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Steve Auld,
M.Ed.
CAS Assistant Academic Dean
Teacher Education, Bible
Teaching
B.S., Columbia Bible College;
M.Ed., Reformed Theological
Seminary; additional study,
Wilmington College; Ph.D.
Candidate, University of South
Carolina; teacher, Kannapolis
Public School System,
Kannapolis, NC. 1976-79
Steve Baarendse, M.A.
English, Humanities
B.A., Taylor University; M.A.,
Indiana University; Ph.D.
Candidate, University of South
Carolina
Mike Barnett, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, College of
Intercultural Studies
Intercultural Studies
B.A., Intercultural Studies,
University of Houston; M.Div.
Southwestern Seminary; Ph.D.,
Southwestern Seminary
Bryan E. Beyer, Ph.D.
Dean of College of Arts and
Sciences
Old Testament, Hebrew
B.A., Colorado State University;
M.Div., Denver Seminary; Ph.D.,
Hebrew Union College – Jewish
Institute of Religion
Carrie Caudill, Ph.D.
Psychology
B.S. Columbia International
University; Ed.S. University of
South Carolina; Albert Ellis
Institute; South Carolina
Licensed Professional
Counselor, 2007-present; Ph.D.
University of South Carolina
Karen Close, D.Min.
Christian Service Learning
Director
B.A. (Ministry) Western Christian
College, Canada; M.A. &
M.A.C.E., Columbia International
University; D.Min., Palmer
Theological Seminary,
Philadelphia
Anita J. Cooper, Ph.D.
Bible Teaching Program Director
Bible Teaching, Psychology
B.S., Columbia Bible College;
M.Ed., Reformed Theological
Seminary; Ph.D., University of
South Carolina; advanced bibli-
cal studies, Reformed
Theological Seminary and
Columbia International University
John Crutchfield, Ph.D.
Bible, Hebrew, Hermeneutics
Certificate from Torchbearer
Schools, Capernwray Hall,
England and Tauernhof, Austria;
B.A., Columbia Bible College;
M.A., Columbia Biblical
Seminary and Graduate School
of Missions; M.Div., Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School;
Israel Study Tour, 1990; M.Phil.,
D.Phil., Hebrew Union
College–Jewish Institute of
Religion, Cincinnati
Benjamin Dean, Ph.D.
Business & Organizational
Leadership Program Director
Business, Leadership,
Economics
B.A., University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill; J.D., School of
Law, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill; LLM, The Judge
Advocate General’s School;
Ph.D., Regent University
Daniel F. Delozier, Ed.D.
Communication Program Director
Communication, Science,
Social Studies
B.S., Lancaster Bible College;
M.S., Temple University; Ed.D.,
Temple University
Stephen H. Farra, Ph.D.
Psychology Program Director
Psychology, Math
B.A., Wheaton College; M.A.,
Wheaton College; Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota; Albert
Ellis Institute
Michael R. Galdamez, M.Div.
Bible Teaching, Bible
B.S., Columbia International
University; M.Div., The Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary;
Ph.D. Candidate, The Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary
Glenn Gentry, Ph.D.
Humanities Program Director
Philosophy and Apologetics
B.S., Multnomah Bible College;
M.A., Ph.D., Baylor University
Karen Grant, D.Min.
Youth Ministry, Family & Culture
B.A., California State University,
Chico; M.A., California State
University, Stanislaus; Graduate
Bible Certificate, Columbia
International University; M.A.,
The Graduate School of Moody
Bible Institute; D.Min., Columbia
International University Seminary
& School of Missions
Peggy Johnson,
M.Ed.
Director of Bible Field Experience
Teacher Education
R.C., Kenneth Shuler’s School of
Cosmetology; B.A., W.L. Bonner
College; M.A., Columbia
International University,
M.Ed.,
Columbia International
University.
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