving as the interim president of Seton Hall University since July 2023.

Life
Passerini earned a B.A. in political science from Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli in 1993. She completed a M.A. (1997) in economics from the University of Rome Tor Vergata. She earned a M.B.A. (1996) and Ph.D. (2000) from the George Washington University. 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 management information systems at the Martin Tuchman School of Management of the New Jersey Institute of Technology. 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 Seton Hall University on June 5, 2020, as its provost and executive vice president. In 2022, she was elected to the administrative board of the International Federation of Catholic Universities. On July 24, 2023, Passerini became the interim president of Seton Hall, succeeding Joseph E. Nyre.