Meet the Faculty
Interim Dean
John E. Simons, DMA
Interim Dean, College of the Arts; Professor, School of Music
- Phone: (626) 387-5728
- Email: jesimons@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 100
Associate Dean
Lyrica Taylor, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, School of Visual and Performing Arts; Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5989
- Email: ltaylor@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 235
Interim Associate Dean
Zachary Cheney, PhD
Interim Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, College of the Arts; Chair and Assistant Professor of Screen Studies, Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-3839
- Email: zcheney@apu.edu
- Office Location: Darling Hallway Art Gallery, Darling 169, West Campus
Professors
William Catling, MFA
Professor, Chair, Department of Art, Interim Chair, Department of Design
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3724
- Email: bcatling@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 2
Stephen Childs, MFA
Professor, Department of Art; Exhibitions Director
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5835
- Email: schilds@apu.edu
- Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 505
Terry Dobson, MFA
Professor, Department of Design
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5988
- Email: tdobson@apu.edu
- Office Location: Building One, Room 234A
Chuck Grieb, MFA
Director, BA in Animation and Visual Effects, and Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-3856
- Email: cgrieb@apu.edu
- Office Location: Hugh and Hazel Darling Library, Room 167
Christopher Leland, PhD
Professor, Department of Communication Studies
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3705
- Email: cleland@apu.edu
- Office Location: Rose Garden, #12
Tim Samoff, MFA
Program Director, BA in Games and Interactive Media, and Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-6007
- Email: tsamoff@apu.edu
Associate Professors
Jill Brennan-Lincoln, MA
Chair, Department of Theater Arts; Associate Professor, Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5536
- Email: jlincoln@apu.edu
Brent Everett Dickinson, MFA
Associate Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5105
- Email: bdickinson@apu.edu
- Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 302
Monica Ganas, PhD
Professor, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5460
- Email: mganas@apu.edu
- Office Location: Building One, West Campus, Room 234A
Christopher Keene, MFA
Associate Professor of Technical Theater, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5116
- Email: ckeene@apu.edu
Nery Lemus, MFA
Program Director, MFA in Visual Art; Associate Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5506
- Email: nlemus@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 4A
Kirsten Lundin Humer, MFA
Program Director, BFA in Acting for the Stage and Screen; Associate Professor, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5865
- Email: khumer@apu.edu
- Office Location: Department of Theater Arts, West Campus, Darling - Building Three, THTR Office Suite, Room 164
Assistant Professors
Pamela Fisher, MA
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies; Program Director, MA in User Experience Design; Regional Program Director, Murrieta Regional Campus
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3488
- Email: pfisher@apu.edu
Angela S. George, PhD
Program Director, MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History; Assistant Professor of Art History, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 397-5841
- Email: ageorge@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 3
Laurie Leinonen, MA
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (626) 387-5875
- Email: lleinonen@apu.edu
Greg Michael, MFA
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-6014
- Email: gmichael@apu.edu
Jesse Negron, MFA
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5114
- Email: jnegron@apu.edu
Jonathan Vermeer, MPW
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (310) 951-3921
- Email: jvermeer@apu.edu
Instructor
Gavan Wyrick, MA
Instructor, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5620
- Email: gavanwyrick@apu.edu
Adjunct Professors
Daniela Barbani, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Email: dbarbani@apu.edu
David Barrera, MFA
Adjunct Professor
- Phone: (626) 815-5035
- Email: dbarrera@apu.edu
- Office Location: West Campus
Alisa Barsegyan, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Design
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
- Email: abarsegyan@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 203
Rachell Campbell
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5035
- Email: racampbell@apu.edu
Andi Chapman, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-5035
- Email: annettechapman@apu.edu
Yookyoung Choi, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: ychoi@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Andrew Cole, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: acole@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center
Jesse Corti
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-5035
- Email: jessecorti@apu.edu
Kristen Cruz, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5035
- Email: kcruz@apu.edu
Marcus Doyle, MA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: mdoyle@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Karen M. Dunaetz
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Department of Modern Languages
- Phone: (626) 678-0346
- Email: kdunaetz@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Kari Dunham, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: kdunham@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Amy Fox, MFA, MBA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: afox@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Gloria Garayua, BFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-5035
- Email: ggarayua@apu.edu
Erin Gaw, M.A.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5460
- Email: egaw@apu.edu
Tonja Graves Schmitt, MFA, MPS
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: tgraves@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Jeffrey Grubbs, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: jgrubbs@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Adam Hall, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-5035
Julia Heins, MA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: jheins@apu.edu
Nathan Huff, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: nhuff@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Susan Isaacs
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5297
- Email: sisaacs@apu.edu
Ryan Izay
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5297
- Email: rizay@apu.edu
Eddie Kim, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
- Email: ekim@apu.edu
James W. Lincoln, MA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (818) 599-0467
- Email: jwlincoln@apu.edu
Phil Lollar, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies and Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (626) 641-3526
- Email: plollar@apu.edu
Chris Masi
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (626) 390-6317
- Email: cmasi@apu.edu
Elaine McLemore, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 387-2064
- Email: emclemore@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Michael Milligan, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-5035
- Email: mmilligan@apu.edu
Shelby Moser, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: slmoser@apu.edu
Mark Nelson, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: msnelson@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Becky Ogden, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-5035
- Email: bogden@apu.edu
Jess Paik, MEd
Adjunct Professor, Department of Design
- Email: jpaik@apu.edu
- Office Location: Orange County Regional Campus
Cheryl McKay Price, MA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5297
- Email: cprice@apu.edu
Jane Gillespie Pryor, MFA, MAT
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: jpryor@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Maryann Rachford, Ed.D.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: mrachford@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Leigh Rens
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (310) 497-7187
- Email: leighrens@gmail.com
- Office Location: East Campus
Juan Rivera, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-5035
- Email: jmrivera@apu.edu
Carolyn Robertson, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: crobertson@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Stephanie Sabo, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Department of Design
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
- Email: ssabo@apu.edu
- Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228
Vance Sanders
Adjunct Professor, Department of Design
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
- Email: vsanders@apu.edu
- Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228
James Schlenker
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
- Email: jschlenker@apu.edu
Matt Schoepf
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (818) 292-9394
- Email: schoepf.matt@gmail.com
- Office Location: West Campus
Daniel A. Siedell, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: dsiedell@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Gregory Sims, BFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-5035
- Email: gsims@apu.edu
Kevin Slay, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-5035
- Email: kslay@apu.edu
Jamie Sweetman, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: jsweetman@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Jill Thayer, PhD
Department Chair, Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 414-3550
- Email: jthayer@apu.edu
Jeff Tirrell, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3710
- Email: jtirrell@apu.edu
Tamara Valdry, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: tvaldry@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Hannah Kim Varamini, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
- Email: hvaramini@apu.edu
Catherine Wagley
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: cwagley@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Brenda Whitehill Schlenker, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Design
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
- Email: bwhitehillschlenker@apu.edu
- Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228B
Alexandra Wright, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-5035
- Email: arwright@apu.edu
Professors Emeritae
Susan Ney, MA
Professor Emerita, Department of Art
Rebecca Roe, MFA, PhD
Professor Emerita, Department of Design
Professors Emeriti
Robert Bullock, MA
Professor Emeritus, Department of Art
Warren Koch, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Cinematic Arts
David McGill, MFA
Professor Emeritus, Department of Art
Jim Thompson, Ed.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Art
Note: This information is current for the 2023-24 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Please refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information.