Faculty
CCU teaching faculty is made up of scholars and spiritual leader with animated personal faith, high academic credentials, and a willingness to make an impact in the lives of their students. Students and alumni repeatedly affirm this through their testimonials.
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NAME (Last name first) |
DEGREES AND DISCIPLINE |
COURSES TAUGHT |
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS OR EXPERIENCE |
| Gregory Albright, EdD | EdD, National-Louis University.2007MSEd, Northern Illinois UniversityMSEd, National College of EducationBA, Trininity College | Religious Education | Dr. Albright, a graduate of Trinity College, has worked for thirty-two years in Illinois public schools as an elementary classroom teacher, school psychologist (K-12), special education coordinator, and IEP database supervisor. Dr. Wright is a member of the National Association of School Psychologists, the Illinois School Psychologists Association (ISPA), and the Learning & the Brain Society. He is the Region 7 Director for ISPA. His interests include working within educational systems to encourage positive change for all students, helping to understand and to teach exceptional students, brain-based learning, and the application of educational psychology to increase learning for all students. |
| Robert Vermeski, PhD | BS, Bob Jones UniversityMEd, EdD, Regent University2007 | Early Childhood Education | Dr. Vermeski, assistant professor of education, enjoys drawing upon her twenty-plus years in middle and high school English classrooms to prepare CCU’s teacher candidates in both the traditional and graduate programs. Her areas of interest in teaching include the philosophical foundations for educational choices, classroom management, differentiation, and qualitative research. In addition to those topics, she also enjoys exploring the integration of faith and learning and global partnerships in Christian higher education. |
| Smith, Condora | PH.D. Educational Leadership-Liberty University (1991)M.A. History – Liberty University (1984)B.A. Political Science – Webster University (1980) | Business and Leadership | Dr. Condona served for more than eleven years as president of The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity on the Trinity campus, where he continues as senior scholar. He has served as a professor at Asbury Theological Seminar and at the University of Kentucky and as a senior associate at the Park Ridge Center. He is currently cochair of the healthcare ethics section of the Society of Christian Ethics. Dr. Kilner has authored and edited sixteen books published by Eerdmans, |
| Scott Swaltz, PHD | MDiv, PhD, New Orleans Baptist Theological SeminaryBA, East Texas Baptist University2004 | Biblical and Religious Studies | Prior to coming to Trinity, Dr. Swaltz taught at East Texas Baptist University, Nunez College, New Orleans Baptist Seminary, and Xavier University in New Orleans. Swaltz has taken missions trips to Khazakstan, France, Mexico, Brazil, and Ecuador, as well as the U.S. She has costarted two ESL ministries, is fluent in three languages (English, French, Spanish), and has studied four more (Greek, Hebrew, Latin and German). Dr. Swaltz specializes in textual criticism ofthe New Testament and has conducted research at the Center of New Testament Textual Studies in New Orleans. |
| Kathrina Wherpool, PSYD, EdD, | P.S.Y.D. PsychololyE.d.D. Religious EducationM.A. Counseling PsychologyB.S. Business Education – Wilson State University (2000)BA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
MA, Nova Southeastern University PsyD, Nova Southeastern University 2005 |
Counseling Psychology ManagementTeaches only non-transfer occupational courses | Dr. Kathrina Wherpool Oram began teaching for the MA in Counseling Psychology program at Trinity International University, Florida Regional Center in the fall semester of 2005. Dr. Wherpool received her Bachelor’s Degree in biochemistry from Virginia Tech in 1992 and her Doctor of Psychology degree in clinical psychology from Nova Southeastern University in 1999. Prior to accepting the position with CCU, Dr. Wherpool worked as a psychologist for outpatient psychotherapy practices in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bluefield, Virginia and provided student counseling at The University of South Florida. She was also an adjunct psychology instructor for Bluefield State and Southwest Virginia Community Colleges. Professor Wherpool coauthored chapters on sexual and gender identity disorders and professional ethics, legal and multicultural issues in mental healthcare in the 2009 edition of Essential Psychopathology and a chapter on Child and Adolescent Therapy for Precursors to Adulthood Homosexual Tendencies in Handbook of Therapy for Unwanted Homosexual Attractions: A Guide to Treatment. |
| Michael Karlbis, PhD | PH.D. Psychology-Phoenix University, 1986M.A. Marriage and Family-Denver SeminaryB.A. Psychology-State University of New York College | Dr. Karibis is a licensed psychologist in New York and Florida. He has Professional Practice for Christian Counseling Associates in Albany, New York. In this capacity he provides consultation services year round and sees select clients in the summer months. Dr. Karibis has served as interim director of the Trinity Counseling Center. Over the years, he has engaged families and adolescents as a school psychologist and church youth pastor. Dr. Karibis has engaged in cross-cultural teaching ministry in the Philippines and Brazil. He has provided consultation support to a seminary in the Czeck | |
| Suzanne Genevoltz, EdD | Ed.D. Teaching and LearningM.A. Special EducationBA, Eastern CollegeMA, Immaculata CollegePhD, University of Pennsylvania
1996 |
Education | Dr. Genevoltz has taught at all levels, from early childhood to graduate education. An educational anthropologist, she spent several years looking at the development of trust relationships in inner-city schools. Currently, she is studying the role of university-school partnerships in teacher education. Her primary interests include intercultural communication and diversity issues. She is an active member of the Council on Anthropology in Education and the American Educational Research Association. Dr. Genevoltz is the program director of the Master of Arts in Teaching and the Master of Education in Instructional Leadership. |
| Diana Duntelop, PHD | P.H.D. Business Administration- University of IllinoisM.A. Business ManagementB.A. Business- Valparaiso University | Dr. Duntelop joined CCU after twenty years serving as an educator in urban, suburban, and rural public schools: fifteen years as a middle and high school reading and language arts teacher and fifteen years as an elementary and middle school principal. Her main academic interests revolve around curriculum and instruction issues, particularly in theareas of literacy development and best practices, and organizational leadership. | |
| Cheshire Paul. PHD | P.H.D BusinessM.A. Management and LeadershipManagementPhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2005MBA, University of Michigan
B.S. Accounting BS, University of Colorado |
Business and Management | Before beginning her career in teaching, Dr. Paul enjoyed a career in consumer goods marketing management at Procter & Gamble and Schering-Plough Healthcare Products. She joined CCU after teaching for twelve years at another Christian college. Her primary research interest focuses on marketing for ministries, while her additional research efforts on intergenerational family businesses have yielded several awards, including best papers and the designation as a Family Business Research Scholar. |
| Freedman Carter, Ph.D. | PhD, University of EdinburghMDVI Theological StudiesBA, BS, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMA, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School 1999 | Eduacation | Dr. Carter came to CCU with experience in teaching and research in Hong Kong and Scotland. At CCU, he has worked at developing the “CCU Debates” (an annual debate on perennial problems in philosophy and theology) and the “CCU in Romania” program (an annual apologetics and outreach trip for faculty and students). |
| Stellabrooks A. Grenbeg, PsyD | P.S.Y.D. Psychology -M.A. Pastoral CounselingB.A. PsychologyBA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityMA, Nova Southeastern University
PsyD, Nova Southeastern University 2007
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Psychology and Counseling | Dr. Stellabrook Greenber began teaching for the MA in Counseling Psychology program at Cornerstone Christian University in the fall semester of 2005. Dr. Greenbeg received her Bachelor’s Degree in biochemistry from Virginia Tech in 1992 and her Doctor of Psychology degree in clinical psychology from Nova Southeastern University in 1999. Prior to accepting the position with CCU, Dr. Greenber worked as a psychologist for outpatient psychotherapy practices in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bluefield, Virginia and provided student counseling at The University of South Florida. She was also an adjunct psychology instructor for Bluefield State and Southwest Virginia Community Colleges. |
| David Cooperman, Th.D. | T.H.D. TheologyM.A. Sacred Theology | Theology and systematic Theology | Before coming to CCU, Dr. Cooperman was a Senior Professor in Eastern Europe for fourteen years. He is a member of the American Academy of Religion. He has contributed numerous articles and chapters dealing with Christian engagement of Western society and the revival of Pagan religions. His publications are in Nova Religio, Missiology, Journal of Nature, Religion and Culture, Sacred Tribes Journal, Mission Studies, Global Missiology, Common Ground Journal, and Christian Education Journal, and he has presented academic papers at numerous universities both in the States and abroad. He is editor of and contributor to Perspectives on Post-Christendom |
| Kimberly Ottman, PsyD | P.S.Y.D. Psychology -M.A. Counseling PsychologyB.A. PsychologyBA, The King’s College
MA, Liberty University MA, Biola University PhD, Rosemead Graduate School 1993– |
Dr. Ottman has served as a counselor educator for more than twenty years. Prior to coming to CCU in 2007, she taught at Liberty University in the School of Religion. Dr. Ottman is a licensed clinical psychologist. She practiced full time for several years prior to teaching; since then she has maintained a counseling practice providing individual and marital counseling, as well as diagnostic evaluation and assessment. Over the years her speaking and writing have focused on areas such as spiritual formation, stress management, burnout, and ministry and professional ethics. Recent presentations and articles include Gender Issues in the Use of Spiritual Disciplines in Therapy; Christian Spirituality and Counseling: Ethical Concerns; Diagnostic Interviewing; Boundaries and Roles in Ministry Counseling and Christian Formation and Cultural Identity. | |
| Ted Ridore, THD, EdD, PHD | BS, Florida Southern CollegeMS, PhD, University of Miami1994 | Theology and Education | Dr. Ridore started at the CCU International University Florida Regional Center in 1994.Prior to assuming his position at CCU, Dr. Ridore served as supervising for Shelter One in Miami. He also consults and does counseling and educational assessments at Community Partnership for the Homeless in a North Miami Senior High School. |
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| Christine Valentine |