Wan Ju Hung

Wan Ju Hung serves as an Assistant Professor of Public Administration within the Department of Political Science at Texas Tech University. Her research centers on public management with specific expertise in government contracting, public procurement, citizen-state interactions, and organizational behavior of public employees.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Public Administration, Rutgers University–Newark
• MPA, National Taiwan University

Research Focus: Dr. Hung's work critically examines contracting dynamics through meta-analyses and experimental methods, investigating how contracting arrangements affect service equity, public blame attribution, and employee behavior. Her scholarship bridges theoretical frameworks like the theory of planned behavior with practical public sector challenges, particularly in procurement systems and union-contracting relationships. She actively explores citizen perspectives on governmental accountability in contracted services and nonprofit donor behavior.

Publication Trends: Her recent output (2021-2025) reveals three dominant trajectories: (1) government contracting reversal and in-sourcing determinants, (2) public sector unionization effects on contracting decisions, and (3) experimental analyses of citizen blame attribution in service inequities. Methodologically, she heavily utilizes meta-analysis and survey experiments across international contexts, with increasing attention to social equity outcomes in procurement.

Professional Context: As faculty in Texas Tech's Political Science department, she contributes to public administration education through research and teaching, with publications appearing in top-tier journals including American Review of Public Administration and Public Administration.