Faculty
Danyao Li
Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D. in Public Affairs, The Paul H. O’Neill School of Public
Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington
Expertise
Public Management
Representation and Diversity
Bureaucratic Decision Making
Social Equity and Justice
Law Enforcement
Biography
Danyao Li earned her Ph.D. in Public Affairs from The Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington and joined USC Sol Price School of Public Policy as an Assistant Professor in 2022. Her research centers on representation and diversity, bureaucratic decision making and organizational performance, often with a specific application to law enforcement. She is primarily interested in research questions that concern issues of social equity and justice. Her work aims to develop a better understanding of the ways in which design and implementation of policy programs impact disparities in policy outcomes.
Selected Publications
- Critical mass condition of majority bureaucratic behavioral change in representative bureaucracy: a theoretical clarification and a nonparametric exploration. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, muae002. doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muae002.
- Social identity and cooperative behavior by public administrators. Administration & Society, 009539972311625.
- When intragroup conflict is a good thing: Team diversity and use of force by police. International Public Management Journal, 1–15.
In The News
Kudos
July 3, 2023 Dr. Li wins the Public Management Research Association (PMRA) 2023 Best Dissertation Award for “Bureaucratic Representation, Individual Decision Making and Organizational Performance in Law Enforcement.”