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Meet the Faculty

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    Meet the Faculty: Erin Weaver, M.A.
    Erin Weaver, M.A., brings years of experience working in the public education system teaching high school art in addition to teaching at Azusa Pacific University since 2011. She has taught all levels, including ceramics, beginning art, design, advanced drawing and painting, and art honors. She is passionate about working with educators who want to further advocate for the arts by demonstrating how art education has the power to create empathetic, focused problem-solvers who use these academic life skills in every facet of their lives.
    October 17, 2018
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    Meet the Faculty: Courtney W. Davis, Ph.D.
    Courtney Wong Davis, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of communication studies at Azusa Pacific University, where she teaches organizational, small group, and professional communication. Her research interests include organizational socialization and assimilation, specifically focused on organizational entry and exit, in addition to intergenerational communication and organizational identification. Her scholarship has been published in the Western Journal of Communication, Communication Quarterly, and The Handbook of Intergroup Communication.
    January 8, 2018
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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: Cristian Aguilar, Ph.D.
    Cristian Aguilar is an assistant professor in Azusa Pacific University's Department of Biology and Chemistry, where he enjoys engaging students with the subject matter through unique and interesting facts. Aguilar's current work focuses on the remarkable regenerative abilities of the Mexican salamander known as the axolotl in an effort to understand how cells at the site of injury are able to return to stem-like state in order to begin the regenerative process. In addition to conducting research, Aguilar is involved in the development and implementation of new teaching strategies in order to best train the next generation of scientists in the classroom.
    August 23, 2017
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    Meet the Faculty: Charles Chen, Ph.D.
    Charles Chen, Ph.D., joined Azusa Pacific after conducting postdoctoral research in Japan at the National Institute for Agro-environmental Sciences and the University of Tokyo. In the wake of the 2011 tsunami, earthquake, and nuclear disaster in north-eastern Japan, he also volunteered and worked for several months at a nonprofit organization, providing long-term support and ministry to the disaster survivors. His expertise is in plant ecophysiology and global change biology, and he is passionate about imparting to students the value of plants and the impact of human activities on the environment. His research interests are centered on the physiological response of plants to environmental stress or global change. In particular, he is interested in the intraspecific response of photosynthesis in agricultural species to rising concentrations of tropospheric ozone and carbon dioxide.
    September 12, 2017
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    Meet the Faculty: Susan Shore, PT, Ph.D.
    Susan Shore, PT, Ph.D., serves as chair and professor for the Department of Physical Therapy at Azusa Pacific University. She has a Ph.D. in Exercise Science from the University of Toronto. Shore has extensive work experience as a physical therapist, including patient care in the U.S., Canada, Russia, and Romania. Her research interests include the evaluation of adaptive equipment and provision of services for the disabled in the developing world.
    November 10, 2016
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    Meet the Faculty: Nery Gabriel Lemus, MFA
    Nery Gabriel Lemus is a Los Angeles-based artist and director of Azusa Pacific’s Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art. The subjects in his work range from issues of division, stereotype, and immigration to problems in society that can lead to the failure of families. Lemus received his BFA at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and his MFA at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. Lemus also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. His work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions throughout Southern California, as well as national and international galleries.
    February 11, 2019
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    Meet the Faculty: Timothy Samoff, MFA
    Tim Samoff, MFA, is a professor and the program director for the B.A. in Games and Interactive Media in APU’s College of the Arts. For more than 30 years, he has worked as a game, UX, interactive, and web designer, having designed and produced more than 40 game titles and many other digital media projects. He holds a BFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts and an MFA in Interactive Design and Game Development from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
    January 24, 2019
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Faculty Notes

  • Winslow, K. S. (2021, February). Imagining equity: The gifts of Christian feminist theology. GBHEM Publishing.

  • Heinlein, C., & Westlake, C. (2021, April). Assessing knowledge and self-efficacy among nursing students to operate a diabetes behavior-change program in Kolkata, India. International Journal of Nursing Education and Research, 9(2), 167-174.

  • Lambert, C. J. (2021). From Proverbs to parables: The creative wisdom of Jesus. Peter Lang Publishing.

  • Heinlein, C., & Westlake, C. (2021, April). Assessing knowledge and self-efficacy among nursing students to operate a diabetes behavior-change program in Kolkata, India. International Journal of Nursing Education and Research, 9(2), 167-174.

  • Fall, R., Dickerson, M., & Helm-Stevens, R. (2021, March). An examination of intragroup process in service-learning teams. International Journal of Contemporary Education, 4(1).

  • Bowden, V., & Schmus, C. (2021, January). Predictable consequences – How do we avert a pediatric nurse shortage? Pediatric Nursing, 47(1), 5-6, 10.

  • Ash, A., Clark, M. D., & Drew, C. (Eds.). (2021, March). Imaginative teaching through creative writing: A guide for secondary classrooms. Bloomsbury.

    Clark, M. D. (2021, February). No one sees it yet. Foreshadow Magazine.

  • Evans, C. A., Oropeza, B. J., & Sloan, P. T. (Eds.). (2020, October). New studies in textual interplay (Series: Library of New Testament studies). Bloomsbury.

    Oropeza, B. J. (2020, October). New studies in textual interplay: An introduction. In C. A. Evans, B. J. Oropeza & P. T. Sloan (Eds.), New studies in textual interplay (Series: Library of New Testament studies) (pp. 3-7). Bloomsbury.

    Oropeza, B. J. (2020, October). Ancient Midrash in the age of intertextuality. In C. A. Evans, B. J. Oropeza & P. T. Sloan (Eds.), New studies in textual interplay (Series: Library of New Testament studies) (pp. 9-28). Bloomsbury.

    Altman, P., Oropeza, B. J., Jacobs, N., Avery-Peck, A. J., Roth, P., Chryssides, G. D., Moses, A., Dov Walfish, B., Diemling, M., Hobgood, L., van der Krogt, C., Swindell, A., & Perkins, T. (2020). Meat. In M. Furey, B. Matz, S. L. McKenzie, T. C. Römer, J. Schroeter, B. D. Walfish, & E. Ziolkowski (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Bible and its reception (Volume 18, pp. 251–72). De Gruyter.

    Oropeza, B. J. (2021, February 28). Do guardian angels exist? [Best of Patheos article]. Patheos (In Christ, General Christian Column).

    Oropeza, B. J. (2021, February 6). Will the real St. Valentine please stand – or could we at least find some meaning behind his day? Patheos (In Christ, General Christian Column).

    Oropeza, B. J. (2021, January 25). Christian marriage: Mutual and celebrative self-donation. Patheos (In Christ, General Christian Column).

    Oropeza, B. J. (2021, January 14). Sex, love, and walking in the spirit. Patheos (In Christ, General Christian Column).

    Oropeza, B.J. (2020). 1 Corinthians 10:1-22 in light of the Corinthians' knowledge of scripture. In F. Wilk (Ed.), Paul and Moses: The Exodus and Sinai traditions in the letters of Paul (Studies in education and religion in ancient and pre-modern history in the Mediterranean and its environs 11) (pp. 121-137). Mohr Siebeck.

  • Cawman, M. W., & Fine-Skalnik, P. (2021) Playing global monopoly in cement: The globalization of CEMEX. Case Studies in Business and Management, 8(1), 10-35.

  • Cawman, M. W., & Fine-Skalnik, P. (2021) Playing global monopoly in cement: The globalization of CEMEX. Case Studies in Business and Management, 8(1), 10-35.

    Cawman, M. W., & Liu, D.M. (2020). External factors and risk considerations: Applying the Institutional-based view of management. Academy of Strategic Management Journal, 19(4), 1-16.

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