Meet the Faculty

Interim Dean

• Roxanne Helm-Stevens, DBA

  Interim Dean and Professor, School of Business and Management; Chair, Department of Business and Management

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

Associate Dean

• Ron Jewe, Ph.D.

  Associate Dean and Professor

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

Professors

• George S. Babbes, Ph.D., CPA (Inactive)

  Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-3820
  • Email: gbabbes@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, 211
• Roger Conover, Ph.D.

  Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-3823
  • Email: rconover@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, 219
• Jau-Lian Jeng, Ph.D.

  Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-3836
  • Email: jjeng@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 217
• Dan Kipley, DBA

  Professor

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

  Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-3821
  • Email: dpark@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 209
• Stuart Strother, Ph.D.

  Professor

  • Phone: (626) 812-3091
  • Email: sstrother@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 218
• John M. Thornton, Ph.D., CPA

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

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

  Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-3819
  • Email: junderwood@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 205

Associate Professors

• Paul Anderson, CPA, MBA

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3315
  • Email: pvanderson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 207
• Thomas Buckles, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor of Marketing and Entrepreneurship; Sam Walton Fellow

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3235
  • Email: tbuckles@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 202
• Thomas Cairns, DBA

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: (818) 257-0325
  • Email: tcairns@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, 115A
• Patricia Skalnik, DBA

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-3838
  • Email: pskalnik@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 215
• J. Randall Wallace, Ph.D.

  Director of Business Programs, High Desert Regional Campus; Associate Professor, School of Business and Management

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

Assistant Professors

• Sherryl Berg-Ridenour, Ph.D.

  Director of Business Programs, Inland Empire Regional Campus; Assistant Professor, School of Business and Management

  • Phone: (626) 857-2789
  • Email: sberg@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, 312b
• Rachel Bodell, DBA

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3790
  • Email: rsharpebodell@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 203A
• Lanelle Chase, MBA

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2849
  • Email: lchase@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 210
• Stephanie Geter, CPA, CFE, MBA

  Assistant Professor

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

  Assistant Professor

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

  Director, Accounting Program; Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: vkederian@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 115A
• Barbara Strother, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2545
  • Email: blstrother@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 212A
• Marlon Ware, MBA

  Assistant Professor and Director, Murrieta Regional Campus Business Programs

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

Adjunct Professors

• Mark Bernier, Ph.D.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Philosophy and Honors College

  • Email: mbernier@apu.edu
• Mark Dickerson, Ph.D., JD

  Senior Vice President; Associate Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Psychology; Adjunct Professor, School of Business and Management

  • Phone: (626) 387-5765
  • Email: mdickerson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Office of the General Counsel