Meet the Faculty
Associate Dean
Danielle Lascano, EdD, LMFT, RPT
Associate Dean; Assistant Professor; Program Director MS in Counseling Psychology
Email: dlascano@apu.edu
Professor
Ted Scott Bledsoe, PsyD
Director of Clinical Training (Internship) and Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5514
Email: tsbledsoe@apu.edu
David Brokaw, PhD, ABPP
Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
Joy Bustrum, PsyD
Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
Rachel Castaneda, PhD, MPH
Professor, Department of Psychology and Department of Clinical Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2744
Email: rcastaneda@apu.edu
Stephen Cheung, PsyD
Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5206
Alternative Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5206
Email: scheung@apu.edu
Brian Collisson, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: bcollisson@apu.edu
Kathryn Ecklund, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2740
Email: kecklund@apu.edu
Holly Holloway-Friesen, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology; Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2729
Email: hfriesen@apu.edu
Alexander Jun, PhD
Professor, Department of Higher Education
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5723
Email: ajun@apu.edu
Young K. Kim, PhD
Professor, Department of Higher Education
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5053
Email: ykkim@apu.edu
Jeannine Kranzow, PhD
Professor, Department of Higher Education
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5525
Email: jkranzow@apu.edu
Office Location: Mary Hill Center, Room 200D
Stephen Lambert, PsyD
Professor, Department of Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2743
Email: slambert@apu.edu
Alan Oda, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology
Mary Rawlings, PhD, LCSW
Professor, MSW Program
Laurie Schreiner, PhD
Professor, Department of Higher Education
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5322
Email: lschreiner@apu.edu
Mark Stanton, PhD, ABPP
Professor, Department of Psychology
Theresa Clement Tisdale, PhD, PsyD
Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
Regina Chow Trammel, PhD, LCSW
Professor, MSW Program, Department of Social Work
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2759
Email: rtrammel@apu.edu
Associate Professor
Jenss Chang, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
Charles Chege, PsyD
Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5999
Email: cchege@apu.edu
Samuel Girguis, PsyD
Chair, Department of Clinical Psychology; Director, PsyD Program; and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-4539
Email: sgirguis@apu.edu
Matthew Heller, PhD
Chair of Department of Undergraduate Psychology; Program Director of MS in Research Psychology; Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: mheller@apu.edu
Tabatha L. Jones Jolivet, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Higher Education
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5882
Email: tjonesjolivet@apu.edu
Mari Luna De La Rosa, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Higher Education
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5932
Email: mlunadelarosa@apu.edu
Office Location: Mary Hill Center, Room 200I
Christina Lunceford, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Higher Education
Phone: (626) 815-5410
Email: clunceford@apu.edu
Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 502
Christopher B. Newman, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Higher Education
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5407
Email: cnewman@apu.edu
Aimée M. Vadnais, PsyD, LMFT
Program Director, Director Clinical Training, Associate Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
William Whitney, PhD, MFT
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2420
Email: wwhitney@apu.edu
Assistant Professor
Shalom Alaichamy, PsyD
Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
Email: salaichamy@apu.edu
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
Alina Bond Chan, MSW, LCSW
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work
Laurel E. Brown, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor, MSW Program, Department of Social Work
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2781
Email: lebrown@apu.edu
Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center, Room 216
Christie Byrd, MSW, LCSW
Assistant Professor, Field Education, MSW Program, Department of Social Work
Phone: (626) 804-2721, Ext. 2721
Email: cbyrd@apu.edu
Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center, Room 208E
Evelyn Castro-Guillen, PhD, LCSW
Director and Assistant Professor, MSW Program (Inland Empire), Department of Social Work
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
Megan Collins, MA, L
Program Chair, MFT; Chair and Assistant Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
Email: mcollins@apu.edu
Shelly-Ann Dewsbury, MSW
Assistant Professor, BSW Director, Department of Social Work
Phone: (626) 815-6079
Email: sdewsbury@apu.edu
Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center, Room 1B
Leah Fortson, PhD, MDiv
Director of Clinical Training (Practicum) and Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
Lishelle Grant, MA, LMFT
Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Program (Orange County), Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
Daniel Guzman, MSW, LCSW
Field Education Coordinator, BSW and Inland Empire MSW Programs, Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2762
Email: djguzman@apu.edu
Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center, Room 206D
Emily Kemp, MSW
Assistant Professor and Director of Admissions and Student Services, MSW Program, Department of Social Work
Margaret Lee, PhD
Assistant Professor, MSW Program, Department of Social Work
Email: mylee@apu.edu
Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center, Room 218
Robert Linsalato, MA
Assistant Professor and Director, Professional Undergraduate Online Psychology, Department of Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: rlinsalato@apu.edu
Mary Ann McMillan, EdD
Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice
Kandy Mink Salas, PhD
Associate Provost for Student Success, Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education; Program Director, EdD in Higher Education Leadership
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5584
Email: kminksalas@apu.edu
Virginia Olivas, MSW
Assistant Professor, Field Education, L.A. DCFS Stipend Coordinator, MSW Program, Department of Social Work
Claudia Rivera, MSW, LCSW
Assistant Professor
Aris Rodriguez, JD
Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice; Director, Bachelor's Completion Program
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2223
Email: arodriguez@apu.edu
Kimberly Setterlund, MSW, LCSW
Chair, Assistant Professor, and MSW Director, Department of Social Work
Phone: (626) 857-2402
Email: ksetterlund@apu.edu
Olivia Sevilla, EdD, LCSW
Assistant Professor, MSW Program, Department of Social Work
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2769
Email: oesevilla@apu.edu
Jean Un, PhD, LCSW
Director of Practicum Education and Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2767
Email: jun@apu.edu
Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center, Room 208
Kristen Watkins, MFT
Assistant Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: kewatkins@apu.edu
Meghan Williams, MA, LMFT
Program Director and Assistant Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
Email: mlwilliams@apu.edu
Lecturer
Dianne Whiting, PT, MDiv
Lecturer, Department of Physical Therapy
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5020
Email: dwhiting@apu.edu
Professor Emerita
Professor Emeritus
