Meet the Faculty

School of Music

Interim Dean

• John E. Simons, DMA

  Interim Dean, College of the Arts; Professor, School of Music

  • Phone: (626) 387-5728
  • Email: jesimons@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 100

Interim Associate Dean

• Zachary Cheney, PhD

  Interim Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, College of the Arts; Interim Associate Academic Chair and Assistant Professor of Screen Studies, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5125
  • Email: zcheney@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Darling Hallway Art Gallery, Darling 169, West Campus

Professors

• Joel Clifft, DMA

  Professor; Director of Keyboard Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3592
  • Email: jclifft@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 217
• Claire Fedoruk, DMA

  Professor of Musicology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3573
  • Email: cfedoruk@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 219
• Alexander Koops, DMA

  Professor; Director of Undergraduate Music Education; Conductor of Symphonic Band; Director of Azusa Conservatory of Music Community Music School

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3583
  • Email: akoops@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 136B
• Michael Lee, MM

  Professor; Director of Music Technology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3860
  • Email: mlee@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 231
• Phil Shackleton, DMA

  Professor, Department of Music Studies; Director of Music Theory & Composition

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3577
  • Email: pshackleton@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center
• John Sutton, DMA

  Professor; Director of Choral Activities; Conductor of Choral Scholars; Conductor of University Choir; Choral Conducting

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3581
  • Email: jsutton@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 201

Associate Professors

• David Beatty, MM, MBA

  Chair, Department of Commercial Music; Director, Jazz Ensemble

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3580
  • Email: dbeatty@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 229
• Stephen Martin, DCM

  Associate Professor; Director of Worship Studies; Director of the Angeles Worship Initiative

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3109
  • Email: smartin@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 105
• Christopher Russell, MM

  Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Music Performance; Conductor, Symphony Orchestra; Instrumental Conducting

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2003
  • Email: cprussell@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 233

Assistant Professors

• Henry Alonzo, MBA

  Director, MA in Music Entrepreneurial Studies, and Assistant Professor, School of Music

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3575
  • Email: halonzo@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 105
• John Burdett, EdD

  Assistant Professor; Director of Instrumental Studies; Director of Bands

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2029
  • Email: jburdett@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 211
• Patricia Edwards, DMA

  Assistant Professor, Vocal Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3588
  • Email: pedwards@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 225
• David Hughes, DMA

  Assistant Professor; Conductor of Bel Canto Women's Choir; Choral Conducting; Vocal Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3108
  • Email: dhughes@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 205
• Thomas Hynes, MA

  Director of Guitar Studies and Jazz Combos; Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3209
  • Email: thynes@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 209
• Michelle Jensen, MM

  Assistant Professor; Conductor of Chamber Singers; Music Education

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3202
  • Email: mjensen@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 118
• Andrew Park, DMA

  Assistant Professor, Piano Studies

  • Phone: (323) 810-3777
  • Email: uscpianoart@hotmail.com
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 215
• Éva Polgár, DMA

  Assistant Professor, Piano Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3204
  • Email: epolgar@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 215
• Alex Russell, DMA

  Assistant Professor, Violin Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3198
  • Email: arussell@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 227
• Marek Szpakiewicz, DMA

  Assistant Professor; Cello Studies; Director of String Studies and Chamber Music

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3206
  • Email: marek@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 227

Coaching Faculty

• Kyungmi Kim, MMA

  Staff Accompanist, Department of Music Performance

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 4600
  • Email: kykim@apu.edu
  • Office Location: East Campus
• Melody Kuo, DMA

  Staff Accompanist

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 4600
  • Email: mkuo@apu.edu

Lecturer

• Eniko St. Clair, DMA

  Lecturer, Practical Musicianship

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3574
  • Email: eastclair@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 241

Applied Instructors

• Allison Allport, DMA

  Applied Instructor, Harp

  • Phone: (818) 613-7550
  • Email: allisonallport@me.com
  • Office Location: East Campus
• Brian Barany, DMA

  Applied Instructor, Classical Guitar Studies

  • Phone: (805) 218-3589
  • Email: bbarany@apu.edu
• Richard Bullock

  Applied Instructor, Bass Trombone

  • Phone: (310) 569-6782
  • Email: rich@bassbonevoice.com
• William Cantos

  Applied Instructor

  • Phone: (626) 815-4600
  • Email: gicprod@aol.com
• David Chang, MM

  Applied Faculty, Clarinet

  • Phone: (626) 815-3834
  • Email: woongjodavidc@gmail.com
• Ingrid Chun, MM

  Applied Instructor: Violin

  • Phone: (626) 815-3848
  • Email: violink@ingridchun.com
• Mark Converse, B.M.

  Applied Instructor, Drumset

  • Phone: (661) 297-5670
  • Email: mconverse@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 121
• Paul Curtis, MM

  Applied Instructor, Bassoon and Contrabassoon

  • Phone: (626) 815-3834
  • Email: pacurtis07@gmail.com
• Nathan Farrington, BM

  Applied Instructor: Double Bass

  • Email: nate.students@gmail.com
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center
• David B. “Rusty” Higgins

  Applied Instructor, Saxophone Studies; Director of Jazz Workshop

  • Phone: (562) 547-7717
  • Email: rustyhiggins@aol.com
• Fung Ho, MM

  Applied Instructor: Violin and Viola

  • Phone: (626) 815-3848
  • Email: fungho1vln@sbcglobal.net
• Yuri Inoo, DMA

  Applied Instructor: Percussion

  • Phone: (626) 815-3848
  • Email: yuri.inoo@gmail.com
  • Office Location: East Campus
• David Joyce, MA

  Applied Instructor, Commercial Voice

  • Phone: (818) 522-3530
  • Email: david@rejoycemusic.com
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center
• Sara Leib, MM

  Applied Instructor: Commercial Voice

  • Phone: (310) 869-6509
  • Email: saraleib@yahoo.com
• Hui Liu

  Applied Faculty, Viola

  • Phone: (626) 815-3834
  • Email: chjin_99@yahoo.com
• Yuki Mori, BM

  Applied Instructor: Violin

  • Phone: (818) 484-8402
  • Email: moriparkviolin@gmail.com
• Min Jung Park, BM

  Applied Instructor: Violin

  • Phone: (818) 484-8402
  • Email: moriparkviolin@gmail.com
• Michele Patzakis, DMA

  Applied Instructor, Voice

  • Phone: (626) 812-3058
  • Email: mpatzakis@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center
• Robert Slack, M.M.

  Applied Instructor, Trumpet

  • Email: robertslack6@gmail.com
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center
• Ted Sugata, DMA

  Applied Instructor, Oboe

  • Email: tcsugata@gmail.com
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center
• Pin Fei Tang, MM

  Applied Instructor: Cello

  • Phone: (626) 815-3834
  • Email: tangcello@gmail.com
• Stephanie J. Thomas, BM

  Applied Instructor: French Horn

  • Phone: (626) 664-3330
  • Email: sstetson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: School of Music
• David Washburn, MM

  Applied Instructor, Trumpet

  • Phone: (626) 815-3848
• Scott Whitfield, M.M.

  Applied Instructor, Trombone

  • Phone: (818) 577-8676
  • Email: scott@bicoastalmusic.net
• Gary Woodward, MM

  Applied Instructor, Flute

  • Phone: (818) 371-6678
  • Email: garyw@usc.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center
• Suli Xue

  Artist in Residence, Violin

  • Phone: (626) 815-3848
  • Email: suliviolin@gmail.com
• Michele Zukovsky

  Applied Instructor, Clarinet

  • Email: michelezukovsky@gmail.com
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center

Adjunct Professors

• Sean Barrett, MM

  Adjunct Professor, Commercial Music

  • Phone: (909) 223-9773
  • Email: sbarrett@apu.edu
• Steven Brooks, DWS

  Adjunct Professor, Music and Worship

  • Email: sdbrooks@apu.edu
• Natalie Buickians, DMA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Music Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 4600
  • Email: lbuickians@apu.edu
  • Office Location: East Campus
• Mari Falcone Cantos, M.M.

  Adjunct Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: mcantos@apu.edu
  • Office Location: East Campus
• Sharon Cathey, M.A.Ed.

  Adjunct Professor, Music Education

  • Phone: (626) 222-5829
  • Email: sscathey@apu.edu
• Gabriel Dávila-Luciano, M.B.A.

  Adjunct Professor, Commercial Music

  • Phone: (626) 815-4600
  • Email: gluciano@apu.edu
  • Office Location: College of the Arts
• Michael Thomas Geiger, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Voice, and Introductory and Advanced Vocal Pedagogy

  • Phone: (714) 658-6888
  • Email: mgeiger@apu.edu
• Maurice Limon, M.A.

  Adjunct Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: mlimon@apu.edu
  • Office Location: East Campus
• Matthew Limones, M.M.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Commercial Music

  • Phone: (626) 387-5725
  • Email: mlimones@apu.edu
• Huston Pullen

  Adjunct Professor, Commercial Music

  • Phone: (626) 815-3848
  • Email: hpullen@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center
• Crystal Rivette, MM

  Director, Artist Certificate Program; Adjunct Professor of Piano Studies

  • Phone: (626) 812-3022
  • Email: crivette@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 205
• William Schlitt, BA

  Adjunct Professor, Percussion

  • Phone: (626) 533-0565
  • Email: wschlitt@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Percussion Studio, Room 119
• Aretha Scruggs, M.A.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Commercial Music

  • Email: ascruggs@apu.edu
• Douglas Shabe, DMA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Music Studies

  • Phone: (562) 212-8062
  • Email: dshabe@apu.edu
  • Office Location: East Campus
• Jonli Tunstall, PhD

  Adjunct Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-3848
  • Email: jtunstall@apu.edu
• Kristof Van Grysperre, DMA

  Adjunct Professor, Area Director of Vocal Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-3848
  • Email: kvangrysperre@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 225
• Jose Hernandez Vicente, MM

  Adjunct Professor, Guitar Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3209
  • Email: jhernandezvicente@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 209
• Sam Wei-Chih Sun, M.M.

  Adjunct Professor, Piano Studies

  • Phone: (626) 991-5109
  • Email: wsun@apu.edu

Professors Emeriti

• Michael Kozubek, MM

  Professor Emeritus

  • Email: mkozubek@apu.edu
• Donald Neufeld, MA

  Professor Emeritus, Department of Music Studies

  • Email: dneufeld@apu.edu
• Dennis Royse, PhD

  Professor Emeritus

  • Email: droyse@apu.edu

School of Visual and Performing Arts

Interim Dean

• John E. Simons, DMA

  Interim Dean, College of the Arts; Professor, School of Music

  • Phone: (626) 387-5728
  • Email: jesimons@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 100

Associate Dean

• Lyrica Taylor, Ph.D.

  Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, School of Visual and Performing Arts; Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5989
  • Email: ltaylor@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 235

Interim Associate Dean

• Zachary Cheney, PhD

  Interim Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, College of the Arts; Interim Associate Academic Chair and Assistant Professor of Screen Studies, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5125
  • Email: zcheney@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Darling Hallway Art Gallery, Darling 169, West Campus

Professors

• William Catling, MFA

  Professor, Chair, Department of Art, Interim Chair, Department of Design

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3724
  • Email: bcatling@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 2
• Stephen Childs, MFA

  Professor, Department of Art; Exhibitions Director

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5835
  • Email: schilds@apu.edu
  • Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 505
• Terry Dobson, MFA

  Professor, Department of Design

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5988
  • Email: tdobson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room 234A
• Chuck Grieb, MFA

  Director, BA in Animation and Visual Effects, and Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5274
  • Email: cgrieb@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Hugh and Hazel Darling Library, Room 167
• Christopher Leland, PhD

  Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Studies;

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3705
  • Email: cleland@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Rose Garden, #12
• Tim Samoff, MFA

  Interim Chair and Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-6007
  • Email: tsamoff@apu.edu

Associate Professors

• Jill Brennan-Lincoln, MA

  Chair, Department of Theater Arts; Associate Professor, Theater Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5536
  • Email: jlincoln@apu.edu
• Brent Everett Dickinson, MFA

  Associate Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5105
  • Email: bdickinson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 302
• Christopher Keene, MFA

  Associate Professor of Technical Theater, Department of Theater Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5116
  • Email: ckeene@apu.edu
• Nery Lemus, MFA

  Program Director, MFA in Visual Art; Associate Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5506
  • Email: nlemus@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 4A
• Kirsten Lundin Humer, MFA

  Program Director, BFA in Acting for the Stage and Screen; Associate Professor, Department of Theater Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5865
  • Email: khumer@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Department of Theater Arts, West Campus, Darling - Building Three, THTR Office Suite, Room 164

Assistant Professors

• Pamela Fisher, MA

  Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies; Program Director, MA in User Experience Design; Regional Program Director, Murrieta Regional Campus

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3488
  • Email: pfisher@apu.edu
• Angela S. George, Ph.D.

  Program Director, M.A. in Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism; Assistant Professor of Art History, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5841
  • Email: ageorge@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 3
• Laurie Leinonen

  Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5297
  • Email: lleinonen@apu.edu
• Greg Michael, MFA

  Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6014
  • Email: gmichael@apu.edu
• Jesse Negron, MFA

  Interim Associate Production Chair and Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5114
  • Email: jnegron@apu.edu
• Jonathan Vermeer, MPW

  Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (310) 951-3921
  • Email: jvermeer@apu.edu

Adjunct Professors

• Daniela Barbani, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Email: dbarbani@apu.edu
• David Barrera, MFA

  Adjunct Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-5035
  • Email: dbarrera@apu.edu
  • Office Location: West Campus
• Alisa Barsegyan, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Design

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
  • Email: abarsegyan@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 203
• Rachell Campbell

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5035
  • Email: racampbell@apu.edu
• Charity Capili, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies and Department of Design

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
  • Email: ccapili@apu.edu
• Andi Chapman, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-5035
  • Email: annettechapman@apu.edu
• Yookyoung Choi, Ph.D.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: ychoi@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Andrew Cole, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: acole@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center
• Jesse Corti

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-5035
  • Email: jessecorti@apu.edu
• Kristen Cruz, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5035
  • Email: kcruz@apu.edu
• Marcus Doyle, M.A.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: mdoyle@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Karen M. Dunaetz

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Department of Modern Languages

  • Phone: (626) 678-0346
  • Email: kdunaetz@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Kari Dunham, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: kdunham@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Amy Fox, MFA, MBA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: afox@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Gloria Garayua, BFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-5035
  • Email: ggarayua@apu.edu
• Erin Gaw, M.A.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5460
  • Email: egaw@apu.edu
• Tonja Graves Schmitt, MFA, MPS

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: tgraves@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Jeffrey Grubbs, Ph.D.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: jgrubbs@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Adam Hall, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-5035
• Julia Heins, MA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: jheins@apu.edu
• Nathan Huff, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: nhuff@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Susan Isaacs

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5297
  • Email: sisaacs@apu.edu
• Ryan Izay

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5297
  • Email: rizay@apu.edu
• Eddie Kim, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Email: ekim@apu.edu
• James W. Lincoln, M.A.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (818) 599-0467
  • Email: jwlincoln@apu.edu
• Phil Lollar, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies and Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (626) 641-3526
  • Email: plollar@apu.edu
• Chris Masi

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (626) 390-6317
  • Email: cmasi@apu.edu
• Elaine McLemore, Ph.D.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 387-2064
  • Email: emclemore@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Michael Milligan, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-5035
  • Email: mmilligan@apu.edu
• Shelby Moser, PhD

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Department of Philosophy

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: slmoser@apu.edu
• Mark Nelson, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: msnelson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Becky Ogden, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-5035
  • Email: bogden@apu.edu
• Jess Paik, MEd

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Design

  • Email: jpaik@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Orange County Regional Campus
• Cheryl McKay Price, M.A.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5297
  • Email: cprice@apu.edu
• Jane Gillespie Pryor, MFA, MAT

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: jpryor@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Maryann Rachford, Ed.D.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: mrachford@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Leigh Rens

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (310) 497-7187
  • Email: leighrens@gmail.com
  • Office Location: East Campus
• Juan Rivera, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-5035
  • Email: jmrivera@apu.edu
• Carolyn Robertson, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: crobertson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Stephanie Sabo, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Department of Design

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
  • Email: ssabo@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228
• Vance Sanders

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Design

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
  • Email: vsanders@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228
• James Schlenker

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Email: jschlenker@apu.edu
• Matt Schoepf

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (818) 292-9394
  • Email: schoepf.matt@gmail.com
  • Office Location: West Campus
• Daniel A. Siedell, Ph.D.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: dsiedell@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Gregory Sims, BFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-5035
  • Email: gsims@apu.edu
• Kevin Slay, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-5035
  • Email: kslay@apu.edu
• Jamie Sweetman, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: jsweetman@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Jeff Tirrell, PhD

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Theology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3710
  • Email: jtirrell@apu.edu
• Tamara Valdry, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: tvaldry@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Hannah Kim Varamini, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Visual and Performing Arts

  • Email: hvaramini@apu.edu
• Catherine Wagley

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-2064
  • Email: cwagley@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
• Brenda Whitehill Schlenker, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Design

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
  • Email: bwhitehillschlenker@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228B
• Alexandra Wright, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts

  • Phone: (626) 815-5035
  • Email: arwright@apu.edu

Professor Emerita

• Susan Ney, M.A.

  Professor Emerita, Department of Art

Professors Emeriti

• Robert Bullock, MA

  Professor Emeritus, Department of Art

• David McGill, MFA

  Professor Emeritus, Department of Art

• Jim Thompson, Ed.D.

  Professor Emeritus, Department of Art

Department of Communication Studies

Professors

• Christopher Leland, PhD

  Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Studies;

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3705
  • Email: cleland@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Rose Garden, #12
• Bala Musa, PhD

  Professor, Department of Communication Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3490
  • Email: bmusa@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Faculty Quad, #13

Associate Professors

• Starla Anderson, MA, JD, LLM

  Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3105
  • Email: sranderson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Rose Garden, #17
• Marcia S. Berry, PhD

  Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3503
  • Email: mberry@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Faculty Quad, #15
• Courtney W. Davis, PhD

  Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2390
  • Email: cwdavis@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 118
• Ismael Lopez Medel, PhD

  Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3372
  • Email: ilopezmedel@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Rose Garden, #21

Assistant Professor

• Pamela Fisher, MA

  Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies; Program Director, MA in User Experience Design; Regional Program Director, Murrieta Regional Campus

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3488
  • Email: pfisher@apu.edu

Instructor

• Jonathan Raber, MS

  Instructor, Department of Communication Studies

  • Email: jwraber@apu.edu
  • Office Location: West Campus

Adjunct Professors

• Rebecca Baumann, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies

  • Email: rbaumann@apu.edu
• Charity Capili, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies and Department of Design

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
  • Email: ccapili@apu.edu
• Melinda Daffron, M.A.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies

  • Email: mldaffron@apu.edu
• Isaiah Granados, M.A.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies

  • Phone: (909) 200-9483
  • Email: igranados@apu.edu
• Jeremiah Kitchel, M.A.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies

  • Phone: (909) 802-8600
  • Email: jkitchel@apu.edu
• Adam Lipson, M.A.

  Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management; Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies

  • Phone: (626) 387-5825
  • Email: alipson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Administration West, Suite 205
• Phil Lollar, MFA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies and Department of Cinematic Arts

  • Phone: (626) 641-3526
  • Email: plollar@apu.edu
• Neal Montgomery, M.A.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies

  • Phone: (626) 812-3044
  • Email: rnmontgomery@apu.edu
  • Office Location: East Campus
• Don Murray, D.Min.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies

  • Phone: (626) 812-3044
  • Email: dmurray@apu.edu
• Kellie Cabrera Nasont, M.A.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies

  • Phone: (626) 812-3044
  • Email: knasont@apu.edu
• Jeffrey Neu, M.S.

  Adjunct Professor

  • Phone: (626) 812-3044
  • Email: jneu@apu.edu
• Allison Oster, MA

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies

  • Email: aoster@apu.edu
• John Pate, M.A.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies

  • Phone: (951) 505-1328
  • Email: jpate@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Rose Garden, Adjunct Office

Professors Emeriti

• David C. Bicker, PhD

  Professor Emeritus and Founding Chair, Department of Communication Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3044
  • Email: debicker5@yahoo.com
• Lawrence ‘Ray’ McCormick, Ph.D.

  Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3044
  • Email: rmccormick@apu.edu