Pengju Zhang
September, 2015
Center for Policy Research /426 Eggers Hall / 812-272-9196 (Cell)
Syracuse University / 315-443-9054 (Office)
Syracuse, NY. 13244-1020 / pzhang03.expressions.syr.edu
EDUCATION
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Spring 2016 (Expected)
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Ph.D. Candidate, Public Administration and International Affairs
Dissertation: Three Essays on Understanding and Evaluating Local Government Structural Changes from a Public Finance Perspective
Committee: John M. Yinger (Chair), Robert Bifulco, Yilin Hou, Sharon Kioko (University of Washington), Douglas A. Wolf
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN May 2011
School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA)
Master of Public Affairs (Concentration: Public Finance and Policy Analysis)
Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China June 2008
School of Government
B.A., Political Science (Ranking: 1/54)
PUBLICATIONS
William Duncombe, John Yinger and Pengju Zhang. Forthcoming. “How Does School District Consolidation Affect Property Values: A Case Study of New York.” Public Finance Review.
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
Pengju Zhang. “Revisiting The Effects of Tax and Expenditure Limitations (TELs) on The Growth of Special-Purpose Governments: Politics of Circumvention or Not?” (Under Review: National Tax Journal)
Sharon Kioko and Pengju Zhang. “Impacts of Tax and Expenditure Limits (TELs) on Local Government Debt Burdens” (Under Review: Public Choice)
WORKING PAPERS
Pengju Zhang. “How Does the Change of Local Government Structure Affect Property Values: A Case Study of Village Dissolution in Upstate New York.” (Final Editing)
WORK IN PROGRESS
Pengju Zhang and John Yinger. “Demographic Changes and Municipal Fiscal Health”
Pengju Zhang and Yilin Hou. “Anti-Tax Ethos and Fiscal Problems: A Case Study of San Diego”
John Yinger and Pengju Zhang. “Unequal Access to Good Schools in New York State”(Policy Brief)
Pengju Zhang. “Tax and Expenditure Limitations and Spending Priority of State Government”
Pengju Zhang. “The Fragmented Public Budgeting System and Local Governments’ Zeal for Economic Growth in China”
Peer-Reviewed Papers and Book Reviews in Chinese Academic Journals
Pengju Zhang. 2013. “Review of The Origins of American Public Finance: Debates over Money, Debt, and Taxes in the Constitutional Era, 1776-1836 by Donald R. Stabile.” Journal of Public Administration (CSSCI, in Chinese), 2013 (2): 165-173.
Yanling He, Xiaofeng Zhou, and Pengju Zhang. 2009. “Non-Cooperation: A Case Study of Chinese Grass-Root Organizations’ Survival Strategies.” Journal of Public Management (CSSCI, in Chinese), 6(1): 48-54.
HONORS & AWARDS
Graduate Associate Award, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University / 2011-14, 2016C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy / 2015
Fourth Year Dissertation Fellowship, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University / 2015
StarrFellowship, Indiana University-Bloomington / 2010
Teaching Assistantship, SPEA, Indiana University-Bloomington / 2010
National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China / 2008
First Prize Scholarship, Sun Yat-sen University / 2006,07
Second Prize Scholarship, Sun Yat-sen University / 2005
GRANTS
C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, $10,000 2014-15
Summer Research Grant, The Maxwell School of Syracuse University, $1,750 Summer 2015
Summer Research Grant, The Maxwell School of Syracuse University, $1,200 Summer 2014
Summer Research Grant, The Maxwell School of Syracuse University, $1,535 Summer 2013
PRESENTATIONS
“Revisiting The Effects of Tax and Expenditure Limitations (TELs) on The Growth of Special-Purpose Governments: Politics of Circumvention or Not?” Nov. 2015 (Scheduled)
National Tax Association, Boston, MA
“How Does the Change of Local Government Structure Affect Property Values: A Case Study of Village Dissolution in Upstate New York.” Nov. 2015 (Scheduled)
Presenter and Session Organizer
Association for Public Policy and Management, Miami, Florida
“How Does the Change of Local Government Structure Affect Property Values: A Case Study of Village Dissolution in Upstate New York.” Oct. 2015 (Scheduled)
Presenter and Session Organizer
Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, D.C.
“Impacts of Tax and Expenditure Limits (TELs) on Local Government Debt Burdens”
Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, Grand Rapids, MI Oct. 2014
“How Does School District Consolidation Affect Property Values?” Oct. 2012
Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, New York City, NY
“Local Government Innovations in China” April 2010
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Quantitative Analysis: Program Evaluation (Graduate Level) Spring 2016 (Scheduled)
Teaching Assistant, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Supervisor: Leonard M. Lopoo
Introduction To Statistics (Graduate Level) Fall 2015
Teaching Assistant, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Supervisor: Douglas A. Wolf
I designed and delivered an independent lecture on scatterplot and correlation.
Financial Management in State and Local Government (Graduate Level) Fall 2014
Teaching Assistant, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Supervisor: Ross Rubenstein
I designed and delivered an independent lecture on accountability and financial control with special focus on variance analysis, and conducted a review session for the final exam.
Public Budgeting (Graduate Level) Summer 2012, 2014
Teaching Assistant, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University,
Supervisor: William Duncombe & Robert Bifulco (2012); Yilin Hou & Sharon Kioko (2014)
I conduct review sessions for Excel Introduction, course exercises, and the final exam.
Managerial Economics (Graduate Level) Fall 2013
Teaching Assistant
Future Professoriate Program (FPP) participant, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Teaching Mentor: Peter Wilcoxen
FPP’s purpose is to prepare doctoral students for teaching in an academic environment.
Revenue Theory and Administration (Graduate Level) Fall 2010
Teaching Assistant, SPEA, Indiana University-Bloomington
Supervisor: John Mikesell
Statistical Techniques (Undergraduate Level) Spring 2010
Teaching Assistant, SPEA, Indiana University-Bloomington
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
National Tax Association
Association for Public Policy and Management
Association for Budgeting and Financial Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, China 2010
Internship
Worked as a research assistant to Dr. Joyce Yanyun Man, the Director of the Center; wrote two chapters for the book project: “Significant Features of China’s Fiscal System”; and drafted a paper manuscript: “Off-budgetary Revenue and Expenditure in China: Structure, Disparity and Determinants.”
Guangzhou Zhujiang Workers Service Centre (A Grass-Root NPO), China 2007
Internship
Reached out to injured workers in hospitals to provide labor-rights-protection information; advocated labor rights by authoring opinion articles for newsletter.
REFERENCES
John Yinger (Chair)
Trustee Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs and Economics
Director, Education Finance and Accountability Program
Center for Policy Research, The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse University
426 Eggers Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
(315) 443-1081
Robert Bifulco
Associate Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs
Center for Policy Research, The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse University
426 Eggers Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
315-443-3114
Sharon Kioko
Associate Professor
Daniel J Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
Parrington Hall
Box 353055
Seattle, WA 98195-3055
Ross Rubenstein
Dan E. Sweat Distinguished Chair in Education and Community Policy
Professor of Pubic Management and Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Georgia State University
14 Marietta St., NW, Room 335
Atlanta, GA 30302
(404) 413-0109