Meet the Faculty
Acting Dean
Louise Ko Huang, PhD
Acting Dean and Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Director, Center for Research in Science; Director, Environmental Studies Program; Faculty Fellow, Honors College
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6481
- Email: lhuang@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 147A
Professors
Thomas Allbaugh, PhD
Professor, Department of English
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3179
- Email: tallbaugh@apu.edu
- Office Location: Faculty Quad, Room 29
Mark Arvidson, PhD
Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6531
- Email: marvidson@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 104
Christopher Bassey, PhD
Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6532
- Email: cbassey@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 109
Joseph Bentz, PhD
Professor, Department of English
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3485
- Email: jbentz@apu.edu
- Office Location: Faculty Quad, Room 31
Matthew Berezuk, PhD
Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6502
- Email: mberezuk@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 303
Tasha Bleistein, PhD
Faculty Director, Assessment, Graduate Studies & Research; Director, Online TESOL Programs; Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2414
- Email: tbleistein@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 116
Patricia Brown, PhD
Professor, Department of English
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3775
- Email: plbrown@apu.edu
- Office Location: Faculty Quad, Room 28
Michael Chamberlain, PhD
Program Director and Professor, American Language and Culture Institute
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3069
- Email: mchamberlain@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 104
Enson Chang, PhD
Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics; Affiliated Faculty, Department of Engineering and Computer Science
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6538
- Email: echang@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 116
Charles Chen, PhD
Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6622
- Email: cpchen@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 207
David Dyer, PhD
Executive Director and Professor, MS in Biotechnology Studies
- Phone: (626) 815-2088
- Email: ddyer@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 151
Mark Eaton, PhD
Professor, Department of English
- Phone: (626) 815-2075
- Email: meaton@apu.edu
- Office Location: Faculty Quad, Room 4
Diana Pavlac Glyer, PhD
Professor, Honors College
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3486
- Email: dglyer@apu.edu
- Office Location: Mary Hill Center, Room 124
Emily Griesinger, PhD
Professor, Department of English; Program Director, M.A. in English
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3745
- Email: egriesinger@apu.edu
- Office Location: Faculty Quad, Room 3
Nori Henk, PhD
Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages; Director, Ethnic Studies
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3373
- Email: nhenk@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 112
Kevin Sheng-Lin Huang, PhD
Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6505
- Email: shuang@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 304
Carole Lambert, PhD
Professor, Department of English
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2085
- Email: clambert@apu.edu
- Office Location: Rose Garden, Room 16
Bryant Mathews, PhD
Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6536
- Email: bmathews@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 108
Bradley McCoy, PhD
Chair and Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6535
- Email: bmccoy@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 111
Jon Milhon, PhD
Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6508
- Email: jonmilhon@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 208
Joshua Morris, PhD
Interim Director, Office of Institutional Research and Assessment; Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry; Faculty Fellow, Honors College
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6509
- Email: jmorris@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 204
Christopher Noble, PhD
Professor, Department of English and Honors College
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3515
- Email: cnoble@apu.edu
- Office Location: Faculty Quad, #9
Daniel Palm, PhD
Chair and Professor, Department of History and Political Science
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3782
- Email: dpalm@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 130
Windy Counsell Petrie, PhD
Chair and Professor, Department of English
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 4662
- Email: wpetrie@apu.edu
- Office Location: Faculty Quad, Room 20
Sarah Richart, PhD
Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6511
- Email: srichart@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 210
Richard Robison, Ph.D.
Director, On-campus TESOL Programs; Chair and Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3416
- Email: rrobison@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Rooms 142/165
Cahleen Shrier, PhD
Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6512
- Email: cshrier@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 206
Kenneth G. Sossa, PhD
Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Phone: (626) 815-6619
- Email: ksossa@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 215
George Thomas, PhD
Professor, Department of Engineering and Computer Science
- Phone: (626) 815-5428
- Email: gthomas@apu.edu
- Office Location: Building One, Room 203
Mary Shepard Wong, PhD
Director, Field-based TESOL Programs; Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages; Fulbright Program Advisor
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3483
- Email: mwong@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 169/165
Associate Professors
Cristian Aguilar, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry; Biosafety Program Institutional Officer
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6583
- Email: caguilar@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 218
Michael Dean Clark, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of English
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3102
- Email: mclark@apu.edu
- Office Location: Faculty Quad, Room 10
Philip Cox, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6518
- Email: pcox@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 301
Edwin Ding, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics; Affiliated Faculty, Department of Engineering and Computer Science
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6615
- Email: eding@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 107
Douglas Hume, JD
Associate Professor of Political Science and Pre-Law Advisor
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2552
- Email: dhume@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 124
Soeun Kim, PhD
Program Director, MS in Applied Statistics and Analytics; Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2600
- Email: soeunkim@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 110
Sharon McCathern, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6617
- Email: smccathern@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 106
David Miyahara, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3844
- Email: dmiyahara@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 114
Lu Ruan, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Engineering and Computer Science
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6119
- Email: lruan@apu.edu
- Office Location: Building One, Room 202
Ethan Schrum, PhD
Director, Humanities Program, and Associate Professor, Department of History and Political Science
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3374
- Email: eschrum@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 126
Abbylin H. Sellers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of History and Political Science
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3278
- Email: asellers@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 134
César Aroldo Solórzano, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3781
- Email: asolorzano@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 103
Caleb D. Spencer, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of English
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2546
- Email: cspencer@apu.edu
- Office Location: Faculty Quad, #8
Willetta Toole-Simms, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6513
- Email: wsimms@apu.edu
- Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center, Room 211
Sándor Volkán-Kacsó, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6614
- Email: skacso@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 105
James Hsi-Jen Yeh, PhD
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Engineering and Computer Science
- Phone: (626) 815-6118
- Email: hyeh@apu.edu
- Office Location: Building One, Room 205
Jennifer Young, PhD
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6517
- Email: jlyoung@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 302
Assistant Professors
Aisha Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering and Computer Science
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5476
- Email: achen@apu.edu
- Office Location: West Campus, 207
Kaitlyn G. Fitzgerald, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6529
- Email: kfitzgerald@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 112
Brian Plummer, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of History and Political Science
- Phone: (626) 815-3843
- Email: bplummer@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 120
Elijah Roth, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6501
- Email: eroth@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 305
Marian Saleh, MA, MS
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6624
- Email: msaleh@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 209
Ryan Somers, PT, DPT
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6514
- Email: rmsomers@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 202
Dustin J. Van Hofwegen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Phone: (626) 815-6000
- Email: dvanhofwegen@apu.edu
- Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 213
Affiliated Faculty
Daniel Horner, M.S.
Affiliated Faculty, Department of Engineering and Computer Science
- Phone: (704) 778-1422
- Email: dhorner@apu.edu
Lecturer
Rodney Ulrich, M.S.
Lecturer/Lab Manager, Department of Engineering and Computer Science
- Phone: (909) 262-9796
- Email: rulrich@apu.edu
- Office Location: Building One, Room 201
Adjunct Professors
Nancy Ackles, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages
- Email: nackles@apu.edu
Denzil Barnett, MEd, MAT
Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages, and American Language and Culture Institute
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3069
- Email: dbarnett@apu.edu
CyBelle Barthelmess, Ed.D. (ABD)
Adjunct Profesor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages
- Phone: (626) 815-3844
- Email: cbarthelmess@apu.edu
Gena Bennett, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages
- Phone: (626) 815-3844
- Email: gbennett@apu.edu
Stephen Coppenrath, M.A.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000
- Email: scoppenrath@apu.edu
Sean Curran, MA
Adjunct Professor, Writing Program
- Phone: (626) 639-8929
- Email: scurran@apu.edu
Michael Gonzalez, MA
Adjunct Professor, Department of English
- Email: michaelgonzalez@apu.edu
Mihretu Guta, PhD
Adjunct Professor, MS Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biology and Chemistry; Department of Philosophy
- Email: mguta@apu.edu
Ashley Hamilton, PhD (Cand)
Adjunct Professor, Department of English
- Phone: (626) 804-2722
- Email: ahamilton@apu.edu
- Office Location: Building One, Room 148
Daniel Hogue, MS
Adjunct Professor
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6534
- Email: dhogue@apu.edu
Abby Kleier, M.A.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages
- Phone: (626) 969-3434
- Email: abbykleier@gmail.com
Charles Lam, MBA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Email: clam@apu.edu
Manar Metry, M.A.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages
- Phone: (626) 815-3844
- Email: mmetry@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 165
Amy Rosdil, M.Ed.
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Leadership and Organizational Psychology
- Phone: (626) 497-6356
- Email: arosdil@apu.edu
Jerry Ruth, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages
- Phone: (323) 919-4560
- Email: jruth@apu.edu
Sarah Nahreen Shahan, MA
Adjunct Professor, Department of English
- Phone: (626) 812-3079
- Email: sshahan@apu.edu
Rick Sturdivant, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Engineering and Computer Science
- Email: ricksturdivant@apu.edu
Marlene Garcia Swider, PhD
Adjunct Professor, MS Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Email: mswider@apu.edu
Erin Thorp, M.A.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2752
- Email: ethorp@apu.edu
Kimberly Todd, M.A.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages
- Phone: (717) 826-4634
- Email: ktodd@apu.edu
Brooke Turner, MA
Adjunct Professor, Department of English
- Phone: (626) 805-2722
- Email: bturner@apu.edu
- Office Location: Rose Garden, Room 22
Rita Van Dyke-Kao, MA TESOL
Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages, and American Language and Culture Institute
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3569
- Email: rkao@apu.edu
Merari Weber, Ed.D.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages
- Phone: (626) 815-3844
- Email: mlweber@apu.edu
Professor Emerita
June Hamlow, MA
Professor Emerita, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages
- Email: jhamlow@apu.edu
Professors Emeriti
Richard Christopherson, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages
- Email: rchristophers@apu.edu
Eric Drewry, JD, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of English
- Email: edrewry@apu.edu
Richard Eckhart, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Engineering & Computer Science
- Phone: (928) 583-4909
- Email: reckhart@apu.edu
Bradley Hale, PhD
Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of History and Political Science
- Email: bhale@apu.edu
James Hedges, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of English
- Email: jhedges@apu.edu
Paul Hertig, PhD, ThM
Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages; Adjunct Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies
- Email: phertig@apu.edu
Scott Kinnes, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Email: skinnes@apu.edu
Maximo Rossi, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages
- Email: mrossi@apu.edu
Bruce Spalding, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Email: bspalding@apu.edu
James White, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology and Chemistry
- Email: jwhite@apu.edu
Note: This information is current for the 2022-23 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Please refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information.