Overarching Research Agenda
- Public Administration and Management: How politics and public agencies influence each other, and the implications of this interaction for the management of public agencies
- Policy implementation: How public agencies shape the implementation of public programs, resulting in both intended and unintended outcomes
Topical Research Areas
- Accountability and responsiveness, performance management and leadership, citizen-state interactions, social equity, policing
Select Peer-Reviewed Publications
*: Co-lead author, †: Student coauthor.
Kang, I & Choi, S.† (2025).
Redirecting revenues from law enforcement fines, forfeitures, and related fees to fund local nonprofits: A policy design proposal.
Journal of Public Policy, Forthcoming.
Headley, A. M., Baker, D, & Kang, I.* (2024). Body-worn cameras, police arrests and bureaucratic discretion: A large-scale causal analysis across the United States.
Public Administration Review, Forthcoming.
Kang, I. & Lee, S. (2024).
Client credibility judgment: A barrier to social equity in street-level implementation.
Policy Studies Journal, Forthcoming.
Kang, I & Jilke, S. (2024).
Mapping out the motivational basis of active representation as intergroup behavior.
Public Administration, 102(1), 164–187.
Kang, I. (2023).
How does technology-based monitoring affect street-level bureaucrats’ behavior? An analysis of body-worn cameras and police actions.
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 42(4), 971–991.
Kang, I. (2022).
Beyond street-level procedural justice: Social construction, policy shift, and ethnic disparities in confidence in government institutions.
Governance, 35(3), 737-755.
Non-Refereed Publications
Kang, I. (2021, July 2). Why improving police behavior may not be enough. Medium. https://medium.com/3streams/why-improving-police-behavior-may-not-be-enough-6ee63a1cfa9bhttps://link.medium.com/Ge1ty70Ixh
