Meet the Academic Leadership Team

Jared Littman
Vice Provost for Research

Jared E. Littman, Ph.D., joined the university in 2023 as vice provost for research, a new position. His professional experience spans 22 years in the higher education and medical sectors focusing on research development, administration, and compliance.

Previously, Littman served as executive director of research administration at Long Island University (LIU), overseeing sponsored projects, research development, and research compliance.

Francine Glazer
Associate Provost

Francine Glazer serves as associate provost for educational innovation and is the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at New York Tech. She oversees the libraries, student life, international and experiential education, and career services. Prior to joining New York Tech in 2008, she was a professor of biological sciences at Kean University for 16 years.

A biologist by training, Glazer has been actively working with faculty members on issues of teaching and learning since 1993.

Francesca Fiore
Associate Provost

Francesca Fiore serves as associate provost. Prior to joining New York Tech, her nearly 20-year career in the nonprofit and higher education sectors focused on developing, implementing, and scaling programs that promote educational access and economic opportunity.

At New York Tech, she collaborates with various academic units to facilitate the development of innovative degree, certificate, and credential programs with high workforce demand potential.

Tiffani Hinds
Associate Provost

Tiffani L. Hinds joined New York Institute of Technology as interim Dean of Students for the Long Island and New York City campuses in July 2019 after serving as Dean of Students at The College of New Rochelle (CNR). As Dean of Students, she was responsible for championing New York Tech's goal to be a student-centered institution that creates culture change, promotes inclusion and diversity, stimulates innovation and entrepreneurship, and promotes personal and professional student growth and development.

She worked closely with faculty, department chairs, deans, and student affairs staff to enhance the student experience through programs, initiatives and resources related to student activities, residence life, health and wellness, new student orientation, student leadership, judicial affairs, and commuter student services.

Sheri Kelleher
Assistant Provost

Sheri E. Kelleher joined New York Institute of Technology in 2004. While working in the Office of Academic Affairs, she designed and piloted a New Faculty Mentoring Program and the Mentors Institute with the Center for Teaching and Learning; coordinated faculty hires, onboarding, and personnel actions; and managed faculty events, networking sessions, and accreditation visits. She then went onto serve as the founding assistant dean of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Education for the 2016–2017 academic year, where she established advisory board members, operating and budget processes and procedures, and identified non-tuition revenue sources.

In August 2017, she was appointed assistant provost of Academic Affairs; in this position, she collaborates to facilitate continuous improvement of policy and procedures between the academic and operational units.

Monika Rohde
Senior Associate Dean

In her nearly 20 years at New York Tech, Monika Rohde has successfully developed the Office of Undergraduate Student Success and Advising (formerly Advising and Enrichment Center) into a significant and well-known resource on campus, expanding its services to include proactive outreach and advising support to undergraduate students, enrichment services that provide academic support and tutoring to students throughout their college careers, and student success initiatives that have had positive impacts not only on the student experience but also on retention and graduation rates.

A first-generation American and college student, she holds a B.S. in Health Sciences from Boston University and earned a M.A. in Communication Arts from New York Tech.

Irene Young
Campus Dean

Irene Young, Ed.D., was appointed campus dean and executive director of New York Tech-Vancouver in 2016. During this time, New York Tech-Vancouver added a satellite campus at Broadway Tech Centre to accommodate the rapid growth in student enrollment. Dean Young earned her Doctor of Education degree in 2019 from Simon Fraser University. She obtained a Master's in Business Administration from the University of British Columbia in 1991 and has been a chartered professional accountant (CMA) for over 30 years.

Young has been an educator for 25 years working in various administrative capacities in both the K–12 system and the post-secondary system.

Maria Perbellini
School of Architecture and Design

Maria R. Perbellini, M.Arch., earned her Master of Architecture from the Pratt Institute. She also holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia in Italy.

Prior to joining New York Tech, she served as associate dean for graduate programs in the College of Architecture at Texas Tech University (TTU), where she developed a Master of Architecture curriculum with four graduate certificates, as well as a post-professional Master of Science in Architecture program with specializations in digital design and fabrication, urban and community design, and design and health. She also coordinated the interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Land-Use Planning, Management, and Design.

Charles N. Moore
College of Arts and Sciences

Charles N. Moore, Ph.D., had been with Washington State University as professor and chair in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. With extensive experience in leading large academic departments, research, and pursuing student- and faculty-centric approaches to leadership, Moore appreciates the value New York Tech has placed on interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary interaction. "New York Tech emphasizes a broad education, including the humanities and social sciences," he says. "These ideals produce highly skilled graduates who are socially responsible."

Babak Dastgheib-Beheshti
College of Engineering and Computing Sciences

Babak D. Beheshti, Ph.D., is a professor and dean of the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences (CoECS) at New York Institute of Technology.

Babak's experience in higher education spans over 35 years, where he has served as a full-time faculty member, president of the Academic Senate, associate dean, and dean. As dean, Babak led the engineering college to the introduction of its first two Ph.D. programs, in computer science and engineering, two new bachelor's degree programs and one new master's degree program, in addition to leading the college through its fastest climb in national rankings.

Nicole Wadsworth
School of Health Professions (Interim)

Nicole Wadsworth, D.O., has an extensive career history of leadership roles in clinical and academic medicine, as well as executive administration. Wadsworth currently serves as dean of New York Institute of Technology's College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) and interim dean for New York Tech's School of Health Professions. Previously, she served as NYITCOM site dean and senior associate dean. Board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine, Wadsworth is also a professor of emergency medicine at the university.

Jaishankar Ganesh
School of Management

Jaishankar Ganesh, Ph.D., had been with the Rutgers School of Business–Camden, part of the State University of New Jersey. In describing what attracted him to New York Tech, he notes the university's visionary leaders, asset mix of schools and colleges, and locational strength with campuses in New York and Vancouver, among the factors. "Successful leaders in academia today are those who understand and respect tradition but also those who help to enable change. I see that ecosystem for innovation and change in place at New York Tech and want to be part of its vibrant, dynamic culture," he says.