Meet the Faculty

Dean

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  Aja Tulleners Lesh, PhD, RN

  Dean and Professor, School of Nursing

  • Phone: (626) 815-5384
  • Email: alesh@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, School of Nursing

Associate Deans

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  Bonita L. Huiskes, PhD, FNP-BC, RN

  Associate Dean, Division of Graduate Departments and Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5382
  • Email: bhuiskes@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #311
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  Constance Milton, PhD, RN

  Associate Dean, Administration and Accreditation and Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5532
  • Email: cmilton@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #301
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  Grace Moorefield, PhD, APRN-BC

  Associate Dean, Division of Undergraduate Departments and Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000 ext. 5377
  • Email: gmoorefield@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Office #313
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  Renee Pozza, PhD, RN, CNS, FNP-BC

  Senior Associate Dean for Academic Initiatives and Innovation and Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-5403
  • Email: rpozza@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #304
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  Sheryl Tyson, PhD, APRN, CNS

  Associate Dean of Research, Executive Director Institute of Health Research and Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5942
  • Email: styson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #236

Professors

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  Lina Badr, PhD, PNP, FAAN

  Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6178
  • Email: lbadr@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #242
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  Vicky R. Bowden, DNSc, RN

  Vice Provost; WSCUC Accreditation Liaison Officer; Professor, School of Nursing

  • Phone: (626) 815-2034
  • Email: vbowden@apu.edu
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  Pamela Cone, PhD, RN, CNS, PHN

  Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-5466
  • Email: pcone@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #357
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  Vivien Dee, PhD, RN, NEA-BC,FAAN

  Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-5387
  • Email: vdee@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #235
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  Felicitas dela Cruz, DNSc

  Executive Director Office of Evaluation and Assessment, Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-5395
  • Email: fdelacruz@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #233
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  Teresa Dodd-Butera, PhD; RN/DABAT

  Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-2120
  • Email: tbutera@apu.edu
  • Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Office #107
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  John Doyle, PhD, MFCC

  Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5215
  • Email: jdoyle@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site
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  Elaine Goehner, PhD, RNC, CPHQ

  Department Chair Entry Level Master's and Professor

  • Phone: (452) 698-9221
  • Email: egoehner@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #241
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  Nabil Hanna, MD

  Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5411
  • Email: nhanna@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #346
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  Lowell Renold, Ph.D.

  Professor

  • Phone: Ext. 5593
  • Email: lrenold@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, #347
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  Leslie Van Dover, PhD, MScN, PN, RN, FNP-BC

  Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-5378
  • Email: lvandover@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #355
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  Cheryl Westlake, PhD, RN, ACNS

  Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5587
  • Email: ccanary@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Office #231

Associate Professors

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  Najood Ghazi Azar, PhD, MSN

  Department Chair, 2+2 BSN Transfer, LVN-BSN Programs and Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6314
  • Email: nazar@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #216
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  Frank Berry, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor/Curriculum Specialist, School of Nursing; Associate Professor/Curriculum Specialist, Department of Clinical Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-5008
  • Email: fberry@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Mary Hill Center, Room 232
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  Linda Crawford, DNP, APRN, NP

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000 ext. 5390
  • Email: ljcrawford@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #238
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  Tina Escobedo, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

  Assistant Department Chair of Doctoral Programs, Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3864
  • Email: tescobedo@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #212
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  Marie N. Fongwa, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5380
  • Email: mfongwa@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #234
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  Anna Marie Hefner, PhD, MAEd, CPNP, RN

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-5397
  • Email: ahefner@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #353
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  Catherine Heinlein, EdD, RD, MS, CDE, RN

  Associate Director, Neighborhood Wellness Center Azusa and Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5558
  • Email: cheinlein@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, #348
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  Angela Hudson, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FNP

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-600
  • Email: ahudson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #348
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  Aurelia Macabasco-O'Connell, PhD, MSN, ACNP-BC, FAHA

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6309
  • Email: amacabascooconnell@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #232
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  Jane Pfeiffer, PhD, RN

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 857-2265
  • Email: jpfeiffer@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208K
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  Patricia Quinn, PhD, ANP-BC

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: ext. 2159
  • Email: pquinn@apu.edu
  • Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #119
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  Diana Rodriguez, PhD, MS, CNS, RN

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: ext. 2150
  • Email: drodriguez@apu.edu
  • Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #112
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  Kathleen Ruccione, PhD, MPH, RN, CPON, FAAN

  Department Chair of Doctoral Programs and Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000 Extension 3050
  • Email: kruccione@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #241
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  Nancy Sabin, DNP

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: ext. 2159
  • Email: nsabin@apu.edu
  • Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #315
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  Brent A. Wood, PhD

  Director and Associate Professor, Monrovia Regional Site

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000 ext. 6317
  • Email: bwood@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #116
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  Diana Lynn Woods, PhD, APRN-BC, FGSA, FAAN

  Associate Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6310
  • Email: dwoods@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #221

Assistant Professors

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  James F. Adams, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC

  Director, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program and Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5943
  • Email: jfadams@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #316
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  Rose Theresa Anderson, MSN, BSN, RN, PMHNP-BC

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2276
  • Email: randerson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #M208G
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  Christina Bivona-Tellez, DNP, MPH, BSN, NEA-B

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (951) 312-2915
  • Email: cbivonatellez@apu.edu
  • Office Location: West Campus
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  Cheryl Boyd, PhD, APRN

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5675
  • Email: cherylboyd@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #361
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  Marissa Brash, DrPH, MPH, CPH

  Department Chair, Master of Public Health, and Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6186
  • Email: mbrash@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Suite 604B, Office 306
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  Angela Coaston, MSN, RN, FNP, PHN

  Nursing Site Director IERC and Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2225
  • Email: acoaston@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus
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  Nemesio Del Rosario, MN/Ed, RN, PHN

  Skills Center Coordinator, Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 812-6000 ext.6312
  • Email: ndelrosario@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #107C
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  Melinda Dicken, MSN, RN, CNS

  Department Chair of Baccalaureate Nursing, Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5936
  • Email: mdicken@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #314
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  Meaghan Ellis, PsyD, RN, MSN

  Assistant Professor and Program Director, LVN/Upper Division 2+2 Inland Empire Regional Center

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2711
  • Email: meaghanellis@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus
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  Patricia Esslin, PhD, APRN-CNS, CNE

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5941
  • Email: pesslin@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #363
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  Shirley Farr, MSN, CNS, RN

  Program Director of the Entry-Level Master's Program, Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6306
  • Email: sfarr@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #220
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  Karen French, MSN, FNP-C, RN, PHN

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-2340
  • Email: kfrench@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #343
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  Ana-Maria Gallo, PhD, CNS, RNC-OB

  Nursing Site Director San Diego Regional Campus, Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2163
  • Email: agallo@apu.edu
  • Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Office #108
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  Angela Jun, DNP, FNP-BC

  Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

  • Phone: (626) 815-5589
  • Email: ahjun@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #347
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  Lori Keith, DNP, WHCNP

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2342
  • Email: lkeith@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208-M
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  Beverly Kelley, MS, RN, CNS, CCRN

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (909) 888-9977
  • Email: bkelley@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208
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  Laurie Lang, MSN/ED, BC, RN

  Academic Curriculum Specialist, Assistant Professor

  • Phone: ext. 5599
  • Email: llang@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #305
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  Elizabeth Lopez, PhD, RN, FNP-C

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5957
  • Email: elopez@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #325
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  Mario Macayaon, MSN/ED, RN, CHSE

  Director of Simulation, Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3196
  • Email: mmacayaon@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room 356
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  Renee Marquez, DNP, MSN, PMHNP-BC

  Site Director, High Desert Regional Campus and Assistant Professor

  • Phone: Ext. 2296
  • Email: rmarquez@apu.edu
  • Office Location: High Desert Regional Campus
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  Katie McCoy-Hill, RN, MSN, CNS, ANP-C

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-5396
  • Email: khill@apu.edu
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  Pamela Surla Milligan, DNP, RNC-NIC, FNP-BC

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6350
  • Email: pmilligan@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site
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  Elsa Murdoch, DNP, MSN, BSN, CLNC, CPHRM

  Assistant Professor, Professional Programs

  • Phone: ext. 2290
  • Email: emurdoch@apu.edu
  • Office Location: High Desert Regional Campus, Room #225
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  Sheryl Nespor, PhD, JD, MSN, BA

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (619) 718-9655 ext. 2168
  • Email: snespor@apu.edu
  • Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #360
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  Sarah Obermeyer, PhD, CNM, WHNP

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-5935
  • Email: sobermeyer@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #218
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  Jill Olausson, PhD, RN, CDE

  Chair, Master's of Nursing in Healthcare Administration and Leadership and Nursing Education Programs and Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000 ext. 5968
  • Email: jolausson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One
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  Koy Parada, MPH, PhDc

  Assistant Professor; Coordinator, International and Urban/Rural Health Nursing

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5500
  • Email: kparada@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #348
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  Marie Podboy, MA, BSN, CFRN

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: ext. 2131
  • Email: mpodboy@apu.edu
  • Office Location: High Desert Regional Campus
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  Orel Ramirez, DNP, MSN-ED, RN, PHN, CCRN

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: Ext. 2278
  • Email: oramirez@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208P
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  Lynda Reed, DNP, RN, FNP-C

  Department Chair of Advanced Practice Nursing, Nurse Practitioner Programs and Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5594
  • Email: lreed@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #317
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  Nicole Ringo, MSN/ED, RN

  Assistant Professor, Entry Level Master's Program

  • Phone: ext. 6346
  • Email: nringo@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #208
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  Diane Sadoughi, MSN, RN, NP

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-5960
  • Email: dsadoughi@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #325
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  Perry Sahagun, MSN, FNP, RN

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6311
  • Email: psahagun@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #207
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  Karen E. Schaid, MAEd, BSN, RN

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000 ext. 2295
  • Email: kschaid@apu.edu
  • Office Location: High Desert Regional Campus, Room #222
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  Lori Silao, PhD, RN, MN NNP-BC

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: ext. 6352
  • Email: lsilao@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #202
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  Valerie Joy Smith, MSN, RN

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, ext. 5401
  • Email: vjsmith@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #344
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  Janette Tingson, MSN, RN, CPN

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000 ext. 6313
  • Email: jtingson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site
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  Sharon Titus, PhD, MSN, RN

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: stitus@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site
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  Beth Vawter, MSN, RN, NP-C

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: x2365
  • Email: bvawter@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208E
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  Janet Wessels, MSN, RN, PHN

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (619) 718-9655, Ext. 2164
  • Email: jwessels@apu.edu
  • Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #117
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  Jie Yu, PhD, RN

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: ext. 6322
  • Email: jyu@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #205

Instructors

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  Margaret Brady, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC

  Instructor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5431
  • Email: mbrady@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #309
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  Beth Colangelo, MSN/ED, RNC

  Instructor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2289
  • Email: bcolangelo@apu.edu
  • Office Location: High Desert Regional Campus
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  Tara Devila, MSN-Ed, RN, PHN

  Instructor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2702
  • Email: tdevila@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #2080
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  Viann Duncan, MSN, RN

  Instructor

  • Phone: ext. 5010
  • Email: vduncan@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #345
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  Lydia Garcia-Usry, RN, MSN, PHN

  Instructor, Undergraduate Nursing

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2293
  • Email: lgarciausry@apu.edu
  • Office Location: High Desert Regional Campus, Room #200A
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  Brando Gorlero, DC, MEd, BSN, RN

  Instructor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2323
  • Email: bgorlero@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus
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  Dayna Holt, MSN, RN, CPN, CRNI, VA-BC

  Instructor, Program Director Entry Level Master's Program San Diego

  • Phone: 2140
  • Email: dholt@apu.edu
  • Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #113
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  Bridget Miranda, MSN, FNP-C

  Instructor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000

  • Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #118

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  Melissa Muddell, MSN/Ed, RN

  Instructor

  • Phone: (909) 720-4099
  • Email: mmuddell@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #206
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  Brianna Pack, MBA

  Instructor, Chair of Online Education Committee

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: bpack@apu.edu
  • Office Location: High Desert Regional Campus
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  Stephanie Radnoti, MSN, FNP-BC, RN

  Instructor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6329
  • Email: sradnoti@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site
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  Arianna Smith, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC

  Instructor

  • Phone: (626) 815-5121
  • Email: agsmith@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #326
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  Karen Soikkeli, MSN, FNP-C, RN

  Instructor

  • Phone: Ext. 2118
  • Email: ksoikkeli@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208R

Adjunct Professor

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  Marilyn Klakovich, DNSc, RN, NEA-BC

  Director, Continuing Education, Instructor

  • Phone: (626) 815-5406
  • Email: mklakovich@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #341

Professors Emeritae

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  Connie Brehm, PhD, FNP, PHN, RN

  Professor Emerita

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5404
  • Email: cbrehm@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room #303
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  Phyllis Esslinger, RN, PHN, MSN

  Professor Emerita; President, Western Conservancy of Nursing History

  • Phone: (626) 815-5386
  • Email: pesslinger@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #236