The National Forum for Black Public Administrators named Halima Leak Francis, PhD, its 2024 Educator of the Year. Leak Francis is a professor of practice and the program director for the John Lewis Public Administration Program at the Tulane School of

Greetings, Tulane SoPA Community!   A few weeks ago, I celebrated my seventh year at the Tulane School of Professional Advancement (SoPA), which was known back in 2017, as the School of Continuing Studies (SCS).  My charge as the associate dean