Tianyu Chen

Tianyu Chen serves as an Adjunct Instructor and PhD candidate in the Department of Public Administration & Policy at American University's School of Public Affairs, concurrently holding fellowships at the Center for Data Science and the Local Public Sector Alliance—a Washington DC-based nonprofit research initiative focused on public sector innovation.

Education

• MPA, Indiana University Bloomington
• MS in Environmental Science, Indiana University Bloomington
• BS in Environmental Science, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Research Focus

His interdisciplinary work merges computational techniques with public administration, specifically applying natural language processing and machine learning to analyze public sector data and optimize nonprofit organizational effectiveness. This bridges governance challenges with AI-driven solutions for policy analysis and service delivery improvement.

Professional Engagement

Chen teaches core courses including GOVT-310 Introduction to Political Research and PUAD-681 Managing Non-Profit Organizations, while contributing to the Local Public Sector Alliance's collaborative projects on local government efficiency and data-driven public service innovation through his Center for Data Science fellowship.