Meet the Faculty

Your MBA degree features the following outstanding faculty.

Interim Dean

Rukshan Fernando, Ph.D.
Interim Dean, School of Business and Management
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5510
- Email: rfernando@apu.edu

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
Roxanne Helm-Stevens, DBA
Chair, Department of Business and Management; Professor
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3463
- Email: rhelmstevens@apu.edu
- Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 115B
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

Note: This information is current for the 2019-20 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Please refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information.