Faculty

"All the World
 Is Our Campus"

Germano, Michael P., President of the University

B.S. (1959), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; B.A. (1961), Ambassador University; M.A. (2000), Texas A&M University–College Station;  M.S. (1966), Ed.D. (1968), University of Southern California; J.D. (1980), University of La Verne.

Dr. Germano brings over forty years of professional experience in educational leadership, teaching, corporate and business law, entrepreneurship, and institutional advancement initiatives to the LU presidency. Affiliated with Ambassador University (formerly Ambassador College) since 1959, he served as chief academic officer at two of its campuses. He left Ambassador as a professor emeritus in 1997 and completed a master's degree in archaeology/anthropology at Texas A&M in 2000. He then left retirement to serve several years as the chief academic officer at Haywood Community College. He held responsibilities in AU's involvement in archaeological excavations at the south Temple Mount directed by Benjamin Mazar, the Umm el-Jimal Project directed by Bert de Vries, the Mozan Expedition directed by Giorgio Buccellati and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati, and the Hazor Excavations in memory of Yigael Yadin directed by Amnon Ben-Tor. He is a member of the California State Bar and admitted to practice before the federal bar. Ordained in 1983, Dr. Germano is an elder in the Living Church of God.

Ames, Richard F., Professor of Speech Communication and Theology

B.C.E. (1959), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; B.A. (1965), Ambassador University; M.A. (1977), Stephen F. Austin State University.

Richard F. Ames is a member of the LU Board of Regents, and serves on the university’s Executive Committee.  From 1967-77 he taught theology, speech and broadcasting at the Ambassador University campus in Big Sandy, Texas. From 1980-90, he served as Director of Admissions at the Ambassador University campus in Pasadena, California, where he also taught courses in theology and communications and served as Registrar (1988-90).  Ordained as a minister of Jesus Christ in 1965 and as an evangelist in 1984, he has pastored congregations in seven U.S. states, and since 1986 has presented hundreds of Bible-based religious telecasts to millions of viewers watching The World Tomorrow, The World Ahead and Tomorrow’s World. He currently serves as Director of Media Operations and Treasurer for the Living Church of God. Originally trained as an engineer, he completed a year-long Yale University graduate course in traffic and transportation engineering, and served as a transportation engineer at the Southeastern Virginia Regional Planning Commission in Norfolk, Virginia, before entering Ambassador University in 1962.

English, Janth B, Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems

B.S. (1972), Tennessee State University–Nashville; M.S. (1996), Clark Atlanta University.

Janth English received a B.S. in Mathematics from Tennessee State University and a M.S. in Computer Science from Clark Atlanta University. After a career as a Systems Analyst, she now is an instructor of Computer Science at Clark Atlanta University. Prof. English has presented papers at the Southeast Conference of the ACM and the Georgia Technology Conference. She is a member of the Living Church of God serving as a deaconess in the Atlanta congregation.

Germano, Brenda E., Registrar and Director of Admissions

B.A. (1977), Ambassador University; M.S. (1999), George Washington University.

Brenda has a master's degree in educational technology. She served as director of distance learning at Ambassador University. She has about twenty years experience in the field of retail business including serving at Ambassador as the institution's bookstore manager at Pasadena and Big Sandy. Her undergraduate degree is in business administration. She worked for the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce in Newport News, Virginia, and for the U.S. Continental Army Command Headquarters (CONARC) at Fort Monroe, Virginia, in the Plans and Operations Division.

Maas, David, Professor of English

B.A. (1993), Ambassador University; B.A. (1966), M.A. (1967), Ed. Specialist (1972), Minnesota State University–Mankato; Ed.D. (1977), Texas A&M University–Commerce.

Dr. Maas holds an Ed.D. from Texas A&M University at Commerce and is a graduate of Minnesota State University at Mankato, as well as Ambassador University. He currently is a Professor of English at Wiley College. For six years he served as Vice President for Education for the International Society for General Semantics, and as the Education Editor and regular contributor for the ETC. Journal.

Meredith, Roderick C., Professor of Theology

B.A. (1952), M.A. (1958), Th.D. (1966), Ambassador University.

Noted television evangelist, author, and pastor of pastors, Dr. Roderick C. Meredith, chair of the Living University Board of Regents, serves as the presiding evangelist and President of the Living Church of God. He holds a doctorate in theology from Ambassador University. His career has included over 54 years of service to the people of God in several academic, administrative, and ministerial assignments in the United States and Europe. Dr. Meredith was one of the first five evangelists ordained in 1952 by Herbert W. Armstrong, founder of the Radio Church of God (later renamed the Worldwide Church of God or WCG in 1968). For many years he was one of the Church's leading theologians, top executives, and college professors. For a period of 35 years, Dr. Meredith taught theology, speech, and leadership classes to hundreds of students at the three Ambassador campuses. He was the only person to have held the position of Deputy Chancellor over each of the campuses.

Monson, Sheldon, Lecturer in Physical Education

B.A. (1985), Ambassador University; M.A. (1997), California State University–Los Angeles.

Sheldon Monson attended Ambassador College in Pasadena, CA (1981-1985) and graduated with a liberal arts degree with a major in Theology.  He completed his graduate work at California State University, Los Angeles, CA (1997), earning a Master of Arts Degree in Physical Education.  His major areas of study were in athletic administration and exercise physiology.  For over a decade he was a full-time faculty member of Imperial Schools, Pasadena, CA serving as teacher, coach, athletic director, and industrial arts department chair. He was also a part-time faculty member at Ambassador College in Pasadena. Sheldon has extensive experience involving the Summer Educational Programs (SEP), as a member of the Worldwide Church of God, in Orr, Minnesota, Australia, South Africa, and Pasadena, California; and winter camp (WEP) in Austria. He is currently a full-time pastor in the Living Church of God, in the Minneapolis area serving congregations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, and Ontario, Canada.  He has served at the LYC summer camp in Michigan, directed the Adventure Camp Program in Jackson, Wyoming 2005, and currently is the Director of the Adventure Program slated for Summer 2008 in the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

Overton, Melodee, Lecturer in Family Studies

B.S. (1975), Ambassador University; M.S. (1989), Texas A&M University–Commerce.

Received her master’s degree in Home Economics from Texas A & M–Commerce in 1989 while serving on the faculty of Ambassador University. Mrs. Overton is currently teaching Family and Consumer Sciences at Big Sandy ISD, in Big Sandy, TX. She has developed innovative course work in her field of study for high school, college/university and community organizations.

Triplett, Annette K., Lecturer in Nutrition

B.Sc. (2006), Queen’s University; M.S. (2007), University of Minnesota.

Annette Triplett holds a Master’s degree in Nutrition from the University of Minnesota, where she assisted in directing an introductory nutrition course for three semesters. She completed her undergraduate work in Life Sciences at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, and currently works in the development of community nutrition programs with University of Missouri Extension.

Winnail, Douglas S., Professor of Biology and Health Promotion

B.A. (1964), Washington and Jefferson College; B.A. (1970), Ambassador University; M.P.H. (1980), Loma Linda University; M.S. (1967), Ph.D. (1968), University of Mississippi.

Dr. Douglas Winnail, a member and vice chair of the LU Board of Regents, and a member of the university’s Executive Committee, presently serves as Director of Church Administration for the Living Church of God. His career includes thirteen years as a faculty member at  Ambassador University and three years as a professor and lecturer (tenured) at Bridgewater State College. His professional experience includes over fifteen years as a religious writer and author.

Winnail, Scott D., Associate Professor of Health Promotion

B.S. Ed. (1992), University of Georgia; M.S.P.H. (1994), University of South Carolina; Ph.D. (1998), University of Alabama-Birmingham.

Dr. Scott Winnail holds degrees in health promotion & education and also public health from the universities of Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Winnail has taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels for over a decade, in the field of Public Health and Health Promotion and Education. In 1998, Dr. Winnail began serving as a faculty member at the University of Wyoming (UW), in the area of Health Education and Public Health. During his seven years at UW (tenured), Dr. Winnail worked at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the areas of: teaching, redesign of program curricula, student advising, and direction of masters’ projects and theses. He also served on or chaired university committees at various levels. Dr. Winnail’s areas of research interest have included: school health and coordinated school health programs, community development, community-based needs assessment, program evaluation, physical activity and nutrition, and parental involvement. Additionally while in Wyoming, Dr. Winnail worked closely with the Wyoming State Departments of Health and Education, many other state health organizations, and was also very active both at the state and national levels in the area of school health. Dr. Winnail currently serves in the US field ministry for the Living Church of God.