Meet the Faculty
Department Chair
Danielle Lascano, EdD, LMFT, RPT
Chair, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy; Director, MS in Counseling Psychology
- Email: dlascano@apu.edu
Professor
Joy Bustrum, PsyD
Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Phone: (626) 815-5201
- Email: jbustrum@apu.edu
Associate Professors
Jenss Chang, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5202
- Email: jchang@apu.edu
- Office Location: Mary Hill Center, Room 215
Aimée M. Vadnais, PsyD, LMFT
Associate Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Phone: (619) 718-9655
- Email: avadnais@apu.edu
Assistant Professors
Kelly Aguirre, MA, LMFT
Director of Clinical Training, Interim Chair, Assistant Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Phone: (626) 815-6089
- Email: kaguirre@apu.edu
- Office Location: West Campus, Mary Hill #212
Antoinette Babers, MS, LMFT
Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Training, MFT Program (Inland Empire), Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Phone: (909) 888-9977, Ext. 2251
- Email: ababers@apu.edu
Hilary Catling, MA, LMFT
Director, MFT Program (Inland Empire); Assistant Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Phone: (951) 313-1077
- Email: hcatling@apu.edu
Lishelle Grant, MA, LMFT
Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Training, MFT Program (Orange County), Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Phone: (714) 935-0260, Ext. 2258
- Email: lgrant@apu.edu
Kelly Duggan Shearer, MA, LMFT, LPCC
Assistant Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5516
- Email: kshearer@apu.edu
Meghan Williams, MA, LMFT
Program Director and Assistant Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Email: mlwilliams@apu.edu
- Office Location: Orange County Regional Campus
Adjunct Professors
Lydia Chun, PsyD
Adjunct Professor
- Phone: (714) 935-0260
- Email: lchun@apu.edu
- Office Location: Orange County Regional Campus
Ryan Forsell, MS, LMFT
Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Phone: (626) 578-5803
- Email: rforsell@apu.edu
- Office Location: West Campus
Kelly Ann Havlin, MA, LMFT
Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Email: khavlin@apu.edu
Gloria D. Haywood, PhD, LMFT
Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Email: ghaywood@apu.edu
- Office Location: East Campus
Janiel L. Henry, PsyD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Phone: (713) 935-0260
- Email: jlhenry@apu.edu
- Office Location: Orange County Regional Campus
Timothy Kovacs, MS, LMFT
Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy and Department of Social Work
- Phone: (626) 815-5009
- Email: tkovacs@apu.edu
Audrey Milburn, PsyD
Adjunct Professor
- Phone: (949) 293-0936
- Email: almilburn@apu.edu
- Office Location: Orange County Regional Campus
Paul Reith
Adjunct Professor
- Email: preith@apu.edu
- Office Location: Orange County Regional Campus
Brett Ryan, MA, LMFT
Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Email: bryan@apu.edu
- Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus
Hallie Scott, MA, LMFT
Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Phone: (714) 729-4844
- Email: hlscott@apu.edu
- Office Location: Orange County Regional Campus
Charity Wabuke, MA, LMFT
Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Email: cwabuke@apu.edu
Nicole Weingarten, MS, LMFT
Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Phone: (818) 249-5690
- Email: nweingarten@apu.edu
Note: This information is current for the 2023-24 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information.