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.

Ali Saad, D.B.A.
Assistant Professor

Iyad Alamir, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Kathleen Andrews, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Omar Pousa-Alvarez, D.B.A.
Instructor

Tetianna Genin Adriienko, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Moataz Abdelgawad, M.B.A.
Assistant Professor

Kevin Bilberry, D.B.A.
Instructor

David Bull, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Edwin Carrillo, D.B.A.
Instructor

George Conley, D.B.A.
Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Crow, M.B.A.
Assistant Professor

Anthony DeVeto, M.A.
Assistant Professor

Leo Florin, M.B.A.
Assistant Professor

Leslie Freeman, M.A.
Assistant Professor

Alan Gatlin, M.S.
Assistant Professor

Vladimir Genin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Amin Ghanei, D.B.A.
Instructor

Faith Glaspie-Ellis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

John Goldberg, M.B.A.
Instructor

Roxann Goodman, M.A.
Assistant Professor

Geraldine Goodstone, D.B.A.
Disseration Director

Dushyant Gosai, D.B.A.
Instructor

Kevin Grant, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Eddie Grigorian, M.A.
Assistant Professor

Katherine Grisham, M.B.A.
Instructor

Kathleen Kemmer, D.B.A.
Assistant Professor

Ejiro Osiobe, D.E.D.
Assistant Professor

Azi Sharif, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Chee Piong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Eric Pratt, M.S.
Assistant Professor

Jennie Wong, D.M.
Assistant Professor

Mia Merritt, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor

Stephanie Hoon, D.M.
Assistant Professor

William Sevilla, M.B.A.
Assistant Professor

Brent Rapisardi, M.B.A.
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.

Rachel Garvin, M.Ed.
Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Program Chair

Ayesegul Inceoglu, M.Ed.
Assistant Professor

Mary Allegra, M.A.
Assistant Professor

Christopher Becerra, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor

Brent Davis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Junfu Gao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Joy Karavedas, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
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.

Andrew Black, Ph.D.
Program Chair, COTE

Gurkan Suzer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College of Law Faculty
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