Education
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2008
M.P.A., University of Kentucky, 2004
B.A., University of International Relations (UIR), Beijing, China, 2002
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2008-present
- Research Assistant, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky, 2005-2008
Awards, Honors & Certifications
- Best Manuscript Award Runner-up, the Public Finance and Budgeting (PFB) section of the 52nd annual meeting of the Western Social Science Association (WSSA)
- Poster Session Award, 29th annual research conference of Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), November 2007, Washington D.C.
- Research Assistantship, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky, 2005-2008
- Graduate Assistantship, Office of Residence Life, University of Kentucky, July 2004-December 2004
- Research Assistantship, Center for Health Services Management and Research, University of Kentucky, 2003-2004
Professional Interests
Public and Nonprofit Financial Management, State and Local Government Finance, Quantitative Methodology
Current Projects
- Member, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)
- Member, Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM)
- Member, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
- Member, Urban Affairs Association (UAA)
- Member, The China-America Association for Public Affairs (CAAPA)
Selected Publications
Full Vita
- Wenli Yan. “The Interactive Effect of Revenue Diversification and Economic Base on Revenue Stability: Evidence from Georgia County Governments.” Public Money & Management. (Forthcoming)
- Wenli Yan. “The Impact of Revenue Diversification and Economic Base on State Revenue Stability.” Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management. (Forthcoming)
- Wenli Yan. 2011 “Revenue Diversification and State Credit Rating: Does Economic Sensitivity Matter?” Municipal Finance Journal, 31 (04), 41-62.
- Douglas Carr and Wenli Yan. “Federal Environmental Policy and Local Industrial Diversification: The Case of the Clean Air Act” Regional Studies, First published on: 09
October 2010 (iFirst).
- Wenli Yan, Dwight V. Denison and J.S. Butler. 2009. "Revenue Structure and Nonprofit Borrowing," Public Finance Review, 37(1), 47-67. (Rated as the most frequently read article in Public Finance Review in 2009).
- Dwight V. Denison, Wenli Yan and Zhirong (Jerry) Zhao. "Is management performance a factor in municipal bond credit ratings? The case of Texas School Districts," Public Budgeting and Finance, 27(4):86–98.
