Yu-Che Chen, Ph.D, MPA
Yu-Che Chen, Ph.D., is Isaacson Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Professor at the School of Public Administration. Dr. Chen serves as the Chair of the Ph.D. Program in Public Administration and the Director of the Digital Governance and Analytics Lab. Dr. Chen received his Master of Public Affairs and Ph.D. in Public Policy from Indiana University-Bloomington. His current research interests are public governance of artificial intelligence, cyberinfrastructure governance, and collaborative digital governance. He has served as PI or Co-PI of NSF and other external grants with a total award of over $3.5 million. Dr. Chen’s most recent book is the co-edited volume: The Oxford Handbook of AI Governance. He published a single-authored book Managing Digital Governance with Routledge and served as lead editor for two other books. In addition, he has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, proceeding papers in digital government and governance. He is Associate Editor of the Government Information Quarterly and the Digital Government: Research and Practice. He serves as the President Elect of the Digital Government Society and the conference co-chair of dg.o 2024. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Section on Science and Technology in Government (SSTIG) for the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and on the Board of the Section on Emergency Management and Homeland Security Programs for NASPAA.
Routledge Handbook on Information Technology in Government
The Oxford Handbook of
AI Governance
Managing Digital Governance: Issues, Challenges, and Solutions
Acknowledgment
I am grateful for the love and support of my dedicated mother, Pi-Yun Fang, and late father, Sheng-Yi Chen, as well as my American mother, Dr. Enid Zimmerman, and late American father, Dr. Gilbert Clark.
My academic mentors, Dr. Rosemary O’Leary, Dr. Jim Perry, and Dr. Bob Agranoff, have my profound gratitude for their intellectual inspiration and wise mentoring.
I also acknowledge all my colleagues’ and friends’ support over the years. The picture on the right is the building of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service to celebrate my wonderful colleagues at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Land Recognition
I acknowledge that my workplace and home occupy the traditional treaty lands of the Omaha (UmoHhoN) and Otoe-Missouria Tribal Nations. I also express my respect to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska, and the 170-plus other tribes represented within the Omaha area today.