Conrad S. Ciccotello, JD, PhD
Biography at a Glance
Conrad S. Ciccotello, PhD, JD, is the director of the Reiman School of Finance in the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. Previously, he was the chair of the Department of Risk and Insurance in the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University from 2015 to 2017, and the director of Asset and Wealth Management Programs from 1999 to 2017. In 1993, Ciccotello completed his PhD in Finance at the Pennsylvania State University. He is a graduate of the Suffolk Law School and a member of the Pennsylvania and Supreme Court Bars.
Ciccotello’s primary research interests are in law and finance, with an emphasis in financial intermediation and services. He has over 60 publications including articles in the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, Financial Analysts Journal, and the Journal of Corporation Law. Ciccotello has received research grants from TIAA Institute, Financial Planning Foundation, Kauffman Foundation, and the William Davidson Institute. He is the author of the first two chapters in Mutual Funds: The Blackwell Series in Finance. Ciccotello’s research on the financial advisory profession is cited in the Federal Register and his paper on market timing of mutual funds is entered into the Congressional Record as Senate Banking Committee testimony.
Ciccotello currently serves as a research fellow in the TIAA Institute, co-editor of the Financial Planning Review, and senior consultant to the finance practice of Charles River Associates. He has provided expert testimony on financial matters in both federal and state courts, and in arbitrations. Ciccotello was the editor of Financial Services Review from 2001 to 2007 and the executive director of the Huebner Foundation from 2012 to 2016. He served as the investment committee for the defined-contribution retirement plan of the University System of Georgia from 2008 to 2017, and has provided expert testimony on investment policy to the Retirement Committee of the Georgia Senate. Ciccotello has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Consumer Reports, and Investment Advisor. He has also appeared on the Weather Channel and been featured on Men’s Health Live and National Public Radio programs.
Ciccotello has been recognized for his dedication to student success at several points during his academic career. For example, he was nominated by University of Denver students as a Career Champion in 2021, was voted an Outstanding Instructor by Georgia State’s Robinson College of Business students in 2010, received a faculty recognition award for teaching at Georgia State in 2006, and was named an Outstanding Air Force Academy Educator in 1994. An undergraduate engineer (Lehigh University, 1981), Dr. Ciccotello has seven years of professional experience in project engineering and management. Since 2004, he has served in several roles, including lead independent director, audit committee chair, and compensation and governance committee chair, for firms whose focus is on energy infrastructure and carbon sequestration.
Education
- PhD (1993), Finance, Pennsylvania State University
- JD (1988), Law, Suffolk University, honors
- MBA (1985), Business, St. Mary’s University
- BS (1981), Materials Engineering, Lehigh University, highest honors