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Meet the Faculty

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    Meet the Faculty: Catherine Heinlein, EdD, RD, MS, CDE, RN
    Catherine Heinlein, EdD, RN, RDN, CDE, is an associate professor in Azusa Pacific University’s School of Nursing, and also serves as associate director of APU’s Neighborhood Wellness Center in Azusa. Using her degrees in leadership, nursing, and nutrition, she applies a holistic care approach to her patients and in her instruction to nursing students as she prepares them to impact lives.
    March 3, 2020
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    Meet the Faculty: Roxanne Helm-Stevens, DBA
    Roxanne Helm-Stevens, DBA, serves as chair and professor for the Department of Management and Graduate Programs in Azusa Pacific University’s School of Business and Management. She has a DBA in Strategic Management from Alliant International University. Prior to joining APU, Helm-Stevens worked in public and private industry for 20 years, holding management positions in various industries. Throughout her corporate career, she received recognition and numerous awards for her work in performance improvement, benchmarking, and best practices.
    November 1, 2016
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    Meet the Faculty: Ted Scott Bledsoe, PsyD
    Ted Scott Bledsoe, PsyD, is director of clinical training and an associate professor for the Department of Graduate Psychology at Azusa Pacific University. He has a PsyD in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Family Psychology from APU and is active in the greater Azusa community, serving as a board member of the Azusa Neighborhood Homework House and on the Azusa Homeless Voucher Task Force Committee.
    October 25, 2016
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    Meet the Faculty: Diana Lynn Woods, PhD, APRN-BC, FGSA
    Diana Lynn Woods, PhD, is an associate professor in Azusa Pacific University’s School of Nursing, as well as a nurse practitioner, and researcher. Her focus centers on developing and disseminating new knowledge to strengthen humanistic care for persons with dementia. She brings 25 years of experience researching Alzheimer’s Disease, specifically behavioral symptoms of dementia and sleep disturbances, nonpharmacological and interventions, and understanding the biobehavioral factors, genetic, neuroendocrine, and behavioral indices of stress that contribute to BSD.
    February 21, 2018
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    Meet the Faculty: Lishelle Grant, MA, MFT
    Lishelle Grant, MA, MFT, has been a licensed marriage and family therapist since 2003, and is passionate about walking alongside students on their journey to becoming psychotherapists. As the director of clinical training for the MA in Clinical Psychology program at the Orange County Regional Campus, she supports students in their transition to practicum work. She also enjoys teaching at APU and supervising trainees and interns in individual and group settings. Her clinical work focuses on helping women, teens, and couples work through barriers to emotional, relational, and spiritual wholeness. She is experienced in the areas of depression, anxiety, parenting, marital distress, grief/loss, and trauma/abuse.
    March 6, 2019
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    Meet the Faculty: André Villeneuve, PhD
    As an assistant professor in Azusa Pacific University’s Honors College, André Villeneuve, PhD, hopes to help students discover God’s plan for their lives through study of the Bible and the Great Works. Villeneuve is passionate about the power of Scripture to transform lives, the Jewish roots of the Christian faith, leading pilgrimages and study groups to Israel, and fostering the reconciliation of Israel and the Church. He is the author of Nuptial Symbolism in Second Temple Writings, the New Testament, and Rabbinic Literature.
    March 19, 2021
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    Meet the Faculty: Philip Cox, PhD
    Philip Cox, PhD, is an assistant professor in Azusa Pacific University's Department of Biology and Chemistry. He completed his doctoral degree in pharmacology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research expertise includes drug metabolism and drug metabolizing enzyme biochemistry. He teaches biochemistry and chemistry courses at APU.
    September 28, 2017
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    Meet the Faculty: Cahleen Shrier, PhD
    During hiking trips with her father and lessons shared by her mother when she was a child, Cahleen Shrier, PhD, uncovered a passion for science and how it helps her better understand God as our Creator. Today, she shares that passion with students as a professor in the Department of Biology and Chemistry at Azusa Pacific University. Shrier’s areas of expertise include endocrinology, reproduction, and the neurobiology of stress and anxiety. In addition to co-authoring faith and science articles, she has written and spoken extensively on the physiology of Christ’s Crucifixion.
    March 15, 2021
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Faculty Notes

  • Lopez Medel, I. (2021, December). RRPP y publicadad [Podcast interview]. Integrados UNLaM (YouTube channel), National University of La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    Lopez Medel, I. (2021, January). [Committee member]. Scientific committee of the International Academic Journal, International Review of Communication and Marketing Mix (IROCAMM). University of Seville, Spain.

  • Oropeza, B. J. (2021, November). Defining and detecting an ancient author's intertextual techniques: A response [Paper presentation]. 2021 Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas.

  • Huang, L. K. (2021, September). A taste of creation: 20/20 in the anthropocene [Session featured speaker]. The Gathering Conference, San Diego, California.

    Huang, L. K. (2021, November). What is science and its relationship to our Christian faith? [Keynote address]. International Council for Higher Education Annual Conference (virtual). November 5, 2021.

  • Vitz, R. (2021, November). Eastern orthodox philosophical thought. Oxford Bibliographies.

  • Mann, S. (2021, October). Ask and you shall intercede: The power of a prayerful imagination. In P. G. Camp & E. A. Philips (Eds)., Speaking with God: Probing Old Testament prayers for contemporary significance (pp 154-171). Pickwick Publications.

  • Hanson, J., Niqab, M., & Bangert, A. (2021, December). Determining factors of organizational learning capabilities: In the context of educational institutes of third world country Pakistan. Journal of Education and Educational Development (JOEED), 8(2), 270-295.

  • Floyd, M., Jacob, A., & Tauati, A. (2021, December). Field instructors’ perceived benefits of and barriers to student-led field research projects. Field Educator, 11(2), 1-17.

  • Floyd, M., Jacob, A., & Tauati, A. (2021, December). Field instructors’ perceived benefits of and barriers to student-led field research projects. Field Educator, 11(2), 1-17.

  • Oropeza, B. J. (2021, October). Audience competency in Romans and Paul's flexible use of scripture. Religions, 12(11), 916.

    Lee, M., & Oropeza, B. J. (Eds.). (2021, November). Practicing intertextuality: Ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman exegetical techniques. Cascade Books.

    Oropeza, B. J. (2021, November). Quotations, allusions, and echoes: Their meaning in relation to biblical interpretation. In M. Lee & B. J. Oropeza (Eds.)., Practicing intertextuality: Ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman exegetical techniques (pp. 17-26). Cascade Books.

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