School of Humanities and Sciences

Students travel to and from class and other activities along Cougar Walk on APU’s East Campus.

The School of Humanities and Sciences offers academic programs of excellence in the humanities and STEM disciplines, promoting scholarship among faculty-mentors and students to prepare disciple-scholars for advanced study, civic engagement, vocational success, and a well-lived life. The school offers an array of major and minor undergraduate degree programs, courses in the university’s general education program, discipline-specific student honor societies, and graduate degree programs.

Departments

Faculty

Associate Dean

Bryant Mathews, PhD, Mathematics

Professors

Mark Arvidson, PhD, Mathematics

Joseph Bentz, PhD, English

Matthew Berezuk, PhD, Chemistry

Patricia Brown, PhD, English

Charles Chen, PhD, Biology

David Dyer, PhD, Biology

Diana Pavlac Glyer, PhD, English

Nori Henk, PhD, Sociology

Kevin Sheng-Lin Huang, PhD, Chemistry

Soeun Kim, PhD, Statistics

Carole Lambert, PhD, English

Bryant Mathews, PhD, Mathematics

Bradley McCoy, PhD, Physics

Christopher Noble, PhD, English

Windy Petrie, PhD, English

Sarah Richart, PhD, Biology

Cahleen Shrier, PhD, Biology

Rico Vitz, PhD, Philosophy

David Weeks, PhD, Political Science

Associate Professors

Aisha Chen, PhD, Engineering

Philip Cox, PhD, Chemistry

Douglas Hume, JD, Political Science

Christine Kern, PhD, English

David Miyahara, PhD, Sociology

Lu Ruan, PhD, Computer Science

Ethan Schrum, PhD, History

César Aroldo Solórzano, PhD, Modern Languages

Caleb Spencer, PhD, English

Willetta Toole-Simms, PhD, Biology

Sándor Volkán-Kacsó, PhD, Physics

Jennifer Young, PhD, Chemistry

Assistant Professors

Elijah Roth, PhD, Chemistry

Marian Saleh, MA, MS, Biology

Ryan Somers, PT, DPT, Biology

Faculty Emeriti

Thomas Allbaugh, PhD, English

Nancy Brashear, PhD, English

Richard Christopherson, PhD, Sociology

Eric Drewry, JD, PhD, English

Mark Eaton, PhD, English

Richard Eckhart, PhD, Computer Science

David Esselstrom, PhD, English

Christopher Flannery, PhD, Political Science

Emily Griesinger, PhD, English

Bradley Hale, PhD, History

Paul Hertig, PhD, Global Studies

Scott Kinnes, PhD, Biology

Bryan Lamkin, PhD, History

Jon Milhon, PhD, Biology

Daniel Palm, PhD, Political Science

Carrie Peirce, PhD, Sociology

Richard Robison, PhD, TESOL

Samuel Sambasivam, PhD, Computer Science

Richard Slimbach, PhD, Global Studies

Bruce Spalding, PhD, Biology

James White, PhD, Chemistry

Mary Shepard Wong, PhD, TESOL