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Jingkang Gao serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law and Ribstein Fellow at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Law, where he specializes in the intersection of law and emerging technologies with particular emphasis on tort law and behavioral legal analysis. His scholarly work investigates institutional adaptation to technological innovation and law's capacity to enhance societal welfare through evidence-based frameworks.
His academic credentials include:
- PhD and MS from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- JD from Columbia Law School
- BSE from Princeton University
Gao's research program critically examines algorithmic aversion in judicial processes, develops methodologies for algorithmic lawmaking that account for behavioral feedback loops, and analyzes normative drivers of legal compliance. His practical applications extend to transportation policy, where he collaborated with the Chicago Transit Authority on bus electrification initiatives and electric market development in the United States. This work bridges theoretical legal scholarship with real-world technological implementation challenges.
His publication record (2017-2023) demonstrates consistent interdisciplinary engagement across law, behavioral science, and technology policy. Key thematic threads include transportation safety compliance mechanisms, cross-cultural legitimacy assessments of legal systems, and motivational psychology underlying policy adherence. These works employ mixed-method empirical approaches that integrate quantitative behavioral data with legal theory, establishing a distinctive research trajectory at the technology-law-behavior nexus.
As a Ribstein Fellow, Gao contributes to legal scholarship through courses in Behavioral Economics and the Law and Law and Emerging Technology, though specific student mentorship details or major external grant funding beyond his fellowship appointment are not documented in available materials.
