Kaifeng Yang, PhD

Dr. Kaifeng Yang is dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) at Rutgers University–Newark. He is known internationally as a scholar of government performance management, citizen engagement, public human resource management, and digital governance. He has been a fellow in the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) since 2012. Dr. Yang earned his PhD from Rutgers SPAA in 2003 and was awarded the 2018 SPAA Alumni Award for Academic Excellence for outstanding contributions to the intellectual, theoretical, and institutional advancement of public administration.

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Education

• PhD: Rutgers University–Newark, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Public Administration (2003)
• PhD: Renmin University (China), Business Administration (2000)
• MA: Renmin University (China), Business Administration (1997)
• BA: Huazhong University of Science & Technology (China), Business Engineering (1994)