Dr. Wei-Jie Liao
Wei-Jie
Liao
Assistant Professor
Phone number
646-781-5215
Room number
Haaren Hall 533.36

Areas of expertise

Faculty Expertise: topics/keywords

Citizen Participation, Fiscal Health, Debt Management, Public and Nonprofit Financial Management

Education

Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Omaha (2023, Public Administration)
M.P.A., National Taiwan University (2016, Public Administration)
B.A., National Taiwan University (2013, Political Science)

Bio

Dr. Wei-Jie Liao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Management at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Dr. Liao was born and raised in Taichung, Taiwan. He received his B.A. in Political Science and M.P.A. from National Taiwan University and earned his Ph.D. in Public Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Dr. Liao specializes in public budgeting and financial management and public policy. His research interests focus on citizen participation in the budget process and local fiscal health. Dr. Liao's teaching interests include introduction to public administration, public budgeting and finance, nonprofit financial management, policy analysis and program evaluation, and applied statistics.

JJC Affiliations
MPA in Public Policy and Administration (MPA-PPA), Undergraduate Major in Public Administration
Courses Taught

Graduate:
PAD 743: Public Sector Financial Management
PAD 756: Tools and Techniques of Policy Analysis

Undergraduate:
PAD 101: Introduction to Public Administration
PAD 343: Administration of Financial Resources

Professional Memberships

American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM), World Social Science Association (WSSA)

Scholarly Work

Google Scholar; ResearchGate

Journal Articles

  • Johnson, T. W., Liao, W., Timmons, A., Sanya, H. K., & Ford, K. V. (2024). A Double Taboo? An Exploratory Study of Mental Health Perceptions amongst Black Aerospace Professionals. International Journal of Aviation Research, 16(1). https://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/IJAR/article/view/9974
  • Park, S., Maher, C., & Liao, W. (2023). Revisiting the (Lack of) Association Between Subjective and Objective Measures of Local Fiscal Condition. Public Budgeting & Finance, 43(3), 39-54. doi: 10.1111/pbaf.12347
  • Lutte, B., Johnson, T., & Liao, W. (2023). In Plain Sight: An Analysis of Factors That Influence the Recruitment and Retention of Black Aviation Professionals. International Journal of Aviation Research, 15(1). https://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/IJAR/article/view/9586
  • Liao, W., Kuo, N., & Chuang, S. (2021). Taiwan’s Budgetary Responses to COVID-19: The Use of Special Budgets. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 33(1), 24-32. doi: 10.1108/JPBAFM-07-2020-0128
  • Liao, W., & Chuang, S. (2020). Assessing the Patterns and Causes of Local Budget Changes: Incremental Budgeting Theory or Punctuated Equilibrium Theory? Journal of Public Administration (Taiwan), 59, 1-29. doi: 10.30409/JPA.202009_(59).0001 (In Mandarin)
  • Maher, C., Oh, J., & Liao, W. (2020). Assessing Fiscal Distress in Small County Governments. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 32(4), 691-711. doi: 10.1108/JPBAFM-02- 2020-0016
  • Maher, C., Park, S., & Liao, W. (2019). Municipal Referenda Activity in Colorado: Responding to TABOR. Municipal Finance Journal, 40(3), 1-26.
  • Maher, C., Majumder, M., Liao, W., & Liao, Y. (2019). Spatial Analysis of Local Government Fiscal Condition in Nebraska. Socialiniai Tyrimai/Social Research, 42(1), 19-31. doi: 10.21277/st.v42i1.261
  • Kuo, N., & Liao, W. (2018). The Determinants of Debt in Taiwanese Municipalities. Public Finance Review (Taiwan), 47(1), 1-18. (In Mandarin)

Book Chapter

  • Liao, W., & Kuo, N. (2019). Capital Management and Budgeting in Taiwan. In A. Srithongrung, N. Ermasova, & J. Yusuf (Eds.), Capital Management and Budgeting in the Public Sector (pp. 258-279). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7329-6.ch012