Meet the Faculty

Your MBA degree features the following outstanding faculty.

Interim Dean

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  Rukshan Fernando, Ph.D.

  Interim Dean, School of Business and Management

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5510
  • Email: rfernando@apu.edu

Associate Deans

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  Alan Burns, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor; Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Programs

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: aburns@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Wilden Hall, Room 114
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  Ron Jewe, Ph.D.

  Associate Dean for Student Success; Professor

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

Professors

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  George Babbes, Ph.D.

  Professor

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

  Professor

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

  Professor

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

  Professor

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

  Professor

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

  Professor

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

  Professor

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

Associate Professors

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  Paul Anderson, CPA, MBA

  Associate Professor

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

  Associate Professor

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

  Associate Professor

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

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  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
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  Rachel Bodell, ABD

  Assistant Professor

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

  Assistant Professor

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

  Assistant Professor

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

  Assistant Professor

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

  Chair, Department of Accounting; Assistant Professor

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

  Assistant Professor

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