Meet the Faculty

Dean

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Renee Pozza, PhD, RN, CNS, FNP-BC

Dean and Professor, School of Nursing

Phone: (626) 815-5384

Email: rpozza@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, Room #303

Associate Dean

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Ruth Mielke, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM, WHNP-BC

Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Professor

Phone: (626) 815-5383

Email: rmielke@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, Room 311

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Lynda Reed, DNP, RN, FNP-C

Associate Dean of Evaluation, Accreditation, & Assessment and Associate Professor, School of Nursing

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5594

Email: lreed@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, Room #318

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Lori Silao, PhD, RN, MN NNP-BC

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Division and Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6352

Email: lsilao@apu.edu

Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #222

Professor

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Marie N. Fongwa, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN

Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5380

Fax: (626) 815-5414

Email: mfongwa@apu.edu

Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #234

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Nabil Hanna, MB BCh

Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5411

Fax: (626) 815-5414

Email: nhanna@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, Room #357

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Marcella Hardy-Peterson, DNP, RN, WHNP

Program Director, Professor School of Nursing

Phone: (909) 894-6148

Email: mpeterson@apu.edu

Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, IE 208 Q

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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: cphongdara@apu.edu

Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, 208 H

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Lowell Renold, PhD

Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5593

Email: lrenold@apu.edu

Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #302

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Kathleen Ruccione, PhD

Professor, Program Director, SON PhD Program (Interim)

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Ebere Ume, PhD

Professor, School of Nursing

Email: eume@apu.edu

Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Monrovia Room #201

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Diana Lynn Woods, PhD, APRN-BC, FGSA, FAAN

Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6310

Email: dwoods@apu.edu

Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #221

Associate Professor

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Frank Berry, PhD

Associate Professor/Curriculum Specialist, School of Nursing; Associate Professor/Curriculum Specialist, Department of Clinical Psychology

Phone: (626) 815-5008

Fax: (626) 815-5417

Email: fberry@apu.edu

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Karen French, DNP, FNP-C, RN

Department Chair, MSN Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Azusa and Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-5075

Fax: (909) 383-6892

Email: kfrench@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, Room #317

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Sabrina Friedman, EdD, DNP, PMHCNS, FNP

Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2265

Email: sfriedman@apu.edu

Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, IERC, Suite 208G

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Anna Marie Hefner, PhD, MAEd, CPNP, RN

Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-5397

Email: ahefner@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, Room #353

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

Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5558

Email: cheinlein@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, #348

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Mary Lynne Knighten, DNP

Associate Professor and DNP Clinical Residency Coordinator

Phone: (310) 386-1539

Email: mknighten@apu.edu

Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Online

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Hong Li, PhD

Director, APU Institute of Health Research and Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6324

Email: hli@apu.edu

Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 235

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Patricia Quinn, PhD, ANP-BC

Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2159

Email: pquinn@apu.edu

Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #119

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Jenna Reyes, EdD, RN, PHN, CHSE

Department Chair, Nursing Education and Associate Professor

Phone: (760) 807-0904

Email: jereyes@apu.edu

Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Suite 300, Room #117

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Regina Rico, PhD

Director of Skills Labs and Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5272

Email: rrico@apu.edu

Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 315

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Nancy Sabin, DNP

Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2159

Email: nsabin@apu.edu

Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #315

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Linda Searle-Leach, PhD

Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 437-7697

Email: lleach@apu.edu

Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Office #236

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Amanda Thurman, DNPc, MSN, FNP-BC

Program Director, Assistant Professor School of Nursing

Phone: (619) 876-7654

Email: athurman@apu.edu

Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, SD #107

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Sharon K. Titus, PhD

Associate Professor, School of Nursing

Assistant Professor

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

Assistant Professor

Phone: (951) 312-2915

Email: cbivonatellez@apu.edu

Office Location: West Campus, Room #338

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Nemesio Del Rosario, MN/Ed, RN, PHN

Skills Center Coordinator and Assistant Professor

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Meaghan Ellis, PsyD, RN, MSN

Department Chair, Entry-Level Master's Program and Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2711

Email: meaghanellis@apu.edu

Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #212

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Ragi George, PhD, MSN/ED, RN, GERO-BC, CMSRN, CNE

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Phone: (626) 561-2980

Email: rgeorge@apu.edu

Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208 Q

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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: dholt@apu.edu

Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #113

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Beverly Kelley, MS, RN, CNS, CCRN

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2338

Alternative Phone: (909) 888-9977

Email: bkelley@apu.edu

Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208K

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Tasha Lowery, DNP (Cand)

Assistant Professor

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Mario Macayaon, MSN/ED, RN, CHSE

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3196

Email: mmacayaon@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, Room #356

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

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-5396

Email: khill@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, Room #359

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Julie McGinnis, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Melinda McLaughlin, MSN

Assistant Professor School of Nursing

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

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6350

Email: pmilligan@apu.edu

Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #212

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Elsa Murdoch, DNP, MSN, BSN, CLNC, CPHRM

Department Chair, RN to BSN and Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2290

Email: emurdoch@apu.edu

Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208D

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Sheryl Nespor, PhD, JD, MSN, BA

Assistant Professor

Phone: (619) 718-9655, Ext. 2168

Email: snespor@apu.edu

Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #360

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David Picella, PhD, FNP, CNS, GS-C, CPG

Program Director, MSN Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Program and Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 4482

Email: dpicella@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, Room #355

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Nicole Ringo, MSN/ED, RN, PhD

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6346

Email: nringo@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, Room #316

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Lawrence Santiago, EdD

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6191

Email: lsantiago@apu.edu

Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #314

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Valerie Joy Smith, PhD, RN, MSN, CCRN

Department Chair, Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 535-3179

Email: vjsmith@apu.edu

Office Location: West Campus, Building 1, #314

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Janette Tingson, MSN, RN, CPN

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6313

Email: jtingson@apu.edu

Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Rom #205

Instructor

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Margaret Brady, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC

Credential Director, MSN Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and School Nurse Program and Instructor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5431

Email: mbrady@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, Room #309

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Dawn Eliades, MSN, RN

Instructor

Phone: (805) 231-4051

Email: deliades@apu.edu

Office Location: West Campus, by Cell or Zoom

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Joy Ericson, MSN, RN, CPN

Instructor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5960

Email: jericson@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, Room #434

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Lydia Garcia-Usry, RN, MSN, PHN, DNP

Instructor School of Nursing

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2289

Email: lgarciausry@apu.edu

Office Location: High Desert Regional Campus, Victorville Room #200A

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Taemin Jin

Instructor, School of Nursing

Phone: (626) 815-6307

Email: tjin@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, Room 344

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Richard Mendez Jr

Instructor

Phone: (626) 815-6000

Email: rmendez@apu.edu

Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room 208E

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Bridget Miranda, DNP, FNP-C

Instructor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2117

Email: bmiranda@apu.edu

Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #118

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Friary Nguyen, MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE

Instructor, School of Nursing

Phone: (720) 441-3755

Email: fnguyen@apu.edu

Office Location: West Campus, Building 1, Room #342

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Jessica Oliver, MSN/ED, RN, CPN

Instructor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2193

Email: joliver@apu.edu

Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #111

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Stephanie Schlosser, MSN-ED

Program Director, Upper-Division Transfer Program and Instructor, School of Nursing

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Karen Soikkeli, MSN, FNP-C, RN

Instructor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2118

Email: ksoikkeli@apu.edu

Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #202

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Leslie Stephenson, MSN/Ed., RNC-OB, PHN

Instructor

Phone: (619) 718-9655

Email: lstephenson@apu.edu

Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Office #116

Professor Emerita

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Barbara Artinian

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

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Lina Badr, PhD, PNP, FAAN

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

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Vicky Bowden, DNSc, RN

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

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Connie Brehm, PhD, FNP, PHN, RN

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

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Pamela Cone, PhD, RN, CNS, PHN

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

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Vivien Dee, PhD, RN, NEA-BC,FAAN

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

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Phyllis Esslinger, RN, PHN, MSN

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

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Elaine Goehner, PhD, RNC, CPHQ

Professor Emerita, Director of Continuing Education and Adjunct Faculty

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Patricia Frohock Hanes, PhD, MSN, MAED, MS-DPEM, RN

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

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Bonita L. Huiskes, PhD, FNP-BC, RN

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

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Constance Milton, PhD, RN

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

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Jane Pfeiffer, PhD, RN

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

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Karla Kendall Richmond, PhD, CNS, RN

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

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Diana Rodriguez, PhD, MS, CNS, RN

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

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Sheryl Tyson, PhD, APRN, CNS

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

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Leslie Van Dover, PhD, MScN, PN, RN, FNP-BC

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

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Gail Wallace, PhD

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

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Cheryl Westlake, PhD, RN, ACNS

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing

Professor Emeritus

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David Colachico, PhD

Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing

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John Doyle, PhD, MFCC

Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing

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Rosemary Liegler, PhD, RN

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing