Director, Graduate Criminal Justice
Program
Associate Professor of Criminal
Justice
Staten Island Campus
Criminal Justice & Legal Studies
(718) 390-4371
pisania@stjohns.edu
Educational Background
B.A., M.A. John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., City University of New York.
Prof. Pisani is a former Deputy Commissioner of the New York
City Department of Investigation, where he served as the agency’s
chief management and fiscal officer. He has also served as a
New York City Police Officer, New York City Fire Marshal and
Firefighter and as an executive on the Mayor’s Arson Task
Force. Prof. Pisani has published a number of articles and
presented papers on the topic of community policing at numerous
professional meetings.