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). 鈥淪urvey Experiments and Changes in Question Wording in Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys鈥�. 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
鈥淐apital Assets Condition Ratios in American States: It鈥檚 Time to Invest in Infrastructure: A Political Economy Analysis.鈥� Annual Conference of Association of Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM). Washington D.C., September 2019.
鈥淔iscal Institutions and Municipal Fiscal Health: Evidence from Large American Cities.鈥� Annual Conference of Association of Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM). Washington, D.C., November, 2018.
鈥淎n Empirical Analysis of Local Government Investments in Capital Assets: The Case of Florida Counties.鈥� (With Can Chen). Annual Conference of Association of Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM). Denver, CO. October 2018
鈥淭he Effects of State-Imposed Tax and Expenditure Limitations (TELs) on Municipal Financial Condition: Evidence from Large American Cities.鈥� Annual Conference of Western Social Science Association (WSSA). San Antonio, TX. April 2018.
鈥淭he Determinants of County Government Financial Condition: The Case of Michigan Counties.鈥� (With Yonghong Wu). Annual Conference of Association of Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM). Washington D.C., October 2017.
鈥淢easuring the Financial Condition of Michigan Counties: 2005-2013.鈥� (With Yonghong Wu) Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). Atlanta, GA. March 2017.
鈥淚nternal Competition and Performance: The Mediating Role of Psychological Safety.鈥� (With Michael Siciliano) Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA). Chicago,IL. April 2017
鈥淚nvestigation of Determinants of Financial Condition: An Empirical Study of American Cities.鈥� Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). Denver, CO. March 2018.
鈥淚nvestigation of Attitudes Toward Social Media Use in US Local Government (new objective data and analysis added)鈥� (With Allyson Holbrook and Mary Feeney). Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). New Orleans, LA, May 2017.
鈥淚nvestigation of Attitudes Toward Social Media Use inUS Local Government.鈥� (With Allyson Holbrook and Mary Feeney). Annual Conference of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR). Chicago, IL. November 2016.
鈥淓xtreme Response Style: Scale Type and Left/Right Preferences.鈥� (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. 鈥淎n Empirical Analysis of Capital Assets Condition Ratio in Local Governments: The Case of Florida Counties鈥�.
Wang, Xiaoheng., Holbrook, Allyson L. & Feeney, Mary. 鈥淭he Role of Department Type
in Public Managers鈥� Attitudes Toward Social Media Use鈥�.
Wang, Xiaoheng. & Cheng, Jen-Chi. 鈥淭he Effect of Fiscal Decentralization on Municipal
Fiscal Condition鈥�.
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鈥檚 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