Our Faculty
Our diverse group of faculty members share one thing in common: A passion to help you succeed. At Amberton, our faculty understands specifically the adult learner. Amberton's faculty are not only knowledgable experts in their respective fields, but they are also active practitioners in those fields. We believe that powerful things happen when we can combine our experience with your drive to succeed. Together, we create personal growth and transformation that will last a lifetime!
Business Faculty
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Dr. Kimanya Ards
"I'm passionate about the student learning process."
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Dartanian Boyette
""I am passionate about teaching and imparting knowledge to students. For me, teaching is something that is bigger than myself. That something is inspiring, developing, mentoring and coaching our future leaders and world changers. Through inspiring and developing students will ensure their success and encourage them to fulfill their highest potential.""
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Cindy Breen
"I am passionate about facilitating the learning process, for it to be a fulfilling benefit for all life-long learners."
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Dr. Paul Burton
"I'm passionate about applying best practice methods to solve real-world business problems & challenges."
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Dr. David Campbell
"My wife and children (and new grandchild on the way)"
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Dr. Ronald Darnell
"I'm passionate about enabling and coaching high-performing self-organized teams and effective adult education."
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Dr. Sandra Gates
"Student Success."
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Mrs. Stephanie Guerrero
"I am passionate about my family, accounting/business, education, student success, and life-long learning."
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Dr. Adam Guerrero
"I am passionate about higher education because it puts students in a position to explore their passions, to challenge their ideas, and to reach their full potential, thereby allowing them to positively affect their families, workplaces, and communities."
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Dr. Deborah A. Hill
"I am passionate about empowering and sharing knowledge to enable every person, who would like to learn, the exposure and opportunity to do so."
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Dr. Karen Houdashell
"I'm passionate about service to others."
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Ms. Veronika Joseph
"Faith, family, friendships, professional development, mentorship, service, and encouraging others."
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Dr. Lorraine Lomas
"I am passionate about sharing my knowledge and empowering growth in those eager to learn."
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Dr. Carol McGuffin
"I am passionate about lifelong learning. It gives me great pleasure to support and empower individuals as they fulfill their personal educational goals."
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Dr. Karen Pate
""Students learning something that can be applied to their current or future workplace.""
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Mrs. Ivy Pennington
"Developing my students by providing them with real-time learning opportunities."
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Dr. Sharon Price
"I am passionate about my family and using my gifts and talents to encourage others."
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Dr. Matthew Reagan
"I'm passionate about being challenged to continually grow, both professionally and personally!"
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Dr. Jonathan Schultz
""I am passionate about learning and sharing knowledge with others.""
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James Stafford III
"I'm passionate about providing practical insight into what project management is."
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Dr. Blair Stephenson
""I am passionate about providing an opportunity for my students to acquire real value in practical and profitable skills and knowledge that they can apply directly to their careers, and raising funds to fight multiple sclerosis by riding my bicycle 150 miles in the Bike MS ride every year.""
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Stephen Swiger
"I'm passionate about applying accounting principles to everyday business."
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Dr. Ben Thompson
"I am quite passionate about teaching with a pastime watching soccer."
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Dr. Steven Tidwell
"I am passionate about teaching and providing students with a quality and meaningful business education."
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Lee Wright
""Helping others grow and learn in their academics.""
Counseling/Human Behavior Faculty
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Dr. Levi Armstrong
""I am passionate about assisting prospective professional counselors in gaining real-world knowledge and immediately applicable counseling skills as it relates to professional counseling, the integration of neuroscience in counseling, and professional counseling in collaboration with psychopharmacological intervention, clinical psychology, and psychiatry.""
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Dr. Chris Bedard
"I am passionate about helping others learn, develop, and use their gifts in the areas of counseling and therapy. "
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Dr. Randi Hennigan
"I'm passionate about connecting with people and experiencing the most out of life. I enjoy taking time for the people, places, and adventures I love and encouraging others to as well."
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Dr. Aimee Herring
"I am passionate about teaching, counseling and coaching others as nothing is more satisfying than seeing others learn and make changes in their lives to accomplish a goal they want to achieve."
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Dr. Ken Johnson
"I'm passionate about helping both learners and clients realize their potential."
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Dr. Pamela Johnson
"I'm passionate about helping people to broaden their vision."
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Dr. Vicki Millican
"I am passionate about social justice activism (particularly in recovery & empowerment of incarcerated women.)"
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Dr. Lee Paul
"I’m passionate about my family."
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Dr. Mary Kay Qualls
"I'm passionate about Amberton being the university of choice for adult learners seeking a counseling degree."
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Dr. Iman Ross
"I’m passionate about affecting generational changes in families and individuals by breaking negative patterns of behavior."
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Dr. Cassie Rushing
""I am passionate about personal growth and self-improvement, which I get to experience every day in my counseling career.""
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Dr. Verlene Springer
"My passion is lifetime learning and development for others and myself."
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Dr. Traci Test
"Dr. Test is passionate about the value of a relationship, advocating compassion fatigue through self-care and that through the importance of a true therapeutic counseling relationship, healing can happen. Most of all she loves spending time with her family and friends."
Interdisciplinary Faculty
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Dr. Paul Benson
"I'm passionate about teaching."
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Dr. Dianne Gravley
""Helping students who are searching for hope and opportunity.""
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Dr. Geoff Grimes
"I'm passionate about magical entertainment."
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Dr. Don W. Hebbard
""I’m passionate about training students to become marriage and family therapists, professional counselors and leaders in their organizations. I get excited when I see students eyes light up to new ideas.""
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Dr. David Hedgpeth
""I am passionate about teaching practical ways for students to apply course materials in daily life, in order to enhance productive, satisfactory, and successful results.""
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Dr. Melody Hufman
""I am passionate about fulfilling my God-given destiny and encouraging others to do the same.""
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Dr. Jackie Johnston
"I'm passionate about the success of my students, especially the math anxious."
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Tara Kirk
"I have a passion for history, culture, and how these facts are recorded over time. "
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Dr. Lesly F. Massey
"“I am passionate about learning, teaching, nurturing others, travel, writing, and good times with family and friends.“ "
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Dean Ohlhausen
"I'm passionate about reading, teaching Bible classes and working on our farm."
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Dr. Stacy Page
"I'm passionate about education and committed to helping students pursue their educational goals and achieve academic success. "
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Dr. Robert Patton
"I am passionate about continually learning about nature, science, history, the Bible, old coins, the Old West, etc."
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Bob Phillips
"I'm passionate about understanding communications in a modern society."
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Dr. Skip Redd
"“I am passionate about teaching students various entities on how to be an effective communicator.”"
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Dr. Jim Richey
""I'm passionate about family, teaching, music, sports, and most of all God.""
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Dr. Douglas Richey
"I'm passionate about helping students learn."
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Dr. Robert Rupe
"I’m passionate about helping people reach their full potential in all aspects of life."
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Dr. Di Ann Sanchez
"I'm passionate about Human Resources Leadership and I love teaching."
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Dr. Kathryn Tinius
"I'm passionate about helping students reach their educational goal at Amberton University! "
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Dr. Michael Trulson
"I'm passionate about classic cars and martial arts, as well as teaching, of course."
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Dr. Jerry Van Hamme
"I'm passionate about doing my bit to help people hear the Gospel."
