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Dr. Yu-Che Chen
- Associate Professor
- Public Administration, Public Affairs and Community Service
- CPACS
- Tel: 402.554.2058
- Fax: 402.554.2625
- Email: ychen@unomaha.edu
Biographical Information
Yu-Che Chen, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Digital Governance in the School of Public Administration at University of Nebraska at Omaha. Dr. Chen is the Director of the Global Digital Governance Lab. Dr. Chen received his Master of Public Affairs and Ph.D. in Public Policy from Indiana University—Bloomington. His current research interests are in collaborative cyberinfrastructure, smart and connected communities, big data, e-governance performance, and open government. He has published a single-authored book entitled Managing Digital Governance (2017) by Routledge and the Routledge Handbook on Information Technology in Government (2017) as the lead editor. In addition, he has published more than thirty journal articles, book chapters, and management reports on e-government and digital governance as well as the book entitled Electronic Governance and Cross-boundary Collaboration. His research can be found in scholarly journals such as Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, American Review of Public Administration, Public Performance and Management Review, and Government Information Quarterly. He is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA). He serves as Chair of the Section on Public Administration Research for the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and Board Member of the Digital Government Society.
Teaching Interests
Managing Digital Governance
Information and Technology Management
Advanced Management Theory and Analysis
Research Methods
Research and Creative Interests
Digital Collaborative Governance
Information and Technology Management
Smart Urban Governance and Smart City
Open Government and Open Data
Big Data and Data Analytics
Service
Director, Global Digital Governance Lab
Chair, Section on Public Administration Research, American Society for Public Administration
Board Member, Digital Government Society
Honors
Professor of the Year Award (Teaching) 2013
Presidential Citation of Merit (Service, Professional) 2013
Professor of the Year Award (Teaching) 2009
Professor of the Year Award (Teaching) 2007
Junior Faculty Achievement Award (Scholarship/Research) 2006
Finalist for the Best Dissertation Award of 2002 (Scholarship/Research) 2002
East-West Center Fellowship (Scholarship/Research) 1995
Three-year Doctoral Fellowship (Scholarship/Research) 1994
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