Chinaka S. DomNwachukwu - Azusa Pacific University

Chinaka S. DomNwachukwu, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Accreditation, School of Education
Professor, Department of Teacher Education

Phone: (626) 815-5350
Email: cdomnwachukwu@apu.edu
Fax: (626) 815-5336

Chinaka DomNwachukwu is a Professor of Multicultural Education and Associate Dean for Accreditations at the School of Education, Azusa Pacific University in Azusa California. Prior to coming to APU, he served as a public school teacher and instructional leader, primarily in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Dr. DomNwachukwu is one of 40 professors in California who worked with Educational Testing Services (ETS) and California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) through the process of Benchmarking and Scoring of the California Teacher Performance Assessment (CalTPA) tasks for the State of California. Since completing this process with ETS in 2003 he has worked on the whole process of developing the CalTPA for Azusa Pacific University Department of Teacher Education, Training Assessors and Professors in the TPA process. He served as the Chair for the Department of Teacher Education at Azusa Pacific University from 2007 to 2010. Dr. DomNwachukwu also served as the Azusa campus Site Coordinator for the Multiple Subject Credentialing program at Azusa Pacific University from 2003 to 2007. He has served on the APU faculty senate and as a member of the APU Senate Steering Committee, APU Masters Council, and Program Review Committee.

Education

Post-Doctoral - M.S. - Educational Leadership, National University
Ph.D. - Intercultural Studies, with an emphasis in Cultural Anthropology and Leadership Development, Fuller Theological Seminary
M.S. - Educational Administration, National University
M.A. - Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary
Advanced Studies in Education toward the California Teaching Credential, California State University, Los Angeles
B.A. (B.Th.) - Religion and Philosophy with a minor in English as a Second Language (ESL), Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (through the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary)