2025-2026 ACADEMIC YEAR IN REVIEW
The Next Chapter
A Familiar Leader for SoPA’s Next Chapter
Christa Payne has been appointed to the position of interim dean of the Tulane School of Professional Advancement (SoPA).
Payne is an accomplished administrator with more than 25 years of experience in education and non-profits. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Sewanee: The University of the South and graduated with a Master of Business Administration from Tulane’s A. B. Freeman School of Business.
- SoPA tuition reduced
- SoPA announces 8-week terms
- Robyn Ice and Lanie Dornier appointed emeritus faculty
- Jacqueline Epstein named Paralegal Studies program director
- Michael Wallace named one of Homeland’s 50 Trailblazers for leadership in homeland security education
- Craig Flanagan named Kinesiology program director
- Ambika Prasad named Business and Leadership Studies program director
