Meet the Faculty

Interim Dean

• Roxanne Helm-Stevens, DBA

  Interim Dean and Professor, School of Business and Management

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3463
  • Email: rhelmstevens@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 115B

Professors

• George S. Babbes, PhD

  Professor; Fulbright Scholar

  • Phone: (626) 815-3820
  • Email: gbabbes@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 211
• Dan Kipley, DBA

  Chair of Business, Management, and International Business; and Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3160
  • Email: dkipley@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 216
• Daniel Park, PhD

  Chair of Entrepreneurship, Marketing, and Finance; and Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-3821
  • Email: dpark@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 209
• John M. Thornton, PhD, CPA

  LP and Bobbi Leung Chair of Accounting Ethics; and Professor, School of Accounting

  • Phone: (626) 812-3095
  • Email: jthornton@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 117

Associate Professors

• Abraham K. Adhanom, PhD

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3235
  • Email: aadhanom@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 202
• Paul Anderson, MBA, CPA

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3315
  • Email: pvanderson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 207
• David Dunaetz, PhD

  Associate Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6081
  • Email: ddunaetz@apu.edu
  • Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 627
• Kimberley Garth-James, DPA

  Program Director, Master of Public Administration; Director, Center for Public Affairs (Sacramento); Associate Professor, School of Business and Management

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3579
  • Email: kjames@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Center for Public Affairs (Sacramento)
• Jillian H. Gilbert, DSL, CF-LSP

  Director, MA in Leadership Program; Chair, Department of Leadership and Organizational Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5785
  • Email: jgilbert@apu.edu
  • Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 620
• Chang H. Kim, PhD

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2545
  • Email: ckim@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, 212A
• Shawna L. Nist, PhD, CF-LSP

  Associate Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Psychology; Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 815-5389
  • Email: snist@apu.edu
  • Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 642
• Patricia Skalnik, DBA

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-3838
  • Email: pskalnik@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 215
• Frances Wu, PhD

  Associate Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5483
  • Email: swu@apu.edu

Assistant Professors

• Stacy Brecht, DBA (ABD)

  Assistant Professor

  • Email: sbrecht@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 221
• Mark Cawman, DBA

  Assistant Professor and Director of International Business

  • Phone: (626) 812-3091
  • Email: mcawman@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 218
• LaShan Epperson, DBA (ABD)

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: lepperson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 203B
• Stephanie Geter, MBA, CPA, CFE

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3405
  • Email: sgeter@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 208
• William Ingersoll, PhD

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: wingersoll@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 218
• Ken A. Kederian, EdD, MBA, CPA, CGMA

  Chair of Accounting and Economics; and Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3473
  • Email: vkederian@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 114
• Kristina Khederlarian, PhD

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3836
  • Email: kkhederlarian@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 217
• Wendi Dykes McGehee, PhD, CF-LSP

  Director, MS in Organizational Psychology Program, and Assistant Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5881
  • Email: wmcgehee@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 210
    Also located at the High Desert Regional Campus
• Jihye Oh, PhD

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-3819
  • Email: jihyeoh@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 212A
• Todd Pheifer, EdD

  Assistant Professor; Director of Accreditation, Assessment, and Grants

  • Phone: (626) 815-5485
  • Email: tpheifer@apu.edu
  • Office Location: East Campus, 212B
• Marlon Ware, DBA

  Assistant Professor and Program Director, Regional Campuses

  • Phone: (626) 815-2186
  • Email: mware@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Murrieta Regional Campus, Room 104

Senior Adjunct Professors

• Robert Baker, PhD

  Adjunct Professor

  • Email: rbaker@apu.edu
• Jake Baloian, MBA

  Adjunct Professor

  • Email: jebaloian@apu.edu
• Steven Gabriel, DBA

  Adjunct Professor

  • Email: sgabriel@apu.edu
• Rachel Mabiala, MBA, CPA

  Adjunct Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2542
  • Email: rmabiala@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 204
• Frank Markow, PhD

  Adjunct Professor

  • Phone: (909) 646-2580
  • Email: fmarkow@apu.edu
• Laurie Reinhart, M.A.

  Adjunct Professor

  • Email: lreinhart@apu.edu

Professors Emeriti

• Roger Conover, PhD

  Professor Emeritus

  • Phone: (626) 815-3823
  • Email: rconover@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, 219
• Ron Jewe, PhD

  Professor Emeritus

  • Phone: (626) 815-3818
  • Email: rjewe@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 213
• Gary Lemaster, PhD

  Professor Emeritus, Department of Leadership and Organizational Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-4674
  • Email: glemaster@apu.edu
• Michael Whyte, PhD

  Professor Emeritus, Leadership; Provost Emeritus

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 4674
  • Email: mwhyte@apu.edu