Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation (COPRA)

Gloria J. Billingsley

CHAIR

Term Ends: August 2024

Interim Department Chair & Professor of Public Policy & Administration

Department of Public Policy and Administration

Jackson State University

gloria.j.billingsley@jsums.edu

Shahjahan Bhuiyan

MEMBER

Term Ends: August 2026

Professor of Public Administration and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Administration

School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

The American University in Cairo

sbhuiyan@aucegypt.edu

Lori Brainard

MEMBER

Term Ends: August 2026

Professor

Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Admin

The George Washington University

brainard@gwu.edu

Mary Bruce

MEMBER

Term Ends: August 2026

Professor

1 University Pkwy

Governors State University

mclark@govst.edu

Shaoming Cheng

MEMBER

Term Ends: August 2025

Associate Professor and Department Chair, Public Policy and Administration

11200 SW 8th St, Dept of Public Policy and Administration

Florida International University

scheng@fiu.edu

Jerrell D. Coggburn

MEMBER

Term Ends: August 2025

Professor and Director of Graduate Programs

School of Public and International Affairs

North Carolina State University

jcoggburn@ncsu.edu

Madinah F. Hamidullah

MEMBER

Term Ends: August 2026

Professor and MPA Program Director

Kennesaw State University School of Government and International Affairs Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences

madinah.hamidullah@kennesaw.edu

Angela M. Eikenberry

MEMBER

Term Ends: August 2024

Professor, Public Administration

School of Public Administration

University of Nebraska at Omaha

aeikenberry@unomaha.edu

Tia Sherèe Gaynor

MEMBER

Term Ends: August 2024

Associate Professor

Marist College Humphrey School of Public Affairs 225 Humphrey Center 301 - 19th Avenue South

tsgaynor@umn.edu

Calvin Johnson

MEMBER

Term Ends: August 2026

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

14000 Jericho Park Rd

Bowie State University

ccjohnson@bowiestate.edu

Anna Ya Ni

MEMBER

Term Ends: August 2025

Associate Dean

5500 University Pkwy

California State University, San Bernardino

yni@csusb.edu

Meghna Sabharwal

MEMBER

Term Ends: August 2026

Professor, Public and Nonprofit Management

School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences

The University of Texas at Dallas

mxs095000@utdallas.edu

Sheila Toppin

MEMBER

Term Ends: August 2024

Associate Professor

Department of Public Administration

Clark Atlanta University

dpaotw@gmail.com

C. Kurt Zorn

MEMBER

Term Ends: August 2025

Professor Emeritus

Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Room 314

Indiana University, Bloomington

zorn@indiana.edu