Meet the Faculty
Department Chair
Christina Lunceford, PhD
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Higher Education
- Phone: (626) 815-5410
- Email: clunceford@apu.edu
- Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 502
Professors
Christopher S. Collins, PhD
Professor, Department of Higher Education
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5993
- Email: ccollins@apu.edu
- Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex
Alexander Jun, PhD
Professor, Department of Higher Education
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5723
- Email: ajun@apu.edu
- Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex
Young K. Kim, PhD
Professor, Department of Higher Education
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5053
- Email: ykkim@apu.edu
- Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex
Jeannine Kranzow, PhD
Professor, Department of Higher Education
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5525
- Email: jkranzow@apu.edu
- Office Location: Mary Hill Center, Room 200D
Laurie Schreiner, PhD
Professor, Department of Higher Education
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5322
- Email: lschreiner@apu.edu
- Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex
Associate Professors
Tabatha L. Jones Jolivet, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Higher Education
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5882
- Email: tjonesjolivet@apu.edu
- Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex
Mari Luna De La Rosa, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Higher Education
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5932
- Email: mlunadelarosa@apu.edu
- Office Location: Mary Hill Center, Room 200I
Christopher B. Newman, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Higher Education
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5407
- Email: cnewman@apu.edu
- Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex
Adjunct Professors
Todd Eckel, EdD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education
- Phone: (626) 815-5485
- Email: teckel@apu.edu
Nathaniel A. Fernandez, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education; University Counseling Center Outreach Coordinator
- Phone: (626) 815-2109
- Email: nfernandez@apu.edu
Bill Fiala, PhD
Associate Dean of Students; Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education
- Phone: (626) 815-6084
- Email: bfiala@apu.edu
Dora Yiu Lam Lee, EdD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education
- Phone: (626) 815-5485
- Email: dylee@apu.edu
Kandy Mink Salas, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education; Program Director, EdD in Higher Education Leadership
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5584
- Email: kminksalas@apu.edu
- Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex
Edwin Romero, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education
- Phone: (626) 815-5485
- Email: eromero@apu.edu
Dennis Sheridan, PhD, EdD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education
- Email: dsheridan@apu.edu
Mike Truong
Director of Digital Learning/Faculty Success and Associate Professor, CTLA; Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Psychology and Department of Higher Education
- Phone: (626) 387-5854
- Email: mtruong@apu.edu
- Office Location: Rose Garden, #23
Derek Vergara, EdD
Adjunct Professor
- Email: dvergara@apu.edu
- Office Location: West Campus
Rochelle Woods, EdD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education
- Phone: (626) 815-5485
- Email: rwoods@apu.edu
Note: This information is current for the 2022-23 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Please refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information.