CONRAD S. CICCOTELLO, PhD, JD Associate Professor Director, Personal Financial Planning Program (404) 413-7462 cciccotello@gsu.edu

Conrad Ciccotello is an Associate Professor in the Department of Risk Management and Insurance at Georgia State University. Dr. Ciccotello is also the Faculty Director of the Department's Personal Financial Planning (PFP) Programs, which include the Masters in PFP, the MBA with a PFP major, and the Certificate PFP Program. Consistent with the interdisciplinary nature of these PFP programs, Dr. Ciccotello himself has earned both the J.D. and Ph.D. A graduate of Suffolk Law School and a member of both the Pennsylvania and Supreme Court Bars, Dr. Ciccotello obtained his Ph.D. in Finance from the Pennsylvania State University.

Dr. Ciccotello is an active researcher, having published over 35 articles in academic and professional journals. His research focuses on law & finance, financial intermediation, and organization & contracting. Professor Ciccotello is a TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow, Editor of Financial Services Review, a journal dedicated to the study of individual financial management, and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Financial Service Professionals. He is a member of the Academy of Financial Services, Financial Management Association, American Finance Association, American Economics Association, and American Risk and Insurance Association.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
	Atanasov, V., C. S. Ciccotello, and S. Gyoshev (2006). Learning from the General Principles of Company Law for Transition Economies: The Case of Bulgaria. Forthcoming in the Journal of Corporation Law.
	Ciccotello, C. S., J. Miles, and L. Walsh (2006). Should Investors Choose Funds from Focused Families? Forthcoming in Volume 15 of Financial Services Review.
	Greene, J. and C. S. Ciccotello (2006). Mutual Fund Dilution from Market Timing Trades. Journal of Investment Management 4, 42-66.
	Ciccotello, C. S., M. J. Hornyak and M. Piwowar (2004). Research and Development Alliances: Evidence from a Federal Contracts Repository. Journal of Law and Economics 47, 123-166.
	Ciccotello, C. S., C. T. Grant and M. Dickie (2003). Will Consult for Food! Rethinking Barriers to Professional Entry in the Information Age. American Business Law Journal 40, 905-939. Cited in Federal Register: Certain Broker-Dealers Deemed Not to be Investment Advisors - April 19, 2005.
	Ciccotello, C. S., R. Edelen, J. Greene, and C. Hodges (2002). Trading at Stale Prices with Modern Technology: Policy Options for Mutual Funds in the Internet Age. Virginia Journal of Law and Technology 7 (3), 6-37. Added to Congressional Record as Senate Banking Committee Testimony - November 2003.