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Contact Information
Email: schoolofnursing@apu.eduPhone: (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, FAASLD
Dean and Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Associate Dean
Teresa Dodd-Butera, PhD, RN/DABAT
Associate Dean for Research and Professor
Phone: (626) 815-2120
Alternative Phone: (619) 995-4057
Email: tbutera@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 301
Evangeline Fangonil-Gagalang, PhD, MSN, RN
Associate Dean, Associate Professor
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 Professor
Professor
Marie N. Fongwa, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5380
Email: mfongwa@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 234
Nabil Hanna, MB BCh
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5411
Email: nhanna@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 357
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
Aja Tulleners Lesh, PhD, RN
Professor
Email: alesh@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Building One
Hong Li, PhD
Director, APU Institute of Health Research and Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6324
Email: hli@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 235
Lowell Renold, PhD
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5593
Email: lrenold@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 302
Linda Searle-Leach, PhD
Department Chair; Professor
Ebere Ume, PhD
Professor, School of Nursing
Email: eume@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 201
Associate Professor
David A. Dorman, MDiv, PhD
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5542
Email: ddorman@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 360
Meaghan Ellis, PsyD, RN, MSN
Department Chair, Entry-Level Master's Program and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2711
Email: meaghanellis@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 212
Karen French, DNP, FNP-C, RN
Department Chair Advanced Practice Registered Nursing, MSN and Associate Professor
Catherine Heinlein, EdD, RD, MS, CDE, RN
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5558
Email: cheinlein@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 348
Dayna M. Holt, CPN, CRNI, VA-BC
Program Director, Entry Level Master's Program at San Diego Regional Campus and Associate Professor
Phone: (619) 718-9655, Ext. 2140
Email: dholt@apu.edu
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room 113
Mary Lynne Knighten, DNP
DNP Program Director, Associate Professor, and DNP Clinical Residency Coordinator
Elsa Murdoch, DNP, MSN, BSN, CLNC, CPHRM
Department Chair, RN to BSN and Associate Professor
Email: emurdoch@apu.edu
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, IERC Room #208D
David Picella, PhD, FNP, CNS, GS-C, CPG
Program Director, MSN Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Program and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 4482
Email: dpicella@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 355
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
Jenna Reyes, EdD, RN, PHN, CHSE
Department Chair, Nursing Education and Assistant Professor
Phone: (760) 807-0904
Email: jereyes@apu.edu
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: rrico@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 315
Valerie Joy Smith, PhD, RN, MSN, CCRN
Department Chair, Associate Professor
Amanda Thurman, DNPc, MSN, FNP-BC
Program Director, Assistant Professor School of Nursing
Assistant Professor
Christina Bangui, MSN-Ed, RN
Assistant Professor
Christina Bivona-Tellez, DNP, MPH, BSN, NEA-B
Assistant Professor
Phone: (951) 312-2915
Email: cbivonatellez@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 338
Sagie De Guzman, PhD, MSN, APRN, A-CNS, ANP-C
Program Director; Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: sdeguzman@apu.edu
Nemesio Del Rosario, MN/Ed, RN, PHN
Skills Center Coordinator and Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 812-6000, Ext. 6312
Email: ndelrosario@apu.edu
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
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
Tasha Lowery, DNP, FNP-C, ENP-C, CPNP-AC
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: tlowery@apu.edu
Mario Macayaon, MSN/ED, RN, CHSE
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3196
Email: mmacayaon@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 356
Renee Marquez, DNP, MSN, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2296
Email: rmarquez@apu.edu
Melinda McLaughlin, DNP
Assistant Professor School of Nursing
Phone: (410) 241-3990
Email: mmclaughlin@apu.edu
Pamela Surla Milligan, DNP, RNC-NIC, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Bridget Miranda, DNP, MBA, FNP-C
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2117
Email: bmiranda@apu.edu
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room 118
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
Nicole Ringo, MSN/ED, RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6346
Email: nringo@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 316
Lawrence Santiago, EdD
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6191
Email: lsantiago@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 314
Stephanie Schlosser, MSN-ED
Program Director, Upper-Division Transfer Program and Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Email: sschlosser@apu.edu
Jennifer Tran, PhD, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, CNS
Assistant Professor, CNS Director
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: jennifertran@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 361
Instructor
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: West Campus, Building One, Room 309
Dawn Eliades, MSN, RN
Instructor
Joy Ericson, MSN, RN, CPN
Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5960
Email: jericson@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 434
Taemin Jin
Instructor, School of Nursing
Richard Mendez Jr
Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: rmendez@apu.edu
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room 208E
Christine Joy Phongdara
Program Director, Entry Level Master's Program at Inland Empire Regional Campus and Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2872
Email: cphongdara@apu.edu
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, 208 H
Lauren Rowley, MBA, BSN, RN, PHN, TCTCN
Clinical Educator (GWEP) and Instructor
Karen Soikkeli, MSN, FNP
Instructor
Phone: (626) 827-1626
Email: ksoikkeli@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Campus Room 202
Megan Wright, MSN, RN
Instructor