Meet the Faculty

Your Master of Science in College Counseling and Student Development features the following outstanding faculty.

Program Director

• Kandy Mink Salas, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor, Department of Higher Education; Program Director, M.S. in College Counseling and Student Development

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: kminksalas@apu.edu

Professor

• Dennis Sheridan, Ph.D., Ed.D.

  Professor, Department of Higher Education; Program Director, Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5528
  • Email: dsheridan@apu.edu

Associate Professor

• Jeannine Kranzow, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor, Department of Higher Education

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5525
  • Email: jkranzow@apu.edu

Assistant Professor

• Mari Luna De La Rosa, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor, Department of Higher Education

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5932
  • Email: mlunadelarosa@apu.edu

Adjunct Professors

• Faraah Mullings Brown, Ed.D.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education

  • Phone: (626) 815-5485
  • Email: fmullingsbrown@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Mary Hill Center, Room 200
• Bill Fiala, Ph.D.

  Associate Dean of Students; Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education

  • Phone: (626) 815-6084
  • Email: bfiala@apu.edu
• Michael Fileta, M.A., M.S.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education

  • Phone: (626) 815-5485
  • Email: mfileta@apu.edu
• Holly Holloway-Friesen, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor and Director, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Program (Inland Empire and High Desert Regional Campuses), Department of Psychology; Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2729
  • Email: hfriesen@apu.edu
• Todd Pheifer, Ed.D.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education

  • Phone: (626) 815-5485
  • Email: tpheifer@apu.edu
• Elaine Richardson, Psy.D.

  Director, Office of Women's Development; Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education

  • Phone: (626) 815-5485
  • Email: erichardson@apu.edu
• Edwin Romero, Ph.D.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education

  • Phone: (626) 815-5485
  • Email: eromero@apu.edu
• Rochelle Woods, Ed.D.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education

  • Phone: (626) 815-5485
  • Email: rwoods@apu.edu