Public Management; Representation and Diversity; Bureaucratic Decision Making; Social Equity and Justice; Law Enforcement
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.
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