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 Nursing
The College of Nursing is led by experienced educators and healthcare professionals who hold advanced degrees and have extensive clinical experience. Faculty serve as nursing leaders, researchers, or practitioners, bringing real-world expertise to the classroom to prepare future nurses for success.
College of Nursing Faculty
College of Nursing Instructors
Sahara Aguilar
Eddie Burns
Michelle Connors
John Dela Cruz Portugal
Jayme Goodner
Kim Heien
Genevieve Herle
Jordan Hung
Tarah Lehman
Ashley McCloud
Omar Muneeb
Ali Qazi
Kevin San Luis
Genie Tolentino
Westcliff University Canada
Westcliff Canada Faculty
Westcliff Canada Instructors
Ashraf Abou Tabl
Ionut Anghelache
Somayeh Fatahi
Hamad Haddad Pajouh
Pragati Kapoor
Amarpreet Kaur
Elnaz Khatmi
Pooyan Nayyeri
Janki Shah
Ramandeep Singh
Hamed Taherdoost
College of Business
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.
College of Business Faculty
College of Business Faculty
College of Business Faculty, cont.
Danielle Blair
Sr. Administration Support
College of Business Instructors
Maritza Adonis
Mustafa Aldaaod
Susan Al-Shammari
Omar Alvarez Pousa
Jackie Amerson
Hazar Amino
Geoffrey Arnold
Xi Bai
Danielle Baines
Archita Banik
Daneene Barton
James Bayliff
Sofia Beglari
Veronica W. Benson
Kevin Bilberry
Amarjot Biring
Jay Black
George Blount
La Fawn Brito
Jumelle Brooks
Kaheshia Brooks
Mel Brown
Tammie Burkhart
Josh Cain
Chris Callender
Tyrone Cassell
Cesar Castellanos
Mark Christenson
Connie Clary
Tony Clayton
Emir Costello
Dale Dan
Asiya Daud
Emma Davis
Martin DiBello
Ziadlou Dina
Eugene Dokes
Lisa Driscoll
Sebrina Dunston
Stephanie D. Dunston
Fred Eidson
Nyra Elsayess
Mike Escudie
Maria Gambuzza
Tiffany George
Amin Ghanei
Analexis Glaude
Geraldine Goodstone
Latanya Gordon
Joel Greenman
Katherine Grisham
Quiante Hager
Sanel Halilbegovic
John Hannon
Jam Harley
Deshaun Harris
William Harris
David Hawkins
Joe Hines
Christella Hogan
Yvette Holmes
Sara Howe
Ralph Hughes
Kathleen Irwin
Sundeep Jain
Theresa Jenkins-Chadwick
Thomas Joseph
Chris Kaufman
Brittney Kempink
Donna Kjellander
Jordan Knecht
Matt Knight
Salomae Kpohanu
Martisa Lanier
Ricky J. Lebrun
Daniel Leu
Arham Limoochi
Gonzalo Macera
Abraham Manase
Cristhian Mancera Mejia
Steve Martinez
Mayra Martinez-Austin
Ebony Mason
Shelly Mathewis
Juan Maza
Catherine McBride
Mark McCoy
Nicolas Miles
Jasmin E. Miller
Trina Moore
Ariel Morel
Pierreline Mwanza
Kadieva Napisat
Karrie Newby
Ploy Nithiphanthawong
leanne Nunez
Paula Offutt
Reuben Onyancha
Steven Owlett
Efthemia Papadopoulos
Nadya Y. Patrick
Deo Persaud
Kim Pizarro Cruz
Michael Pottenger
Ronil Prasad
JoAnn Prevetti
William Putnam
Joe Rice
Angel Rios-Pelati
Orlando Rivero
Tonya Rivers
Fernando Rodrigues da Motta Bertoncello
Dario Rodriguez
Claudia Rodriguez-Medellin
Darryl Root
LaMont A Rouse
Ramy Saber
Jay Sacdalan
Armando Salas Amaro
Diane Salcedo
Tanya Sanchez
Richard Sands
Ryosuke Sato
Kate Shilvock
Matthew Singer
Vabrice Smiley
Douglass Smith
Gregory Smith
Nadia Soulouque
Kyle Steadham
Jeff Stevens
Maddie Sweat
Rachelle Tanega
Bindu Tiwari Sapkota
Ernesto Varela
Maria Veguilla Sanchez
Ahmad Vessal
David Walker
Natalie Walker
Dr. Tracy West
Frederick White
Mark Wilcher
Omari Williams
Tianshu Wu
Michael Yuann
Arshak Zargaryan
Shimeka Bruton
College of Education
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.
College of Education Faculty
College of Education Faculty
College of Education Faculty, cont.
Jonathan Alcaraz
Adjunct Faculty
Deanna Brady
Assistant Professor
Alaina Desjardin, D.B.A.
Full Time Faculty
Jennifer Money Harris, Ph.D.
Full Time Faculty
Thomas Tischler, M.A.
Assistant Professor
Brian Townsley
Full Time Faculty
College of Education Instructors
Leila Abouzaki
Rabab Atwi
Glenn Baxley
Cynthia Bea
Victoria Bender Whieldon
James Branham
Jen Bunce
Armando Delfino
Lara Dorman
Sherief El-Shazly
Natasha Ganes
Cara Guggino
Susan Hatchett
Raelene Haugen
Sam Hernandez
Brittney Hill
Sema Keskekci
Ashley Khan
Mohsen Khazaei
Natsumi Komiyama-Mita
Francisco Lopez
Belinda Musoni
Bryan Nelson
Joyce Okoth
Caroline Park
Danielle Peloquin
Monica Prince
Chuck Resor
Anna Shcherbak Scoby
Shelley Spessard
Ali Veral
Danielle Webster
Leslie Wheaton
Hongchang Zhang
Marguerite Mourad
College of Technology & Engineering
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.
College of Technology & Engineering Faculty
College of Technology and Engineering Faculty
College of Technology & Engineering Faculty, cont.
Alex Lazo
Assistant Professor
Amin Al Baroudi
Assistant Professor
Bilge Karabacak
Assistant Professor
Chartese Davis
Assistant Professor
Claude Tanoe
Assistant Professor
Farhad Malek Asghar
Assistant Professor
Javaid Syed
Assistant Professor
Kyle Allison
Assistant Professor
Madhuchanda Ghose
Assistant Professor
Mahmut Ozcan
Assistant Professor
Stew McConnell
Assistant Professor
College of Technology & Engineering Instructors
Ashraf Abou Tabl
Desmond Ademiluyi
Wissam Ahmed
Aliah Algassmi
Ionut Anghelache
Noha Bhairy
Adam Black
Matthew L. Brown
Lance M. Caldwell
Dominic Carone
Rushabh Dalwadi
Moice Dixon
Tafadzwa Dube
Augustine Ebot
Hamid Ebrahimi
Jay Edmonson
Arjang Fahim
Somayeh Fatahi
Syeda Nyma Ferdous
Patricia Foley
Marquita Frazier
Pankaj Goel
Hamad Haddad Pajouh
Vanessa Hall
Jackie Harmon
Maury Hillstrom
Shemika N Howard
David Huang
Edward Hyman
Tarik Iles Iles
D’Ann Jackson
Kris Jamsa
Pragati Kapoor
Amarpreet Kaur
Elnaz Khatmi
Mark A. Kjellander
Ian Larson
Genemar Lazo
Liang Li
Xiaowei Li
Richard Loke
Richard Lomotey
Lingyi Lu
Jesus Lucio
Sathya Madhusudhanan
Roger Matthews
Predrag Mikanovic
Sina Mohammadi
Mike Moifolley
Joseph Morgan
James Murray
Pooyan Nayyeri
Brogan OConnor
Ibaa Oueichek
Samira Pakravan
Kyungchan Park
Michael Quintieri
Gulnar Rakhmetulla
Ashley Rosilier
Patricia Shaffer
Janki Shah
Faisal Shakeel
Rahul Shirale
Ramandeep Singh
Hamed Taherdoost
Eve Thullen
Benjamin Torrales
Angelina Tzacheva
Yilmaz Vural
Aaron Wester
Virginia Whitlock
Ian Wilkinson
Brian Williams
Tricia Williams
Christopher Zacher
Ghani Zahid
Presidential Graduate School
Presidential Graduate School Faculty
Aarya Subedi
Abiral Khanal
Achal Raj Pandey
Ajanta Das Dutta
Ajay Adhikari
Amrish Kumar Das
Anupama Poudel
Arun Shrestha
Arvind Shakya
Ashwin Satyal
Awashis Prasad Ojha
Axit Raj Poudel
Bibek Acharya
Bibek Bhandary
Bibek Jha
Bibek Khanal
Bibek Ropakheti
Bibhu Prasad Aryal
Binita Gurung
Deepak Bhatta
Deepak Kumar Karna
Dilip Baral
Dolma Kumari Sherpa
Dr. Gopal Bhatta
Dr. Pradip Paudyal
Dr. Sanjay Hamal
Dr. Sateesh Kumar Ojha
Dr. Shyan Kirat Rai
Dr. Suresh Pokharel
Enna Mool
Gunjan Khanal
Hariom Ghimire
Himalaya Kakshapati
Jaya Bahadur Neupane
Jayendra Rimal
Khom Prasad Ghimire
Kosh Raj Koirala
Krishna Nakarmi
Lekhnath Timalsena
Lina Baniya
Madhab Prasad Regmi
Mandip Luitel
Manoj Joshi
Mukti Thapa
Padam Singh Mahata
Prabhat Koirala
Prabin Paudyal
Prabodh Shiwakoty
Prajol Joshi
Prakash Dahal
Pramod Acharya
Prem Kumar Shrestha
Pritha Malla
Rabindra Silwal
Rajan Nepal
Ram Krishna Pariyar
Ranjan Raj Aryal
Rohit Poudel
Roshan Khatri
Roshan Koirala
Ruchin Singh
Sahil Joshi
Sampanna Shrestha
Sanjay Adhikari
Santosh Chhetri
Saurav Raj Verma
Shanta Rayamajhi
Shashank Shree Neupane
Shrawan Thakur
Shrijana Basnet
Siman Giri
Sobit Thakuri
Som Prasad Shrestha
Sravan Ghimire
Subekshya Pradhan
Sujan Raja Shrestha
Suraj Prakash Aryal
Tek Raj Pant
Urma Lama Yonzan
King’s College
King's College Faculty
Maskey Abhisekh
Neeraj Acharya
Suhel Acharya
Anmol Adhikari
Bibek Adhikari
Dadhi Adhikari
Pravin Adhikari
Santosh Adhikari
Ankit Adhikari
Nancy Agrawal
Pyakuryal Amod
Mishra Amuda
Upasna Archarya
Bibhu Aryal
Narottam Aryal
Prina Bajracharya
Arun Basnet
Dixit Bhatta
Gopal Bhatta
Mallika Bhattarai
Basnet Bishwas
Abhishek Bista
Vishal Bista
Raunak Chaudhari
Raj Tilak Chaulagai
Agraj Dangal
Subhrajit Dutta
Uddip Gajurel
Arun GC
Avash Ghimire
Nirupama Ghimire
Pradeep Ghimire
Shreejesh Ghimire
Chandan Gupta Prasad
Hait Gurulakshmi
Purvi Jagnani
Punit Jajodia
Paarash Jung Kadel
Saroj K Ghimire
Raunak Karanjit
Smriti Karanjit
Abhinav Karki
Saswat Karki
Sumitra KC
Tilak KC
Prajwal Khadka
Udgum Khadka
Krishna Khanal
Sushil Kharel
Alok Khatri
Roshan Khatri
Ujjwal Koirala
Govinda Koirala
Anjani Kumar Phuyal
Ajay Kumar Shah
Prateek Lalwani
Ashween Lama
Alok Lamsal
Raj Ritu Lamsal
Binica Maharjan
Yujesh Maleku
Anu Mishra
Baburam Niraula
Chittaranjan Pandey
Manoj Pandey
Prashamsa Pandey
Sujit Pandey
ANIL PARAJULI
Ujjwol Paudel
Aviral Paudyal
Arun Phuyal
Prasanna Pokahrel
Madhu Pokharel
Raj Sushil Poudel
Prabesh Poudel
Ritu Pradhan Malla
Bikram Prajapati
Chandra Prasad Rijal
Busan P. K. D. Prasain
Kumar Pudashine
Dovan Rai
Anup Raj Satyal
Susham Rajibhandari
Prayas D. Rajopadhyaya
Pranaya Rana
Arvindra Ranjit
Abhilasha Rayamajhi
Sushant Rijal
Shrestha Sanjeevani Yonzon
Kaushal Sapkota
Milan Kumar Sardar Tharu
Shailendra Sha
Aditya Sharma
Rajiv Sharma
Pokharel Shree
Man Saajan Shrestha
Alok Shrestha
Bhawana Shrestha
Chetna Shrestha
Jiten Shrestha
Rishav Shrestha
Sandeep Shrestha
Sumira Shrestha
Umes Shrestha
Akash Shrestha,
Niraj Shukla,
Dixita Silwal
Pawan Singh
Divya Singy
Rajib Subba
Aaryaa Subedi
Amresh Subedi
Yuyutsav Subedi
Sushil Sushil Kumar Pant
Anant Tamang
Aryan Thapa
Pratistha Thapa
Sarthak Thapa
Sadiksha Thapa
Nawang Thora Sherpa
Anuj Tiwari
Bishal Trital
Atul Upadhyay
Paras Upadhyay
Ajay Uprety