Xiang Yao

Xiang Yao is an Assistant Professor at the National Academy of Education Administration (NAEA) in China and a current Visiting Scholar at the Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE), UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on public sector performance management, human resource practices, citizen-government dynamics, and university administration.

Education:

• B.A. and M.A. in Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing
• Ph.D. in Public Administration, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark

Research & Projects: She leads two national government-funded research projects and has participated in six additional projects as Subproject PI/Associate Researcher. Her work examines interdisciplinary impacts on research productivity, first-class university administration team characteristics, and comparative Sino-US university leadership mechanisms. Projects are sponsored by entities like China's Ministry of Education and Peking University.

Publications & Conferences: Her work appears in journals like the American Review of Public Administration and China Higher Education Research, and she presents at conferences such as the American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference.

Current Research: During her UC Berkeley visit, she studies:

• Interdisciplinarity's impact on social science research productivity
• Administrative team characteristics of top-tier universities
• Comparative analysis of Sino-US public university leadership selection
• Performance measurement frameworks for U.S. public research universities