Yahong Zhang, PhD

Yahong Zhang
Associate Professor, Rutgers SPAA
Director, Rutgers Institute on Anti-Corruption Studies (RIACS)
Director, PhD Program, Rutgers SPAA
Faculty
Email
yahong.zhang@rutgers.edu
Phone
973-353-3983
Office
CPS 337
CV
Research Areas
Local Government Management
Public Management and Leadership

Dr. Yahong Zhang is an associate professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) at Rutgers University–Newark, where she is also the Director of the PhD program and the Rutgers Institute on Anti-Corruption Studies (RIACS). Her research interests include anti-corruption studies, politics-administration relationships, citizen participation, government transparency, public administration education, and quantitative research methods. She has published many articles in top peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART), Public Administration Review (PAR), Public Administration (PA), Public Management Review (PMR), the American Review of Public Administration (ARPA), and Public Performance & Management Review (PPMR). She received SPAA's 2024 Faculty Teaching Award for significant contributions to SPAA students’ intellectual lives through superior teaching practices.

Education

  • PhD: Florida State University, Public Administration and Policy
  • MA: University of Kansas, Political Science
  • MA: Nanjing University, Business Management
  • BA: Nanjing University, Economics

Courses Taught

  • Quantitative Methods I (to PhD students)
  • Quantitative Methods II (to PhD students)
  • Seminar on Integrity and Anticorruption Studies (to PhD students)
  • Applied Research Design (to MPA students)
  • Applied Statistics (to MPA students)
  • Ethical Challenges in Public Affairs (to MPA students)

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