University Directory

Administration

President – Don Bantz
Academic Dean - Tracy Stewart
Chief Finance Officer - Deborah Johnston
Dean of Students - Kelly O’Brian Smith
Director of Admissions – Barclay Roeder
Registrar – Michelle Wheeler
Director of Student Financial Services – Phong Moua
Director of Information Technology – Michael Baker
Facilities/Property Manager – Kathy Mincks

Faculty

KAREN BAKER, Instructor in Education; Director, Post-Baccalaureate Programs in Education; B.S., University of Maryland; M.Ed., University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

LINDA BLACK, Associate Professor of Education; Chair, Education Department; B.S., Lewis & Clark College; M.A., Washington State University; Ed.D., University Southern California.

REGINA A. BOISCLAIR, Professor of Religious Studies; Cardinal Newman Chair of Catholic Theology; B.A., Anna Maria College; M.S., Simmons College; M.Div, S.T.M., Yale University; M.A., Providence College; M.A., Ph.D., Temple University.

AMANDA LYNN BOOTH, Assistant Professor of Geology and Earth Sciences; B.S., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; Ph.D., Stanford University.

JOHN BUTLER, Assistant Professor of Education; B.S., The University of Michigan; M.S., University of Alaska, Anchorage; Ed.D., The University of Michigan.

LESLIE CORNICK, Associate Professor of Marine Biology and Statistics; Chair, Environmental Science Department; B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.

KATHLEEN CRONEN, Instructor of Health Services Administration; B.S., Creighton University; M.S., University of LaVerne.

BEVERLY DENNIS, Assistant Professor of Business Administration; B.A., Alaska Pacific University; MBA, Alaska Pacific University.

ROMAN J. DIAL, Professor of Biology and Mathematics; Director, Master of Science in Environmental Science Program; B.S., M.S., University of Alaska Fairbanks; Ph.D., Stanford University.

DOROTHY SHEPARD DUNNE, Associate Professor of Human Services; Chair, Counseling Psychology and Human Services Dept.; Lead Faculty for Human Services; B.A., M.A., University of Colorado; M.A.T., Alaska Pacific University; Ed.D., Boston University.

MEI MEI EVANS, Associate Professor of English; B.A., Hampshire College; M.F.A., Vermont College; Ph.D., University of Washington.

MARK FALLER, Professor of Philosophy; B.A. Harvard University; M.A., St John’s College, Annapolis; Ph.D., University of Georgia.

SCOTT FREDRICKSON, Professor of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship; A.A., Fullerton Community College; B.A., California State University Fullerton; M.B.A., Pepperdine University; D.A., University of Northern Colorado.

JASON GECK, Assistant Professor in Environmental Science; B.A., California State University, Sacramento; M.S., Alaska Pacific University.

RENEE GEORG, Assistant Professor of Human Services; Director of Master of Science in Counseling Psychology; B.S., Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania; M.S., Alaska Pacific University.

VIRGINIA G. GOLSAN, Associate Professor of Education; B.S., Trevecca University; M.Ed., University of Alaska Fairbanks; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (on sabbatical Fall 2012).

BRAD HARRIS, Assistant Professor of Marine Biology; B.S. Texas A&M, College Station; M.S., Ph.D.,  University of Massachusetts-School of Marine Science, New Bedford.

VICTORIA HYKES STEERE, Assistant Professor of Alaska Native Studies; B.A. Colby College; J.D. University of Iowa College of Law; LL.M University of Washington School of Law.

MICHAEL KAPLAN, Associate Professor of Outdoor Studies; B.A., Reed College, Portland; M.A., University of Alaska, Anchorage; Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle.

BETH KERSEY, Associate Professor of Human Services; B.A., Western State College; M.S., University of East Anglia; M.A., University of Sussex; M.R.A., University of San Francisco; M.S., University of Idaho.  

KIM S. KJAERSGAARD, Professor of Psychology; B.A., M.S., University of Alaska Anchorage; Ph.D., University of Chicago.

MEGAN BOLTWOOD KRUPA, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Policy and Planning; B.A., Prescott College; M.S. University of Montana, Missoula; Ph.D., University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

ROBERT A. LANE, Professor of Psychology; Director, Doctoral program in Counseling Psychology; B.A., University of Alaska Anchorage; M.S., University of LaVerne; Ph.D., The Union Institute.

EEVA LATOSUO, Assistant Professor of Outdoor Studies; B.S., Western Washington University; M.S., University of Helsinki, Finland (on sabbatical leave 2012-2013).

RICHARD F. LAZUR, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology; A.B., Assumption College; Psy.D., Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology.

DALE LEHMAN, Professor of Economics; Director, MBA Programs; B.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook; M.A., Ph. D., University of Rochester.

MICHAEL LOSO, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences; B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.S., University of Vermont; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz (on sabbatical leave 2012-2013)

CAROLE LUND, Associate Professor in Business Administration; Lead faculty for Business Administration and Management Degree; B.A., Alaska Pacific University; M.Ed., University of Alaska Anchorage; Ed.D., National Louis University, Chicago, Illinois.

PEGGY V. MARCINIEC, Associate Professor of Education; B.S., Illinois State University; M.S. Northern Illinois University; Ed.D., Northern Illinois University.

PAMELA A. MASLYK, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Coordinator of Math Placements; B.A., Slippery Rock University, PA; M.S. University of Alaska Fairbanks.

KAREN A. McCAIN, Assistant Professor of Education, Director, Master of Arts Program; B.S., Towson University; M.A.T., Alaska Pacific University.

ANN McCOY, Associate Professor of Education; B.A., Humboldt State University; M.A.T., Alaska Pacific University; Ph.D., University of Idaho.

DAVID F. McGIVERN, Associate Professor of Outdoor Studies;  B.A., M.A., University of Alaska Anchorage.

LUC MEHL, Instructor in Physical Science and Mathematics;  B.S., Carleton College; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program; M.S., University of California, Santa Barbara.

GINA MILLER, Assistant Professor of Writing, Director of Writing Program; B.A., Washburn University; M.A., University of Alaska, Anchorage (on sabbatical leave 2012-2013).

NORA MILLER, Instructor of Psychology; B.A., Hamilton College; M.S. in Counseling Psychology, Alaska Pacific University.

STEPHANIE MORGAN, Instructor of Statistics in Business Administration and Counseling Psychology; B.A., University of Alaska Anchorage; M.S., Portland State University.

RICHARD L. MYERS, Professor of Environmental Science; B.S., University of Toledo; M.S., University of Alaska Fairbanks; Ph.D., Florida Institute of Technology.

DAVID ONOFRYCHUK, Visiting Instructor in Writing; B.A. University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN); MFA, University of Alaska Anchorage.

ROSANNE PAGANO, Instructor in Writing; B.A. in English, Albertus Magnus College; M.J. in Journalism, University of California at Berkeley.

TIMOTHY M. RAWSON, Associate Professor of History; B.A., Luther College; M.A., University of Alaska Fairbanks; Ph.D., University of Oregon.

ERIC REDDING, Assistant Professor of Music; B.S., University of Mary, Bismarck; M.M., Central Washington University, Ellensburg.

STEVEN RUBINSTEIN, Assistant Professor of Outdoor Studies, Director, Master of Science in Outdoor and Environmental Education; B.S., Guilford College; M.S., Minnesota State University.

DAVID SCHEEL, Professor of Marine Biology, Director of Marine Biology Program; B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.; M.S., Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

STEVEN W. SHORE, Assistant Professor of Information Technology; B.M.(Music), State University of New York; M.S., Long Island University.

SHARON SIBBALD, Assistant Professor of Writing, Director, Early Honors Program; B.A., University of Alaska, Fairbanks; M.A., University of California, Berkeley.

TRACY STEWART, Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategy, Academic Dean; M.S., Pepperdine University; M.A., Ph. D., University of Virginia.

ESTHER BETH SULLIVAN, Associate Professor Of Theater, Chair of Liberal Studies; B.A., Rocky Mountain College; M.A., Washington State University; Ph.D., University of Washington.

YASO G. THIRU, Associate Professor of Accounting and Management; Chartered Global Management Accountant; Certified Management Accountant; Master of Accountancy, Bowling Green State University; Ed.D., Fielding Graduate Institute.

STANLEY CARL TOBIN, Associate Professor of Environmental Science; B.S., M.S., University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University.

PAUL F. TWARDOCK, Professor of Outdoor Studies; Chair, Outdoor Studies Department; B.S., Western Illinois College; M.B.A., Alaska Pacific University.

MARY WLADKOWSKI, Assistant Professor in Finance; Chair, Business Administration Department; B.S., Northeastern University, Boston; M.B.A., Argosy University, Ph.D., Northcentral University

FACULTY EMERITI

MARILYN R. BARRY, Professor of English, 2011

RAGHBIR S. BASI, Professor of Management, 1999

JIM BROWN, Professor Environmental Science, 2010

DIANA CALDWELL, Associate Professor of Education, 2005

ROBERT D. CRAIG, Professor of Social Sciences, 1998

ELLEN COLE, Professor Counseling Psychology, 2010

JANE L. EVANSON, Professor of Education, 1995

CHARLES B. FAHL, Professor of Environmental Science, 2003

CHARLES C. FRISBEE, Professor of Education, 1968

ORCUTT W. (JACK) FROST, Professor of Humanities, 1991

JIM MAHAFFEY, Associate Professor, 1992

LUZ RIVAS McDADE, Assistant Professor of Human Services, 1996

LORETTA M. MILLER, Professor of Education, 1968

THEODORE MUNSCH, Professor of Education, 2010

JANET L. PRANGE, Professor of Education, 1993

EDITH M. TAYLOR, Instructor of Management, 1998

ROBERT T. WILKINSON, Professor of Humanities, 2012

JOHN PRICE WOODS, Professor of Physics and Mathematics, 1976

STAFF EMERITA

JEANETTE BROOKS, Registrar Emerita, 2006

2012-2013 Board of Trustees

Officers

Trigg Davis, Chair
Bonnie Mehner, Vice Chair
Roberta Graham, Secretary
Roger Chan, Treasurer

Trustees Emeriti

Honorary Trustees

APU Foundation 2012-2013 Board of Directors Officers

Chris Swalling, Chair
Vacant, Vice Chair
David McGuire, M.D., Secretary
Jan Sieberts, Treasurer
Roger Chan
Trigg Davis
Bonnie Mehner
Steve O’Hara
Eric Wohlforth

* Deceased