Meet the Faculty

Program Chair

• Danielle Lascano, EdD, LMFT, RPT

  Interim Chair, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy; Director, MS in Counseling Psychology; and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

  • Email: dlascano@apu.edu

Program Directors

• Antoinette Babers, MS, LMFT

  Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Training, MFT Program (Inland Empire), Department of Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Phone: (909) 888-9977, Ext. 2251
  • Email: ababers@apu.edu
• Hilary Catling, MA, LMFT

  Director, MFT Program (Inland Empire); Assistant Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Phone: (951) 313-1077
  • Email: hcatling@apu.edu
• Jenss Chang, PhD

  Associate Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5202
  • Email: jchang@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Mary Hill Center, Room 215
• Lishelle Grant, MA, LMFT

  Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Training, MFT Program (Orange County), Department of Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Phone: (714) 935-0260, Ext. 2258
  • Email: lgrant@apu.edu

Professor

• Joy Bustrum, PsyD

  Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 815-5201
  • Email: jbustrum@apu.edu

Associate Professor

• Aimée M. Vadnais, PsyD, LMFT

  Associate Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Phone: (619) 718-9655
  • Email: avadnais@apu.edu

Assistant Professor

• Kelly Duggan Shearer, MA, LMFT, LPCC

  Assistant Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5516
  • Email: kshearer@apu.edu

Adjunct Professors

• Lydia Chun, PsyD

  Adjunct Professor

  • Phone: (714) 935-0260
  • Email: lchun@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Orange County Regional Campus
• Ryan Forsell, MS, LMFT

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 578-5803
  • Email: rforsell@apu.edu
  • Office Location: West Campus
• Kelly Ann Havlin, MA, LMFT

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Email: khavlin@apu.edu
• Gloria D. Haywood, PhD, LMFT

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Email: ghaywood@apu.edu
  • Office Location: East Campus
• Janiel L. Henry, PsyD

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Phone: (713) 935-0260
  • Email: jlhenry@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Orange County Regional Campus
• Timothy Kovacs, MS, LMFT

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy and Department of Social Work

  • Phone: (626) 815-5009
  • Email: tkovacs@apu.edu
• Audrey Milburn, PsyD

  Adjunct Professor

  • Phone: (949) 293-0936
  • Email: almilburn@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Orange County Regional Campus
• Paul Reith

  Adjunct Professor

  • Email: preith@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Orange County Regional Campus
• Brett Ryan, MA, LMFT

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Email: bryan@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus
• Hallie Scott, MA, LMFT

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Phone: (714) 729-4844
  • Email: hlscott@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Orange County Regional Campus
• Charity Wabuke, MA, LMFT

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Email: cwabuke@apu.edu
• Nicole Weingarten, MS, LMFT

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Phone: (818) 249-5690
  • Email: nweingarten@apu.edu