Meet the Faculty
Interim Dean
John E. Simons, DMA
Interim Dean, School of the Arts; Professor, Department of Music
Associate Dean
Lyrica Taylor, PhD
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, School of the Arts; Professor, Department of Art
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5989
Fax: (626) 387-5727
Email: ltaylor@apu.edu
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 235
Professor
William Catling, MFA
Professor, Chair, Department of Art, Interim Chair, Department of Design
Stephen Childs, MFA
Professor, Department of Art; Exhibitions Director
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5835
Fax: (626) 387-5727
Email: schilds@apu.edu
Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 505
Terry Dobson, MFA
Professor, Department of Design
Claire Fedoruk, DMA
Professor of Musicology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3573
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: cfedoruk@apu.edu
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 219
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
Michael Lee, MM
Professor; Director of Music Technology; Director of Commercial Music
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3860
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: mlee@apu.edu
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 231
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
John Sutton, DMA
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3581
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: jsutton@apu.edu
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 201
Associate Professor
Jill Brennan-Lincoln, MA
Chair, Department of Theater Arts; Associate Professor, Theater Arts
Angela S. George, PhD
Program Director, MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History; Associate Professor of Art History, Department of Art
Thomas Hynes, MA
Director of Theory and Composition, Guitar Studies and Jazz Combos; Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3209
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: thynes@apu.edu
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 209
Christopher Keene, MFA
Associate Professor of Technical Theater, Department of Theater Arts
Nery Lemus, MFA
Program Director, MFA in Visual Art; Associate Professor, Department of Art
Kirsten Lundin Humer, MFA
Program Director, BFA in Acting for the Stage and Screen; Associate Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5865
Fax: (626) 387-5747
Email: khumer@apu.edu
Office Location: Department of Theater Arts, West Campus, Darling - Building Three, THTR Office Suite, Room 164
Christopher Russell, MM
Chair and Associate Professor Department of Music; Conductor, Symphony Orchestra; Instrumental Conducting
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2003
Email: cprussell@apu.edu
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 233
Marek Szpakiewicz, DMA
Associate Professor; Cello Studies; Director of String Studies and Chamber Music
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3206
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: marek@apu.edu
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 227
Assistant Professor
Henry Alonzo, MBA
Assistant Professor, Department of Music
John Burdett, EdD
Assistant Professor; Director of Music Education, Wind Ensemble Conductor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2029
Email: jburdett@apu.edu
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 211
Patricia Edwards, DMA
Assistant Professor, Vocal Studies
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3588
Alternative Phone: (626) 358-3339
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: pedwards@apu.edu
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 225
Michelle Jensen, MM
Assistant Professor; Director of Choral Activities, Conductor of Chamber Singers; Choral Conducting
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3202
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: mjensen@apu.edu
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 118
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
Andrew Park, DMA
Assistant Professor, Piano Studies
Phone: (323) 810-3777
Alternative Phone: (626) 815-3205
Email: uscpianoart@hotmail.com
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 215
Jonathan Vermeer, MPW
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (310) 951-3921
Email: jvermeer@apu.edu
Instructor
Coaching Faculty
Kyungmi Kim, MMA
Staff Accompanist, Department of Music Performance
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 4600
Email: kykim@apu.edu
Applied Instructor
Brian Barany, DMA
Applied Instructor, Classical Guitar Studies
Phone: (805) 218-3589
Email: bbarany@apu.edu
Richard Bullock
Applied Instructor, Bass Trombone
Phone: (310) 569-6782
Email: rich@bassbonevoice.com
Mark Converse, BM
Applied Instructor, Drumset
Paul Curtis, MM
Applied Instructor, Bassoon and Contrabassoon
Phone: (626) 815-3834
Email: pacurtis07@gmail.com
David B. “Rusty” Higgins
Applied Instructor, Saxophone Studies
Phone: (562) 547-7717
Email: rustyhiggins@aol.com
Fung Ho, MM
Applied Instructor: Violin and Viola
Phone: (626) 815-3848
Email: fungho1vln@sbcglobal.net
David Joyce, MA
Applied Instructor, Commercial Voice
Phone: (818) 522-3530
Email: david@rejoycemusic.com
Robert Slack, MM
Applied Instructor, Trumpet; Director of Jazz Ensemble
Email: robertslack6@gmail.com
Stephanie J. Thomas, BM
Applied Instructor: French Horn
Phone: (626) 664-3330
Email: sshornmom@msn.com
Adjunct Professor
Alisa Barsegyan, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Design
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
Fax: (626) 387-5727
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
Sharon Cathey, MAEd
Adjunct Professor, Music Education
Phone: (626) 222-5829
Email: sscathey@apu.edu
Andi Chapman, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5035
Email: annettechapman@apu.edu
Andrew Cole, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (626) 815-2064
Email: acole@apu.edu
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
Gabriel Dávila-Luciano, MBA
Adjunct Professor, Commercial Music
Phone: (626) 815-4600
Email: gluciano@apu.edu
Marcus Doyle, MA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Karen M. Dunaetz
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Department of Modern Languages
Amy Fox, MFA, MBA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Gloria Garayua, BFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5035
Email: ggarayua@apu.edu
Erin Gaw, MA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5460
Email: egaw@apu.edu
Michael Thomas Geiger, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Voice, and Introductory and Advanced Vocal Pedagogy
Phone: (714) 658-6888
Email: mgeiger@apu.edu
Tonja Graves Schmitt, MFA, MPS
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Jeffrey Grubbs, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Nathan Huff, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
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
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 Organizational Leadership and Communication, School of Business and Management; 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
Michael Milligan, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5035
Email: mmilligan@apu.edu
Mark Nelson, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Becky Ogden, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5035
Email: bogden@apu.edu
Leigh Rens
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (310) 497-7187
Email: leighrens@gmail.com
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
Stephanie Sabo, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Department of Design
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
Fax: (626) 387-5727
Email: ssabo@apu.edu
Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228
Vance Sanders
Adjunct Professor, Department of Design
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
Fax: (626) 387-5727
Email: vsanders@apu.edu
Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228
William Schlitt, BA
Adjunct Professor, Percussion
Phone: (626) 533-0565
Email: wschlitt@apu.edu
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Percussion Studio, Room 119
Matt Schoepf
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (818) 292-9394
Email: schoepf.matt@gmail.com
Douglas Shabe, DMA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Music Studies
Phone: (562) 212-8062
Email: dshabe@apu.edu
Daniel A. Siedell, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
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
Marcelo Soares
Adjunct Professor
Phone: (626) 815-5374
Email: msoares@apu.edu
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 203
Jamie Sweetman, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
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
Kristof Van Grysperre, DMA
Adjunct Professor, Area Director of Opera and Vocal Studies
Jose Hernandez Vicente, MM
Adjunct Professor, Guitar Studies
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3209
Email: jhernandezvicente@apu.edu
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 209
Brenda Whitehill Schlenker, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Design
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
Fax: (626) 387-5727
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
Professor Emerita
Professor Emeritus
David Beatty, MM, MBA
Professor Emeritus, Department of Music
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3580
Alternative Phone: (626) 812-3020
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: dbeatty@apu.edu
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 229
Phil Shackleton, DMA
Professor Emeritus, Department of Music
