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
• 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