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Contact Information
Email: [email protected]Phone: (626) 815-5386
Hours
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.(voicemail messages left will be addressed on the next business day)
Location
Building OneDean

Renee Pozza, PhD, RN, CNS, FNP-BC
Dean and Professor, School of Nursing
Associate Dean

Teresa Dodd-Butera, PhD, RN/DABAT
Associate Dean for Research and Professor
Phone: (626) 815-2120
Alternative Phone: (619) 995-4057
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #301

Ruth Mielke, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM, WHNP-BC
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Professor

Lori Silao, PhD, RN, MN NNP-BC
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Division and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6352
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #222
Professor

Marie N. Fongwa, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5380
Fax: (626) 815-5414
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #234

Nabil Hanna, MB BCh
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5411
Fax: (626) 815-5414
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Building One, Room #357

Marcella Hardy-Peterson, DNP, RN, WHNP
Program Director, Professor School of Nursing
Phone: (909) 894-6148
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, IE 208 Q


Christine Joy Phongdara
Program Director, Entry Level Master's Program at Inland Empire Regional Campus and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2872
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, 208 H

Lowell Renold, PhD
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5593
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #302

Kathleen Ruccione, PhD
Professor, Program Director, SON PhD Program (Interim)
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: [email protected]

Ebere Ume, PhD
Professor, School of Nursing
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Monrovia Room #201
Associate Professor

Karen French, DNP, FNP-C, RN
Department Chair Advanced Practice Registered Nursing, MSN and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-5075
Fax: (909) 383-6892
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Building One, Room #318

Anna Marie Hefner, PhD, MAEd, CPNP, RN
Associate Professor

Catherine Heinlein, EdD, RD, MS, CDE, RN
Associate Professor

Mary Lynne Knighten, DNP
Associate Professor and DNP Clinical Residency Coordinator

Hong Li, PhD
Director, APU Institute of Health Research and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6324
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 235

Patricia Quinn, PhD, ANP-BC
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2159
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #119

Jenna Reyes, EdD, RN, PHN, CHSE
Department Chair, Nursing Education and Associate Professor
Phone: (760) 807-0904
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Suite 300, Room #117

Regina Rico, PhD
Director of Skills Labs and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5272
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 315

Nancy Sabin, DNP
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2159
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #315

Linda Searle-Leach, PhD
Associate Professor

Amanda Thurman, DNPc, MSN, FNP-BC
Program Director, Assistant Professor School of Nursing

Sharon K. Titus, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Phone: (630) 780-8756
Email: [email protected]
Assistant Professor

Christina Bivona-Tellez, DNP, MPH, BSN, NEA-B
Assistant Professor

Nemesio Del Rosario, MN/Ed, RN, PHN
Skills Center Coordinator and Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 812-6000, Ext. 6312
Email: [email protected]

Meaghan Ellis, PsyD, RN, MSN
Department Chair, Entry-Level Master's Program and Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2711
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #212

Ragi George, PhD, MSN/ED, RN, GERO-BC, CMSRN, CNE
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 561-2980
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208 Q

Dayna M. Holt, CPN, CRNI, VA-BC
Program Director, Entry Level Master's Program at San Diego Regional Campus and Assistant Professor
Phone: (619) 718-9655, Ext. 2140
Fax: (619) 718-9659
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #113

Beverly Kelley, MS, RN, CNS, CCRN
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2338
Alternative Phone: (909) 888-9977
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208K

Tasha Lowery, DNP, FNP-C, ENP-C, CPNP-AC
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: [email protected]

Mario Macayaon, MSN/ED, RN, CHSE
Assistant Professor

Renee Marquez, DNP, MSN, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2296
Email: [email protected]

Katie McCoy-Hill, DNP, APRN, CCRN, CNS
Assistant Professor


Melinda McLaughlin, MSN
Assistant Professor School of Nursing
Phone: (410) 241-3990
Email: [email protected]

Pamela Surla Milligan, DNP, RNC-NIC, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor

Elsa Murdoch, DNP, MSN, BSN, CLNC, CPHRM
Department Chair, RN to BSN and Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2290
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208D

Sheryl Nespor, PhD, JD, MSN, BA
Assistant Professor
Phone: (619) 718-9655, Ext. 2168
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #360

David Picella, PhD, FNP, CNS, GS-C, CPG
Program Director, MSN Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Program and Assistant Professor

Nicole Ringo, MSN/ED, RN, PhD
Assistant Professor

Lawrence Santiago, EdD
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6191
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #314

Melissa D. Scalia, PhD
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6351
Email: [email protected]

Valerie Joy Smith, PhD, RN, MSN, CCRN
Department Chair, Assistant Professor

Janette Tingson, MSN, RN, CPN
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6313
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Rom #205

Jennifer Tran, PhD, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, CNS
Assistant Professor
Instructor

Margaret Brady, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC
Credential Director, MSN Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and School Nurse Program and Instructor

Dawn Eliades, MSN, RN
Instructor

Joy Ericson, MSN, RN, CPN
Instructor

Lydia Garcia-Usry, RN, MSN, PHN, DNP
Instructor School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2289
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: High Desert Regional Campus, Victorville Room #200A

Taemin Jin
Instructor, School of Nursing

Richard Mendez Jr
Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room 208E

Bridget Miranda, DNP, FNP-C
Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2117
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #118

Friary Nguyen, MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE
Instructor, School of Nursing

Stephanie Schlosser, MSN-ED
Program Director, Upper-Division Transfer Program and Instructor, School of Nursing
Email: [email protected]

Karen Soikkeli, MSN, FNP
Instructor
Phone: (626) 827-1626
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Campus Room 202

Megan Wright, MSN, RN
Instructor
Professor Emerita








Sabrina Friedman, EdD, DNP, PMHCNS, FNP
Professor Emerita
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2265
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, IERC, Suite 208G

Elaine Goehner, PhD, RNC, CPHQ
Professor Emerita, Director of Continuing Education and Adjunct Faculty












Professor Emeritus

