Standards Committee

Shannon Vaughan

CHAIR

Term Ends: October 2025

Professor, MPA Director and Chair

Department of Public Administration and Policy

University of Montana

shannon.vaughan@mso.umt.edu

 

 

Shawn Flanigan

MEMBER

Term Ends: September 2027

Professor

School of Public Affairs

San Diego State University 

sflaniga@sdsu.ed

 

Kate Halihan

MEMBER

Term Ends: September 2027

Assistant Dean of Students & Instructor Chief Diversity Officer

John Glenn College of Public Affairs

The Ohio State University 

hallihan.3@osu.edu

 

 

 

Maja H. Holmes

MEMBER

Term Ends: September 2025

Director

School of Public Affairs and Administration

The University of Kansas

maja.holmes@ku.edu

 

 

Richard Greggory Johnson III

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2026

Department Chair

Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration, School of Management

University of San Francisco

rgjohnsoniii@usfca.edu

Naim Kapacu

MEMBER

Term Ends: September 2027

Professor

School of Public Administration

University of Central Florida

Naim.Kapucu@ucf.edu

Thomas Longoria

MEMBER

Term Ends: September 2025

Professor

Texas State University

tl28@txstate.edu

 

Elaine Yi Lu

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2026

MPA-PPA Director

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY

ylu@jjay.cuny.edu

 

Rabia Naguib

MEMBER

Term Ends: September 2027

Department Chair and Associate Professor

School of Economics, Administration and Public Policy

Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Rabia.Naguib@dohainstitute.edu.qa

 

Peter A. Ngwafu

MEMBER

Term Ends: September 2025

Director

Albany State University

peter.ngwafu@asurams.edu

 

Helen Yu

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2026

Director & Professor Public Administration Program

University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

helenyu@hawaii.edu

 

 

 

Zhirong Zhao

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2026

Dean and Professor

School of Public Affairs

Zhejiang University

jerryzhao@zju.edu.cn