Meet the Faculty

Dean

• Aja Tulleners Lesh, PhD, RN
  Dean and Professor, School of Nursing

Associate Deans

• Bonita L. Huiskes, RN, FNP-BC, PhD
  Associate Dean, Division of Graduate Departments
• Constance Milton, PhD, RN
  Associate Dean, Administration and Accreditation
• Grace Moorefield, PhD, APRN, BC
  Associate Dean, Division of Undergraduate Programs
• Renee Pozza, PhD, RN,CNS, FNP-BC
  Senior Associate Dean for Academic Initiatives and Innovation
• Sheryl Tyson, PhD, RN, PMHCNS
  Professor and Associate Dean of Research

Professors

• Lina Badr, DNSc, PNP, RN, FAAN
  Professor
• Connie Brehm, PhD, FNP, PHN, RN
  Professor
• Vivien Dee, PhD, RN, NEA-BC,FAAN
  Professor
• Felicitas dela Cruz, DNSc, FAANP, RN
  Professor
• John Doyle, PhD, MFCC
  Professor
• Elaine Goehner, PhD, RNC, CPHQ
  Chair and Professor, Entry Level Master's (ELM)
• Patricia Frohock Hanes, PhD, MAEd, RN, CNE
  Professor
• Nabil Hanna, MD
  Professor
• Lowell Renold, Ph.D.
  Professor
• Leslie Van Dover, MScN, PhD, FNP-BC, R
  Professor
• Cheryl Westlake, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC
  Professor

Associate Professors

• Pamela Cone, PhD, CNS, RN
  Associate Professor
• Linda Crawford, DNP, APRN, NP
  Associate Professor
• Marie N. Fongwa, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN
  Associate Professor
• Janice Haley, PhD, FNP, PNP
  Associate Professor
• Anna Marie Hefner, MSN, MAEd, CPNP, RN
  Associate Professor
• Catherine Heinlein, EdD, RD, MS, CDE, RN
  Associate Director, Neighborhood Wellness Center Azusa and Associate Professor
• Aurelia Macabasco-O'Connell, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FA
  Associate Professor
• Gail Reiner
  Associate Professor and Director of MSN Programs, San Diego Regional Center
• Kathleen Ruccione, Ph.D., RN
  Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Doctoral Programs
• Brent A. Wood, Ph.D.
  Site Director, Monrovia Regional Site, Associate Professor
• Diana Lynn Woods, PhD, APRN-BC, FGSA
  Associate Professor

Assistant Professors

• James F. Adams, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC
  Director, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program, Assistant Professor
• Najood Ghazi Azar, PhD, MSN, RN
  Assistant Professor
• Christina Bivona-Tellez, DNP, MPH, BSN, NEA-B
  Assistant Professor
• Cheryl Boyd, MSN, RN, APRN-CNS
  Assistant Professor
• Margaret Brady, PhD, PNP, RN
  Assistant Professor
• Marcia Davis, RN
  Assistant Professor
• Nemesio Del Rosario, RN, BSN, MN/Ed
  Assistant Professor, Skills Center and Simulation Lab Coordinator
• Melinda Dicken, MSN, RN, CNS
  Interim Chair Baccalaureate Program, Assistant Professor
• Patricia Esslin, PhD, APRN-CNS, CNE
  Assistant Professor
• Shirley Farr, MSN, CNS, RNC
  Director, Entry-Level Master's Program, Assistant Professor
• Karen French, MSN, RN, FNP-C
  Assistant Professor
• Ana-Maria Gallo, Ph.D., CNS, RNC-OB
  San Diego Regional Campus Nursing Site Director, Assistant Professor
• Angela Jun, DNP, FNP-c
  Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
• Laurie Lang, MSN/ED, BC, RN
  Academic Curriculum Specialist, Assistant Professor
• Elizabeth Lopez, PhD, RN, FNP-C
  Assistant Professor
• Mario Macayaon, MSN/Ed, RN, CHSE
  Director of Simulation
• Catherine McCoy-Hill, MSN,RN,CCRN,CNS,ANP
  Assistant Professor
• Cathy McPhee, MSN, FNP, RN
  Academic Practice Partnership Specialist, Assistant Professor
• Pamela Surla Milligan, MSN, FNP-BC, NNP-BC
  Assistant Professor
• Erica Murray, MSN, RN, CNS
  Program Director, Department of Undergraduate Professional Programs, RN to BSN Program (Online)
• Sheryl Nespor, PhD, RN
  Assistant Professor
• Sarah Obermeyer, PhD, CNM, WHNP, RN
  Assistant Professor
• Jill Olausson, PhD, CDE, RN
  Chair, Master's of Nursing in Healthcare Administration and Leadership and Education Programs
• Debra Palmer, DNP,FNP-BC,ONP-C,RN
  Assistant Professor
• Koy Parada, Ph.D. Candidate, MPH
  Assistant Professor; Coordinator, International and Urban/Rural Health Nursing
• Jane Pfeiffer, PhD, RN
  Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Marie Podboy, M.A., B.S.N., RN
  Assistant Professor
• Lynda Reed, DNP, RN, FNP-C
  Chair of Advanced Practice Nursing, Nurse Practitioner Programs
• Diane Sadoughi, MSN, RN, NP
  Instructor
• Karen E. Schaid, MAEd, BSN, RN
  Assistant Professor
• Sharon Titus, Ph.D., MSN, RN
  Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
• Katherine Tong
  Department Chair of Undergraduate Professional Programs
• Janet Wessels, MSN, RN, PHN
  Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Instructors

• Viann Duncan, PMHCNS-BC, MSN, RN
  Instructor
• Melissa Muddell, RN, MSN/ED
  Instructor
• Arianna Smith, RNC-OB, MSN, CPNP
  Instructor

Academic Administrator

• James Schwark, RN, MSN, MDiv, CRRN
  Simulation and Skills Lab Coordinator

Adjunct Professor

• Marilyn Klakovich, DNSc, RN, NEA-BC
  Director, Continuing Education, Instructor

Professor Emerita

• Phyllis Esslinger, MSN, RN
  Professor Emerita