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Instructor in Public Administration


Education

  • Ph.D., Georgia State University (in progress & expected 2024)
  • M.A., George Washington University
  • B.A., Shanghai University of Political Science and Law

Teaching Specialties

  • Public Finance and Budgeting
  • Public Administration
  • State and Local Government
  • Coding in R for Policy Analytics
  • Microeconomics for Public Policy
  • Econometrics and Causal Inference

Research Interests

  • Public Finance and Budgeting
  • Infrastructure Finance
  • Education Finance
  • Urban Policy

Affiliations

  • National Tax Association
  • Association for Budgeting and Financial Management

Biography

Laiyang Ke is an Instructor/Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Arkansas State University. He teaches courses in public administration, leadership, and coding for policy analytics. His research interests focus on public budgeting and financial management, infrastructure and education finance, and urban policy. His work has been published in PLOS ONE, Public Budgeting & Finance, Public Finance Review, and Public Choice. He was awarded the Adam Smith Fellowship from the Mercatus Center, George Mason University.

Laiyang Ke


Contact Information

P: (870) 972-2184


Office

Building: HSS
Room: 3042