The Team

Dr. Shuyang Peng is the principal investigator for CONOREP.  She is an assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs at The University of Colorado Denver. Dr. Peng’s interests are in the areas of public and nonprofit management, with an emphasis on employee attitudes and behaviors, organizational resources and performance, social enterprise, and public-nonprofit collaboration. More specifically, her research looks at how public and nonprofit organizations can effectively lead employees, manage internal resources, and collaborate externally to provide quality services. She has published articles in top tier public administration and nonprofit management journals. She is a fellow at the Center for Organizational Research and Design at Arizona State University. 

Tierney Bamrick is a CONOREP research team member. She is a PhD Candidate at the CU Denver School of Public Affairs. Her research is focused on nonprofit organizations, sociocultural inequity, and civil society. This focus is informed by her years of work in nonprofit management and her involvement with national-level initiatives to acknowledge and address inequity in the arts nonprofit sector. Before turning to the field of public affairs, Tierney earned a bachelor’s in music from Vanderbilt University, a master’s in music from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a master’s in sociology from the University of Mississippi. Tierney was raised in the U.S. South and Midwest and now lives in the Denver area with her partner and their dog. 

 Michael Bell is a CONOREP research team member. He was born and raised in Boston, MA. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a Bachelor of Arts in Astronomy in 2005 and a second Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 2008. He would go on to graduate from George Mason University with a Master in Public Policy in 2021. Upon graduation in 2008, Mike commissioned as a Military Intelligence Officer with the Army National Guard. He deployed to Afghanistan, Qatar, and Jordan and continues to serve as a member of the U.S. Army Reserves. He intends to focus his PhD studies on how cities, counties, and towns manage utilities specifically focusing on water, electricity, and internet access.