Meet the Faculty
Dean
Renee Pozza, PhD, RN, CNS, FNP-BC, FAASLD
Dean and Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5403
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 303
Associate Dean
Teresa Dodd-Butera, PhD, RN/DABAT
Associate Dean for Research and Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 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, Ext. 2045
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 316
Ruth Mielke, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM, WHNP-BC
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5383
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 311
Lori Silao, PhD, RN, MN NNP-BC
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Division and Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6352
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 313
Professor
Marie N. Fongwa, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0162
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 234
Nabil Hanna, MB BCh
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0242
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 357
Marcella Hardy-Peterson, DNP, RN, WHNP
Program Director, Professor School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2188
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, IE 208 Q
Aja Tulleners Lesh, PhD, RN
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0400
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One
Hong Li, PhD
Director, APU Institute of Health Research and Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6324
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 235
Lowell Renold, PhD
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0188
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 302
Linda Searle-Leach, PhD
Department Chair; Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 4885
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Office 236
Sharon K. Titus, PhD
Professor, School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0303
Email: [email protected]
Ebere Ume, PhD
Professor, School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2178
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 201
Diana Lynn Woods, PhD, APRN-BC, FGSA, FAAN
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0336
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 221
Associate Professor
David A. Dorman, MDiv, PhD
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5422
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 360
Meaghan Ellis, PsyD, RN, MSN
Department Chair, Entry-Level Master's Program and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2123
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
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5075
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 318
Catherine Heinlein, EdD, RD, MS, CDE, RN
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0394
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 348
Dayna M. Holt, CPN, CRNI, VA-BC
Program Director, Entry Level Master's Program at San Diego Regional Campus and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, 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
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0359
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Online
Elsa Murdoch, DNP, MSN, BSN, CLNC, CPHRM
Department Chair, RN to BSN and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0167
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, IERC Room #208D
David Picella, PhD, FNP, CNS, GS-C, CPG
Program Director, MSN Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Program and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5368
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 355
Patricia Quinn, PhD, ANP-BC
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5416
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room 119
Jenna Reyes, EdD, RN, PHN, CHSE
Department Chair, Nursing Education and Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2164
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. 5371
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 315
Valerie Joy Smith, PhD, RN, MSN, CCRN
Department Chair, Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6067
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building 1, 314
Amanda Thurman, DNPc, MSN, FNP-BC
Program Director, Assistant Professor School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2194
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, SD 107
Assistant Professor
Christina Bangui, MSN-Ed, RN
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0334
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Office 342
Elizabeth Bartolomeo
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0412
Email: [email protected]
Jolita Beckstrand
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0440
Email: [email protected]
Christina Bivona-Tellez, DNP, MPH, BSN, NEA-B
Assistant Professor
Crystal Camagong
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0398
Email: [email protected]
Sagie De Guzman, PhD, MSN, APRN, A-CNS, ANP-C
Program Director; Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0166
Email: [email protected]
Nemesio Del Rosario, MN/Ed, RN, PHN
Skills Center Coordinator and Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 812-6000, Ext. 6312
Email: [email protected]
Stephanie Frimpong
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0409
Email: [email protected]
Ragi George, PhD, MSN/ED, RN, GERO-BC, CMSRN, CNE
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 804-2712
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. 2189
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, Ext. 5390
Email: [email protected]
Mario Macayaon, MSN/ED, RN, CHSE
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0427
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 356
Renee Marquez, DNP, MSN, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0312
Email: [email protected]
Melinda McLaughlin, DNP
Assistant Professor School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0410
Email: [email protected]
Pamela Surla Milligan, DNP, RNC-NIC, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0288
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 212
Bridget Miranda, DNP, MBA, FNP-C
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0438
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room 118
Sheryl Nespor, PhD, JD, MSN, BA
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0299
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room 360
Nicole Ringo, MSN/ED, RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6346
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 316
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. 6038
Email: [email protected]
Stephanie Schlosser, MSN-ED
Program Director, Upper-Division Transfer Program and Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6136
Email: [email protected]
Jennifer Tran, PhD, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, CNS
Assistant Professor, CNS Director
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0376
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 361
Monique Whye, MAT, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0190
Email: [email protected]
Instructor
Margaret Brady, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC
Credential Director, MSN Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and School Nurse Program and Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5431
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 309
Dawn Eliades, MSN, RN
Instructor
Joy Ericson, MSN, RN, CPN
Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0159
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 434
Taemin Jin
Instructor, School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6301
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 344
Richard Mendez Jr
Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6089
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room 208E
Christine Joy Phongdara
Program Director, Entry Level Master's Program at Inland Empire Regional Campus and Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3850
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, 208 H
Lauren Rowley, MBA, BSN, RN, PHN, TCTCN
Clinical Educator (GWEP) and Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0316
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building 1, Room 309
Karen Soikkeli, MSN, FNP
Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0247
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Campus Room 202
Megan Wright, MSN, RN
Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2161
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, 112