Executive Leadership Committee
The eJournal of Public Affairs has formed an executive leadership committee who drive the overall direction of publications. This committee includes:
Katherine (Kathy) Nordyke, PhD
Director of Citizenship and Service-Learning and of the eJournal of Public Affairs. Dr. Nordyke also co-chairs the Carnegie Recertification for Community Engagement application process, is the PI for Fuse (a federally funded grant through the Department of Homeland Security) and serves as a co-ADP Coordinator for Missouri State University. Previously, Kathy served as a reviewer and contributor for the journal.
Charles Whitaker, MS
Editor for the eJournal of Public Affairs and Communications Manager for Citizenship & Service-Learning. Charles also directs the communication efforts for Fuse. Prior to the re-launch of the journal, Charles served in the capacity of both the Associate Editor and a contributor.
Catherine (Cathy) Copeland, PhD
Director of the American Democracy Project (ADP) at AASCU and serves as the liaison for the partnership collaboration of the eJournal of Public Affairs and ADP/AASCU and has been instrumental in the re-launch of the eJournal. Prior to her work at AASCU/ADP, Dr. Copeland served as faculty at several institutions of higher education, including, but not limited to, James Madison University, the University of Alabama, and Indiana University-Purdue University.
John Jasinski, PhD
Dr. J serves as provost at Missouri State University and as a senior consultant for AASCU Consulting. He is President Emeritus from Northwest Missouri State University. His AASCU service includes Member, Board of Directors; member, Postsecondary Value Commission Taskforce; leadership mentor for Millennium Leadership Institute, New President’s Academy and Executive Leadership Academy; lead facilitator, Becoming a Provost Academy; member, State Council of Representatives.
Rachelle Darabi, PhD
Faculty Emeritus at Missouri State University and currently serves as the Student Ombudsman. Dr. Darabi has a lengthy history with the eJournal of Public Affairs, not only in her prior role as Associate Provost of Student Development and Public Affairs, but as a member of the Editorial Board for the eJournal and a contributor. During Dr. Darabi’s tenure at Missouri State University, she was actively involved in AASCU, AACU, and ADP, and worked tirelessly to move the Journal of Public Affairs to the eJournal of Public Affairs with national and global presence.
Mary Ann Wood, MS
Director, Office of Public Affairs Support and coordinates and oversees the development of multiple activities that promote the university’s public affairs mission including the Public Affairs Conference, Public Affairs Talks, Democracy Week, the US Naturalization Ceremony, and other special events. She also serves as co-chair of the Carnegie Recertification for Community Engagement application process and is part of a 13-member non-partisan community organization called the Informed Voter Coalition whose goal is to educate voters and engage candidates with constituents.
Tim Eatman, PhD
Dean of the Honors Living-Learning Community at Rutgers University and was the co-director of Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life. Dr. Eatman also has a long history with the American Democracy Project (ADP) and the eJournal of Public Affairs and collaborated with Marc Cooper on the eJournal prior to the untimely passing of Dr. Cooper. Dr. Eatman’s goal is to move forward the legacy that Marc Cooper created with the eJournal of Public Affairs. Additionally, Dr. Eatman’s work includes serving as the co-editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement (2017), serving in a national capacity with the Association of American Acolleges and Universities (AAC&U) Summer Institute on High Impact Practices, serving on the Advisory Panel for the Carnegie Engagement Classification for Community Engagement, as is a Board Member of the American Association of State Colleges and University (AASCU) and the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE).
Chapman Rackaway, PhD
Director of Civic Engagement and Professor of Political Science (Chair) at Radford University is a scholar in the field of civic engagement and is actively involved with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the American Democracy Project both as a contributor and in serving on the Editorial Board. Chapman’s goal is that the eJournal of Public Affairs is the “gold standard” for journals that focus on civic engagement and public affairs topics, research, and scholarship.
Dr. Rackaway’s professional portfolio can be found at www.chapmanrackaway.com
Editorial Board
The eJournal of Public Affairs is operated by a team of people with different roles and areas of focus.
Director / Editor-in-Chief
Katherine Nordyke, PhD
Missouri State University
Deputy Editor
Chapman Rackaway, PhD
Radford University
Managing Editor
Charles V. Whitaker, MS
Missouri State University
Section Editors
Service-Learning
Jean Mistele, PhD
Radford University
Jean Strait, PhD
Foundation for the Advancement of Culture & Education
Civic and Voter Engagement
Book Reviews
Suzanne Walker-Pacheco, PhD
Missouri State University
Terry Brown, PhD
American Association of State Colleges & Universities
Editorial Support Staff
Daniela Broughton – Student
Missouri State University
Jillian Plymell – Student
Missouri State University
Copy Editors
Mary Ann Wood, MS
Director of Public Affairs Support
Missouri State University