Sheila Toppin

Sheila Toppin, DPA, MPA

Sheila Toppin is a "prac-academician," having a dual career as a practitioner and academician. For 20 years, she served in community corrections as a parole officer and a U.S. probation officer/supervisor. For 15 years, she has taught public administration and criminal justice, and currently is an assistant professor in the public administration department at Clark Atlanta University. Toppin holds a MPA from Clark Atlanta University, and Doctorate of Public Administration from Valdosta State University. Her conference presentations include the American Society of Public Administration, Southeastern Conference of Public Administrators, the National Forum for Black Public Administrators Executive Leadership Institute, and the Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators. Toppin’s work has appeared in the Justice Policy Journal, Public Administration Times, Georgia Journal of Public Policy and the Education and Information Technology Journal.