Fangda Ding is an assistant professor at the Department of Politics and Public Administration. His research looks at how representation and diversity in the public and nonprofit workforce can be constructed to better serve the public. His research interests encompass public and nonprofit management, social equity, human resource management, environmental policy, institutional theory, and research methods.

Fangda received his Ph.D. in Public Administration from the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark. Before that, He got two master degrees in Public Administration and Policy from the School of Government at Peking University and the Department of Government at London School of Economics and Political Science and completed his BA at Wuhan University.

Publications

• Ding, F., Wen, B., & Shon, J. (2023). Frontline Bureaucratic Attitude Towards Administrative Integration: Does Organizational ConfigurationMatter?. Administration & Society. 55(7): 1255-1289. doi:10.1177/00953997231165995.
• Ding, F. & Riccucci, N. M. (2022). How Diversity Affects Public Organizational Performance: A Meta-Analysis. Public Administration. 1-27. doi:10.1111/padm.12885.
• Ding, F., Riccucci, N. M., & Lu, J. (2021). How Bureaucratic Representation Affects Public Organizational Performance: A Meta-Analysis. Public Administration Review. 81(6): 1003-1018. doi:10.1111/puar.13361.
• Zhang, Y., Holzer, M., Mao, H., Ding, F., & Li, H. (2022). The Fruits of Diversity and Globalization: Participation and Contributions of East-Asian Scholars in Public Administration. Public Integrity. doi:10.1080/10999922.2022.2086739.
• Ding, F., & Riccucci, N. M. (2020). The Value of Alumni Networks in Responding to the Public Administration Theory and Practice: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic in China. Administrative Theory & Praxis. 42(4): 588-603. doi:10.1080/10841806.2020.1798694.