Overview
Xiaoheng Wang received her doctoral degree from the Department of Public Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research interests include public budgeting and finance, financial management of state and local governments, and survey methods. For her dissertation, Wang gathered data from 100 large American cities to examine the municipal financial condition in the wake of the great recession. Wang has been involved in survey research projects, such as a national survey of local government technology use and a network evaluation study of a public school district.
Information
Public budgeting and finance
Financial management of state and local governments
Fiscal health
Survey methods
Public management
Public Budgeting and Financial Management
Research Methods
Public Policy
Publications
Holbrook, Allyson L., Sterrett, David., Crosby, Andrew W., Stavrakantonaki, Marina., Wang, Xiaoheng., Zhao, Tianshu., & Johnson, Timothy P. (2019). “Survey Experiments and Changes in Question Wording in Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys”. In the Edited Book: Experimental Methods in Survey Research: Techniques that Combine Random Sampling with Random Assignment (Wiley Series in Survey Methodology). Wiley Publisher.
Conference Presentations
“Capital Assets Condition Ratios in American States: It’s Time to Invest in Infrastructure: A Political Economy Analysis.” Annual Conference of Association of Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM). Washington D.C., September 2019.
“Fiscal Institutions and Municipal Fiscal Health: Evidence from Large American Cities.” Annual Conference of Association of Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM). Washington, D.C., November, 2018.
“An Empirical Analysis of Local Government Investments in Capital Assets: The Case of Florida Counties.” (With Can Chen). Annual Conference of Association of Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM). Denver, CO. October 2018
“The Effects of State-Imposed Tax and Expenditure Limitations (TELs) on Municipal Financial Condition: Evidence from Large American Cities.” Annual Conference of Western Social Science Association (WSSA). San Antonio, TX. April 2018.
“The Determinants of County Government Financial Condition: The Case of Michigan Counties.” (With Yonghong Wu). Annual Conference of Association of Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM). Washington D.C., October 2017.
“Measuring the Financial Condition of Michigan Counties: 2005-2013.” (With Yonghong Wu) Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). Atlanta, GA. March 2017.
“Internal Competition and Performance: The Mediating Role of Psychological Safety.” (With Michael Siciliano) Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA). Chicago,IL. April 2017
“Investigation of Determinants of Financial Condition: An Empirical Study of American Cities.” Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). Denver, CO. March 2018.
“Investigation of Attitudes Toward Social Media Use in US Local Government (new objective data and analysis added)” (With Allyson Holbrook and Mary Feeney). Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). New Orleans, LA, May 2017.
“Investigation of Attitudes Toward Social Media Use inUS Local Government.” (With Allyson Holbrook and Mary Feeney). Annual Conference of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR). Chicago, IL. November 2016.
“Extreme Response Style: Scale Type and Left/Right Preferences.” (With Allyson Holbrook and David Sterrett). Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). Austin, TX. May 2016.
Wang, Xiaoheng. & Chen, Can. “An Empirical Analysis of Capital Assets Condition Ratio in Local Governments: The Case of Florida Counties”.
Wang, Xiaoheng., Holbrook, Allyson L. & Feeney, Mary. “The Role of Department Type
in Public Managers’ Attitudes Toward Social Media Use”.
Wang, Xiaoheng. & Cheng, Jen-Chi. “The Effect of Fiscal Decentralization on Municipal
Fiscal Condition”.
Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2014 - 2019
Instructor, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2019
Instructor, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2016
WSU Award for Research/Creative Projects in Summer (ARCS): 2020
Convergence Science Initiative Award: 2020
The Institute for the Study and Economic Growth (ISEG) Research Grant Award: 2019
UIC Department Award for ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research (University of Michigan): 2017
UIC Graduate School Council Travel Award: 2016,2017
UIC Presenter Award: 2017
Member of Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society (NASPAA): 2012
Ph.D, Public Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2019. Dissertation: The Financial Condition of America’s Large Cities: The Role of Fiscal Institutions, Decentralization, and Intergovernmental Aid
MPA, Public Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012
BA, Management, Nanjing Tech University, 2010
BA, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nanjing Tech University, 2010