Shuwen Zhang
@ShuwenZhang11
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👩🏻🎓Ph.D. in Public Administration 🏫Department of Public Policy, Management, and Analytics at UIC 📊Member of Network and Governance Lab
Joined November 2020
Every step of this journey has been a gift, and I’m excited for the next chapter. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of this adventure. @uicppma
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I miss Dr. Miller and Dr. Dunn deeply. I hope they’re smiling down and proud, knowing the impact they continue to have on my life.
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To my advisor, Dr. Jered Carr: you’re simply amazing. Your mentorship, constant encouragement, genuine care, and incredible sense of humor have meant the world to me. Thank you for always being there for me.
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I owe a massive thank you to my committee—Dr. Kate Albrecht, Dr. Kelly LeRoux, Dr. Michael Siciliano, and Dr. Rachel Krause. Your patience, guidance, and belief in me helped me push through the toughest days.
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The past five years have been a wild ride, and I couldn’t have made it without the incredible support of my faculty, PhD peers, friends, and students who’ve cheered me on every step of the way.
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I defended my dissertation yesterday, and I’m still in disbelief—it feels like I’m living in a dream. Every moment of this journey has been surreal.
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🚨New Publication alert! Excited to share our new paper in @journal_pa! Coauthored with @ShuwenZhang11, @M_D_Siciliano, and Jered Carr. It’s free to access! Explore how network dynamics influence the design of service delivery contracts. 📄Read it here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Local governments increasingly rely on contractual relationships with third parties for public service delivery, blending formal agreements with relational mechanisms to reduce risks and uncertaint...
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"Integrating Formal and Relational Contracting: The Link Between Network Structure and Contract Design in Interlocal Collaboration Agreements" by @raulgtzmeave, @ShuwenZhang11, Jered Carr, & @M_D_Siciliano (@uicppma) examines how the structure of... (1/n) https://t.co/uDzB3MOVRJ
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Thank you so much! Truly the best Christmas gift! 🎄✨
One of the most fun things for me to do on Christmas is to send @journal_pa acceptances! @RicardoCGomes2, @M_D_Siciliano, @ShuwenZhang11, and @raulgtzmeave... go check your email!
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One of the most fun things for me to do on Christmas is to send @journal_pa acceptances! @RicardoCGomes2, @M_D_Siciliano, @ShuwenZhang11, and @raulgtzmeave... go check your email!
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🎭 Our PPMA PhD students are dressed up this Halloween! Can you guess the characters? 🎃👻 #Halloween2024 @UICCUPPA @uicppma
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Had a fantastic time at our Department Welcome Social! 🎉 Great to meet new faces and reconnect with colleagues. 😊 Excited for the year ahead! 🚀🙌 @uicppma
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🎉 Big shoutout to all the new members joining the Network & Governance Lab! PhD students from around the globe 🌍 kicking off with a dinner full of laughs and ideas. Here’s to a brilliant year ahead! 🙌 @uicppma @UICCUPPA #NetworkandGovernanceLab
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Honored & humbled too that I get directly support health & wellness network leaders in Chicago with this award. Early findings & much more to come: https://t.co/CzwwYzZBye Teamwork makes the dream work :) @uicppma @MashalZe @ShuwenZhang11 and Networks & Gov Lab scholars!
Please join us in extending a huge congratulations to our 2024-25 Civic Engagement Research Award recipients! Follow this link to learn more about these incredible scholars 👉🏽 https://t.co/hyZodZJPmw
@uiclaw @UICCUPPA @UICLAS
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Can not wait for this shindig in DC with our, fingers crossed, pro-organized panel featuring @colt_jensen_ , @ShuwenZhang11, @SkuzinskiThomas, Jay Rickabaugh, and Katarina Sandberg!
It's getting close! The #ASPA2025 Call for Proposals closes Friday at midnight! Finish up your proposals and send them in by the deadline so you can be considered for next March's agenda! https://t.co/jYq5cMXuDC
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UIC PPMAers’ reunion at Seattle! @uicppma #PMRC2024 (@elpepesanchez,@raulgtzmeave,@o_wonuola3, @ShuwenZhang11)
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🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Our https://t.co/74t6og9LGd!
How it started/how it’s going: Congratulations to Jun Li on a successful dissertation defense! We’re excited for Jun’s next chapter as she joins the MPA faculty at the College of Charleston as an assistant professor this fall!
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Best team！
Had a great experience presenting at @ASPANational this afternoon in Minneapolis! #ASPA2024 @uicppma @UICCUPPA
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🔍 Excited to share insights from my research presented at #ASPA2024 on the effectiveness of Regional Intergovernmental Organizations (RIGOs) in fostering local public service collaborations. The results may surprise you! 🤔@uicppma @ASPA_SIAM
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