Meet the Faculty
Dean
Renee Pozza, PhD, RN, CNS, FNP-BC
Dean and Professor, School of Nursing
Associate Dean
Teresa Dodd-Butera, PhD, RN/DABAT
Associate Dean of Research and Professor
Phone: (626) 815-2120
Alternative Phone: (619) 995-4057
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #301
Ruth Mielke, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM, WHNP-BC
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Professor
Grace Moorefield, PhD, APRN-BC
Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5377
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Building One, Office #313
Lynda Reed, DNP, RN, FNP-C
Associate Dean of Evaluation, Accreditation, & Assessment and Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Lori Silao, PhD, RN, MN NNP-BC
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Division and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6352
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #222
Professor
Vicky Bowden, DNSc, RN
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-2034
Fax: (626) 815-3807
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Building One, Room 302
Marie N. Fongwa, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5380
Fax: (626) 815-5414
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #234
Nabil Hanna, MB BCh
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5411
Fax: (626) 815-5414
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Building One, Room #357
Marcella Hardy-Peterson, DNP, RN, WHNP
Program Director, Professor School of Nursing
Phone: (909) 894-6148
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, IE 208 Q
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: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, 208 H
Lowell Renold, PhD
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5593
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #302
Kathleen Ruccione, PhD
Professor, Program Director, SON PhD Program (Interim)
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: [email protected]
Ebere Ume, PhD
Professor, School of Nursing
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Monrovia Room #201
Associate Professor
Najood Ghazi Azar-Chaaya, PhD, MSN, MSN-Ed, RN
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6314
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #216
Marissa Brash, DrPH, EdD, MPH, CPH
Department Chair, Master of Public Health and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6186
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Suite 604B, Office #306
Eurina Yujin Cha, PhD, MSN, RN, CRRN, PHNA-BC, CHES
Department Chair, Upper-Division BSN Transfer and Associate Professor
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: [email protected]
Office Location: Building One, Room #317
Sabrina Friedman, EdD, DNP, PMHCNS, FNP
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2265
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, IERC, Suite 208G
Anna Marie Hefner, PhD, MAEd, CPNP, RN
Associate Professor
Mary Lynne Knighten, DNP
Associate Professor and DNP Clinical Residency Coordinator
Hong Li, PhD
Director, APU Institute of Health Research and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6324
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 235
Sanggon Nam, PhD, MS
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Patricia Quinn, PhD, ANP-BC
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2159
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #119
Jenna Reyes, EdD, RN, PHN, CHSE
Department Chair, Nursing Education and Associate Professor
Phone: (760) 807-0904
Email: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 315
Nancy Sabin, DNP
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2159
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #315
Linda Searle-Leach, PhD
Associate Professor