Our faculty is a diverse group of experienced professionals and accomplished scholars devoted to student success. They strive to offer an education that is both academically engaging and relevant to your career goals.

On this page you can browse full-time Cal Lutheran faculty. For profiles of our talented adjunct faculty, visit the School of Management adjunct faculty page or the School for Professional and Continuing Studies adjunct faculty page.

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Ryan DeMoss, MS

Senior Lecturer, Mathematics

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Jennifer Lois Hahn, MA

Lecturer, Religion

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Aaron Heresco, PhD

Associate Professor and Department Chair, Strategic Communication

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Christopher Njunge, PhD

Associate Professor and Department Chair, Organizational Leadership

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Jose Alfredo Torres, PhD

Assistant Professor and Department Chair, Criminology and Justice Studies

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Ariana Young, PhD

Associate Professor and Department Chair, Psychological and Behavioral Science

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Vlad Vaiman, PhD

Director of MBA, EMBA and MSM Programs; Associate Dean and Professor

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Ali Akbari, PhD

Professor, Business Administration

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Gerhard Apfelthaler, PhD

Dean, School of Management

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Earle Charles, PhD

Lecturer and Director of the MSIT Program

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Sabith Khan, PhD, MPA, MA

Director and Associate Professor, Master of Public Policy & Administration (MPPA)

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Jamshid Damooei, PhD

Professor and Director, Economics; Executive Director, Center for Economics of Social Issues

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John Garcia, DBA

Assistant Professor of Finance

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Virginia Gean, MBA, CMA

Senior Lecturer, Accounting

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Ran Lu-Andrews, PhD, CFA

Director and Associate Professor, Business Administration

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Valeria Makarova, PhD, MBA

Director, Teaching Effectiveness; Assistant Professor, Business Administration

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Susan Murphy, PhD

Professor and Program Director of Business Administration

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Tracy Nickl, PhD

Assistant Professor in the School of Management

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Michael Panesis, MBA

Executive Director, Steven Dorfman Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Senior Lecturer, Entrepreneurship

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Herbert Gooch III, PhD

Professor of Political Science, Emeritus

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Dazhi Chong, PhD

Associate Professor, Business Administration

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Virginia Ilie, PhD

Associate Professor, Information Technology

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Adrijana Sekulovic, PhD

Director, Master of Science in Sport Management, and Lecturer, School of Management

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Aaron Eisman
Aaron Eisman

Billy Hawkins
Billy Hawkins

Tracy Nickl

Assistant Professor, School of Management

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David Perricone
David Perricone

Misti Zabolsky
Misti Zabolsky