{"id":40847,"date":"2022-01-06T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=40847"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:27:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T21:27:24","slug":"tarletons-copeland-named-fulbright-specialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarletons-copeland-named-fulbright-specialist\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton’s Copeland Named Fulbright Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Smiling man in a purple Tarleton State University polo shirt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, January 6, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Dr. Christopher Copeland, Director of Tarleton State University\u2019s Institute of Homeland Security and Cybercrime in the School of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Public Administration, has been named a Fulbright Specialist by the U.S. Department of State\u2019s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and World Learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fulbright Specialist program sends faculty and professionals to businesses and academic institutions in more than 150 countries. Countries must have a U.S. embassy or Fulbright commission to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fulbright Specialists serve five-year appointments as expert consultants on curriculum, faculty development, institutional planning and related subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Copeland is an expert in cybersecurity and cybercrimes, critical infrastructure and its security, and the dark web. His projects as a Fulbright Specialist will be related to those areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am elated and excited to get to represent Tarleton in this once-in-a-lifetime endeavor,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to bringing Tarleton\u2019s values and research in cybersecurity and cybercrimes to the international stage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His international experience includes cybersecurity\/dark web projects in Portugal, the American Embassy in the Czech Republic, and the United Kingdom, as well as a critical infrastructure response from Hurricane Harvey in Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are very proud of Dr. Copeland\u2019s Fulbright Specialist appointment,\u201d said Dr. Alex del Carmen, Associate Dean of the School of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Public Administration. \u201cThere is no question that his talents will transcend to the global community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Copeland earned both his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Texas at Arlington. He holds a Doctor of Science in information assurance from Dakota State University and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Tarleton\u2019s School of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Public Administration, visit www.tarleton.edu\/criminology. The school is part of Tarleton\u2019s College of Liberal and Fine Arts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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