Meet our Faculty
Professors at Westcliff University are teachers first. How do we know? Because students and alumni describe their experience at Westcliff in terms of their professors: caring, supportive, and committed.
We wouldn’t have it any other way. Faculty members are selected for their passion for education as well as for their academic and professional achievements.
College of Business Faculty
The College of Business boasts professors who have earned either their master’s or doctorate degree, and have at least four years of work experience in the field that they teach. All professors are senior managers; many are successful business owners.
Alan Gatlin, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
Ali Gooyabadi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Ali Saad, D.B.A.
Assistant Professor
Alireza Abednahvandi, M.S.
Assistant Professor
Amarjit Singh, Ph.D.
Academic Liaison
Anthony DeVeto, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Benjamin Tran, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
Brent Rapisardi, M.B.A.
Performance Assessment Committee Representative, Assistant Professor
Corinne Martin, M.B.A.
Assistant Professor
Cynthia Azari, Ed.D.
Associate Professor, Academic Standards & Committee Rep
Dale Conjurski, M.B.A.
Senate President, Assistant Professor
Daniel Banyai, M.B.A.
Assistant Professor
Darryl Baker, D.B.A.
Associate Professor
Diane Watkins, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Donald Kilgore, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Edwin Boyd, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
Elizabeth Barrigan, M.A.
Associate Professor
Erick Armelin, M.B.A.
Assistant Professor
Evangeline J. Quimpo, M.P.M.
Associate Professor
Fathiah Inserto, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Frank Jimenez, M.B.A.
Assistant Professor
Gulbakhor Julia Abdullozoda. Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Iyad Alamir, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Jennie Wong, D.M.
Associate Professor
Jessica Zakarian, M.A.
Performance Assessment Committee Representative, Assistant Professor
Jinan Ziade, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Joanne Rapadas, M.B.A.
Assistant Professor
Joshua A. Davidson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Kalpana Gurung P., M.B.A.
Assistant Professor
Karen Robinson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Kathleen Kemmer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Kevin Grant, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Lawrence Pranausk, M.A.
Assistant Professor
Leslie Freeman, M.A.
Associate Professor
Michelle Pyo, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Min Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Nabil Attalla, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Niloufar Roustaei, M.B.A.
Assistant Professor
Omid Mousavi, M.A.
Associate Professor
Paul Chavez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Performance Assessment Committee Representative, Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Peter Max Miller, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Raouf Moussa, D.B.A.
Assistant Professor
Robert Hufangel, J.D.
Assistant Professor
Ross Nordin, M.B.A.
Assistant Professor
Sami Oueida, M.S.
Assistant Professor
Scott Trodick, D.B.A.
Associate Professor
Seyed Ghoraishi, D.B.A.
Associate Professor
Shinichi Hirokawa, D.B.A.
Assistant Professor
Sima Boyce, M.B.A.
Assistant Professor
Stanley Hong, M.S.
Assistant Professor
Stephen Hawn, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Symone Starr Parker, D.M.
Associate Professor
Timothy Kyle, D.B.A.
Assistant Professor
Tracy Foote, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Wayne Hollman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College of Education Faculty
The College of Education is proud to have experienced teachers leading its MATESOL and TESOL certificate programs. Professors have either their master’s or doctorate degree, and are experts in their subject matter. Equally important, professors understand what it takes to secure a teaching position abroad (as well as in the U.S.) and can provide valuable tips for finding positions and negotiating terms.
Ashraf Darwish, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Education
Brian Beichner, M.S.
Assistant Professor, College of Education
Eugene Fields, M.P.A.
Assistant Professor, College of Education
Junfu Gao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Education
Thomas Tischler, M.A.
Curriculum Committee Representative, Assistant Professor, College of Education
Tin Do, M.S.
Assistant Professor, College of Education
College of Technology and Engineering Faculty
The College of Technology & Engineering faculty members consist of professors who have achieved their master’s or doctorate degrees. Their goal is to educate and elevate our students, our future leaders, while simultaneously creating technological solutions and conducting path-breaking research of their own to address the greatest challenges facing our community and world.
Alex Lazo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Amin Al Baroudi, M.B.A.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Andrea Hemphill, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Anju Wadhwa, M.S.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Anthony Onwuz, M.S.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Bilge Karabacak, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Christine Walczyk, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Claud Tanoe, D.M.
Associate Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Elizabeth Crow, M.B.A.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Elizabeth Zeno, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Fadi Batarseh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Gurkan Suzer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Javaid Syed, D.B.A.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Jihoon Koo, M.E.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Kamryn Downs, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Kay Shamsa, M.S.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Louna Al Hallak, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Mahfood Alkaabi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Mahmoud Elsayess, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Mahmut Ozcan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Oludotun Oni, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Rell Snyder, D.B.A.
Associate Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
Sanaz Tehrani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Technology & Engineering
College of Law Faculty
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