Ruowen Shen Full Vitae

Ruowen Shen, Ph.D.

Wichita State University Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs

Assistant Professor

Full Vitae

Ruowen Shen received her doctoral degree from the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University.  Her research interests include policy influence in local and regional governance, urban sustainability, and the effects of expanded bike paths on community health. For her dissertation, Governance of Local Sustainability:  Network, Environment and Policy,” she used Geographic Information System (GIS) software to conduct a spatial analysis of residential adoption of solar PV. 

Primary Teaching Areas

Public Administration in American Society; Nonprofit Management; Public Organization

Experience

• Teaching Assistant, Askew School of Public Administration, 2018

• Instructor, Askew School of Public Administration, 2017-2018

• Guest Instructor, Askew School of Public Administration, 2015

Degrees

• Ph.D, Public Administration, Askew School of Public Administration, 2019. Dissertation: “Governance of Local Sustainability:  Network, Environment and Policy

• M.P.A., Public Administration, University of Miami, 2013

• B.A., International Politics, Beijing International Studies University, 2010

Publications

David, Berlan., Shen, R., Klay, W. (2018). “The History and Evolution of the Southeastern Conference for Public Administration”, Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs. Manuscript accepted.

Hongtao, Yi., Suo, L., Shen, R., Zhang, J., Ramaswami, A., and Feiock, R. (2018). “Regional Governance and Institutional Collective Action for Environmental Sustainability in China”, Public Administration Review, 78(4): 556-566.

Ruowen, Shen., Yi, H., and Feiock, R. (2017). “China’s local government innovations in interlocal collaboration,” Public Service Innovation in China, Palgrave, Singapore.

Conference Presentations

Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 5-8, 2018. “Regional Governance and Multiplex Networks in Environmental Sustainability: An Exponential Random Graph Model Analysis in Chinese Context”

Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 6-9, 2017. “Does Inter-Governmental Collaboration Affect Government Officials’ Promotion in China?” (with Kewei Xu)

American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, March 18-22, 2016. “A Relational View of Red Tape: The Case of One-Shot Federal Grants”

American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, March 18-22, 2016. “Regional Governance and Institutional Collective Action for Environmental Sustainability in China” (with H. Yi, L. Suo, J. Zhang, A, Ramaswami, & R. Feiock)

HKU-USC-IPPA Conference on Public Policy (CPPHK), Hong Kong, June 10-11, 2016. “Examination of Multi-Level Influences on Inter-City Collaboration in China”

Association For Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Annual Conference, Miami, Florida, November 12-14, 2015. “Regional Governance and Institutional Collective Action for Environmental Sustainability in China” (with H. Yi, L. Suo, J. Zhang, A, Ramaswami, & R. Feiock)

Southeastern Conference of Public Administration (SECoPA), Charleston, SC, September 30-Octorber 3, 2015. “The Role of Organizational Identity in Prioritization between Divergent Measures of Healthcare Performance” (with N. Min, D. Berlan, K. Lee)

Southeastern Conference of Public Administration (SECoPA), Atlanta, GA, September 17- 19, 2014. “Institutional Incentives And The Adoption of Sustainable Energy Innovation”

Academic and Professional Associations

Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)

American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)

Awards and Honors

The Jerry Collins Experimental Social Science Award, Local Governance Research Lab, Florida State University: 2018

Sustainable Healthy Cities Graduate Education Certificate, Sustainable Healthy Cities Network: 2018

Donald C. Stone Best Student Paper Award, Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management, American Society for Public Administration: 2017

The 3rd annual Duck Family Graduate Workshop on Environmental Politics Governance, the Center for Environmental Politics, University of Washington, Seattle: 2017

Founders’ Fellowship, American Society for Public Administration: 2016

The Global Sustainability Summer School, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, MN: 2016

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, University of Michigan: 2015

Beijing International Studies University scholarship: 2007-2009

Beijing International Studies University Excellent League Member: 2008