Cal Lutheran University Welcomes 17 New Faculty

Along with a record number of freshmen and a new president, there will be 17 new faculty starting the fall semester at California Lutheran University when classes begin on Wednesday, Aug. 30.

The new faculty will teach in the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Education, and the School of Business. (The school from which the faculty member received his/her terminal degree is in parentheses).

College of Arts and Sciences:

Janet Scheel, M.S./M.A. (Cornell University)

Instructor, Department of Physics

Christine Sellin, Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)

Assistant Professor, Department of Art

Samuel Thomas, Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame)

Instructor, Department of Religion

Kavin Tsang, Ph.D. (Penn State University)

Assistant Professor, Exercise Science and Sports Medicine

Nanine Van Draanen, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley)

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry

Akiko Yasuike, Ph.D. (University of Southern California)

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology

Christopher Christian, Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts)

Assistant Professor, Graduate Psychology

Director of Community Counseling Services

School of Business:

Kapp Johnson, J.D. (University of La Verne College of Law)

Senior Lecturer

Paul Witman, M.S. (Claremont Graduate School)

Instructor

Christine Pye, M.A. (Baylor University)

Senior Lecturer

School of Education:

Gina Amenta-Shin, Ed.D. (Pepperdine University)

Instructor

Michael Cosenza, M.A. (California Lutheran University)

Senior Lecturer

Robert Fraisse, Ph.D. (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Senior Lecturer, Distinguished Educator in Residence

Halyna Kornuta, Ed.D. (University of San Diego)

Assistant Professor

Dennis Sheridan, Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)

Professor

Diana Stephens, M.A. (University of Redlands)

Instructor

Darylene Williams, M.S. (California Lutheran University), M.A. (Azusa Pacific University, Pasadena Nazarene College)

Senior lecturer

For more information about the new faculty at CLU, please contact the Media Relations Office at (805) 493-3512.