Meet the Faculty
Dean
Renee Pozza, PhD, RN, CNS, FNP-BC
Dean and Professor, School of Nursing
Associate Dean
Teresa Dodd-Butera, PhD, RN/DABAT
Associate Dean for Research and Professor
Phone: (626) 815-2120
Alternative Phone: (619) 995-4057
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #301
Evangeline Fangonil-Gagalang, PhD, MSN, RN
Associate Dean, Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 316
Ruth Mielke, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM, WHNP-BC
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Professor
Lori Silao, PhD, RN, MN NNP-BC
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Division and Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6352
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #222
Professor
Marie N. Fongwa, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5380
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #234
Nabil Hanna, MB BCh
Professor
Marcella Hardy-Peterson, DNP, RN, WHNP
Program Director, Professor School of Nursing
Phone: (909) 894-6148
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, IE 208 Q
Lowell Renold, PhD
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5593
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #302
Kathleen Ruccione, PhD
Professor, Program Director, SON PhD Program
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: [email protected]
Linda Searle-Leach, PhD
Department Chair; Professor
Ebere Ume, PhD
Professor, School of Nursing
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Monrovia Room #201
Associate Professor
Meaghan Ellis, PsyD, RN, MSN
Department Chair, Entry-Level Master's Program and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2711
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #212
Karen French, DNP, FNP-C, RN
Department Chair Advanced Practice Registered Nursing, MSN and Associate Professor
Catherine Heinlein, EdD, RD, MS, CDE, RN
Associate Professor
Dayna M. Holt, CPN, CRNI, VA-BC
Program Director, Entry Level Master's Program at San Diego Regional Campus and Associate Professor
Phone: (619) 718-9655, Ext. 2140
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #113
Mary Lynne Knighten, DNP
DNP Program Director, Associate Professor, and DNP Clinical Residency Coordinator
Hong Li, PhD
Director, APU Institute of Health Research and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6324
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 235
David Picella, PhD, FNP, CNS, GS-C, CPG
Program Director, MSN Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Program and Associate Professor
Patricia Quinn, PhD, ANP-BC
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2159
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #119
Jenna Reyes, EdD, RN, PHN, CHSE
Department Chair, Nursing Education and Associate Professor
Phone: (760) 807-0904
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Suite 300, Room #117
Regina Rico, PhD
Director of Skills Labs and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5272
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 315
Valerie Joy Smith, PhD, RN, MSN, CCRN
Department Chair, Associate Professor
Amanda Thurman, DNPc, MSN, FNP-BC
Program Director, Assistant Professor School of Nursing
Assistant Professor
Christina Bivona-Tellez, DNP, MPH, BSN, NEA-B
Assistant Professor
Nemesio Del Rosario, MN/Ed, RN, PHN
Skills Center Coordinator and Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 812-6000, Ext. 6312
Email: [email protected]
Ragi George, PhD, MSN/ED, RN, GERO-BC, CMSRN, CNE
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 561-2980
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208 Q
Beverly Kelley, MS, RN, CNS, CCRN
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2338
Alternative Phone: (909) 888-9977
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208K
Tasha Lowery, DNP, FNP-C, ENP-C, CPNP-AC
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: [email protected]
Mario Macayaon, MSN/ED, RN, CHSE
Assistant Professor
Renee Marquez, DNP, MSN, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2296
Email: [email protected]
Katie McCoy-Hill, DNP, APRN, CCRN, CNS
Assistant Professor
Melinda McLaughlin, MSN
Assistant Professor School of Nursing
Phone: (410) 241-3990
Email: [email protected]
Pamela Surla Milligan, DNP, RNC-NIC, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Elsa Murdoch, DNP, MSN, BSN, CLNC, CPHRM
Department Chair, RN to BSN and Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2290
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208D
Sheryl Nespor, PhD, JD, MSN, BA
Assistant Professor
Phone: (619) 718-9655, Ext. 2168
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #360
Nicole Ringo, MSN/ED, RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Lawrence Santiago, EdD
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6191
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #314
Melissa D. Scalia, PhD
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6351
Email: [email protected]
Jennifer Tran, PhD, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, CNS
Assistant Professor
Instructor
Margaret Brady, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC
Credential Director, MSN Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and School Nurse Program and Instructor
Dawn Eliades, MSN, RN
Instructor
Joy Ericson, MSN, RN, CPN
Instructor
Taemin Jin
Instructor, School of Nursing
Richard Mendez Jr
Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room 208E
Bridget Miranda, DNP, FNP-C
Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2117
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #118
Christine Joy Phongdara
Program Director, Entry Level Master's Program at Inland Empire Regional Campus and Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2872
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, 208 H
Stephanie Schlosser, MSN-ED
Program Director, Upper-Division Transfer Program and Instructor, School of Nursing
Email: [email protected]
Karen Soikkeli, MSN, FNP
Instructor
Phone: (626) 827-1626
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Campus Room 202
Megan Wright, MSN, RN
Instructor