Elaine Yi Lu Associate Professor Department of Public Management John Jay College of Criminal Justice The City University of New York 445 West 59th Street, RM 3534N New York, NY 10019 Cell: 631-867-6118 ylu@jjay.cuny.edu Research Interests State and local government fiscal affairs Public budgeting and financial management Performance budgeting Performance assessment and management Interorganizational service delivery Public affairs education International comparative budgeting and public finance Work Experience Associate Professor August 2009-Present City University of New York-John Jay College of Criminal Justice - Research on public budgeting and finance. - Teaching Public Sector Financial Management both in class and online. - Teaching the Research Methods course. - Member of the Student Evaluation of Faculty Committee. - Faculty liaison of the JJ-China collaboration project, funded by the Open Society Foundations. - Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Public Administration (in China). - Membership Chair for The section of Public Performance and Management of ASPA - Reviewer for Public Budgeting and Finance, Public Administration, American Review of Public Administration, Municipal Finance Journal, State and Local Government Review, Public Performance and Management Review. - Blog author at Public Financial Management Blog for the International Monetary Fund (IMF)--Fiscal Affairs Department - Advisor for Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) s project on performance management and measurement in government. Assistant professor State University of New York-Binghamton Fall 2006-August 2009 - Taught Public and Non-profit Finance and Introduction to Policy Analysis. - Research on performance budgeting. - Member of Faculty Development Committee and the Admission Committee. - Member of the Consolidation Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. 1
- Reviewer for the American Review of Public Administration. - Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Public Administration (in China). Instructor, University of Georgia Spring 2006 -Taught a MPA core course: Public Financial Administration (PADP 6930). Research assistant, University of Georgia 2003-2005 -Worked on public budgeting, public management and governance research. Teaching assistant, University of Georgia 2002-2003 -Taught American Government (POLS 1101). Research assistant, Community Policy Analysis Center 2001-2002 - Participated actively in research projects funded by grant from all levels of government in Missouri. Projects included housing demand analysis, and regional economic baseline and projection analysis. - Involved in local government training and assistance program sponsored by the Center. Program coordinator, Missouri International Training Institute 2000-2001 - Arranged and facilitated education and training programs for overseas governments and business delegations. Education Department of Public Administration and Policy School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia 2002-2006 Ph.D in Public Administration Dissertation Title: Performance Measurement and Budgeting Systems: The Perspective of Georgia State Agencies Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri-Columbia 2000-2002 Master in Public Administration (MPA) Graduated with honor. Recipient of Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, University of Missouri Fellowships and Awards A recipient of a competitive research stipend from the IBM Center for the Business of Government (2011) (with Katherine Willoughby). Researcher for the report A Guide to New York City Taxes: History, Issues and Concerns, sponsored by the Peter J. Solomon Company, L.P. (Team Leader: Dr. Marilyn Rubin) Online education study, funded by John Jay College of Criminal Justice at City University of New York. 2
Distant learning design project, funded by John Jay College of Criminal Justice at City University of New York. Recipient of 2008 Service-Learning Grant, provided by the regional network of three different higher education institutions. Recipient of 2006/2007 Individual Development Award, Binghamton University. Dissertation Completion Award, Graduate School of University of Georgia (2005/2006). Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, University of Missouri (2002). Member of Pi Alpha Alpha, the National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration, initiated by the University of Missouri-Columbia Chapter (2002). Chester A. Baker Memorial Award, the Truman School of University of Missouri (2001). Publications: Refereed 1. The Power of Purse and Budgetary Accountability: Experiences from Sub-national Governments in China, Public Administration and Development, Volume 31, Issue 5, pages 351 362, December 2011 2. Budgeting for Performance in the American States: What s Law Got To Do With It? State and Local Government Review, August 2011 43: 79-94 (with Katherine Willoughby and Sarah Arnett) 3. Individual Engagement to Collective Participation: The Dynamics of Participation Pattern in Performance Budgeting. Public Budgeting & Finance, VOL 31, Issue 2: 79 98, summer 2011 4. Looking Beyond the Undergraduate Classroom: Factors Influencing Service Learning s Effectiveness at Improving Graduate Students Professional Skills. College Teaching, Vol. 58, No. 4, pp.118-126 (2010) (with Kristina Lambright). 5. Legislating Results: Examing the Legal Foundations of PBB Systems in the States. Public Performance & Management Review Vol. 33, No. 2, December 2009, pp. 266 287 (with Katherine Willoughby and Sarah Arnett) 6. What Impacts the Learning in Service Learning? An Examination of Project Structure and Student Characteristics, the Journal of Public Affairs Education, Vol 15 (2009), Issue 4, pp 425-444 (with Kristina Lambright) 3
7. Discussion of a Utilization-Driven Approach for Performance-Informed Budgeting in China, Chinese Public Administration Review, Vol 6, Issue1/2, pp17-26, September/December 2009. 8. Managing the Design of Performance Measures: The Role of Agencies, Public Performance and Management Review, Vol. 32, Issue 1, pp. 7-24, September 2008. 9. The Role of Tax Limitation in New York State s Property Tax Burden, Municipal Finance Journal, Vol 29, Issue 3, pp 27-43, fall 2008 (with Michael Hattery) 10. Performance Budgeting: the Perspective of State Agencies, Public Budgeting & Finance, Vol. 27, Issue 4, pp. 1-17, Winter 2007. 11. GASB Statement No. 34: The Implication for Reporting and Accountability -The Georgia Experience, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management 19 (3), 317-337, Fall 2007. Publications: Book Chapter 12. All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Disaggregating Networks and the Impact on Performance. In G. A. Boyne, K. J. Meier, L. J. O'Toole, Jr. & R. M. Walker (Eds.), Public Service Performance: Perspectives on Measurement and Management (pp. 152-170). New York: Cambridge University Press (2006) (with Laurence J. O'Toole and Kenneth J. Meier). Publications: Encyclopedia Entry 13. Project Prioritization and Proposal Evaluation, Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, Second Edition (2009),1:1,1 5 Publications: Funded Report 14. A Guide to New York City Taxes: History, Issues and Concerns, 2011, sponsored by the Peter J. Solomon Company, L.P. (Team Leader: Dr. Marilyn Rubin) 4
15. Performance Budgeting in a Down Economy: Worth the Investment? Fall 2012, sponsored by the IBM Center for the Business of Government (With Katherine Willoughby). Working Papers Lu, Y., and K. Willoughby, Modeling Performance Budgeting in the States: What Matters to the Integration of Performance with Budgeting Lu, Y., and K. Willoughby, Riding the Economic Cycle: The Influence of Performance Budgeting and Management for State Fiscal Health. Lu, Y. and Q. Wang, What Is So Difficult (and Magical) About Passing Budget On Time? A Longitudinal Analysis of State Governments Lu, Y., How Does the Web of Relationships Impact the Roles of Budgeting? A Case Study in China Lu, Y. Unveiling Online Education of Public Administration: Promises and Problems Lu, Y., Assessing Performance Evaluations: A Review of Evaluation Reports of Budgetary Outcomes in China Conference Papers (Since 2006) What Is So Difficult (and Magical) About Passing Budget On Time? The Report Card of State Governments, Paper presented at the Annual Conference for the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM), New York, October 11-13, 2011 (with Qian Wang) E-Performance Reporting: How Does it Perform? Paper presented at the Korean Association for Public Administration (KAPA) Annual Conference, Daejeon, Korea, June 26-29, 2012 Can Performance Budgeting Come to the Aid of Fiscal Challenge?---The Tale of States in the U.S, paper presented at The Sixth Sino-US Public Administration, International Symposium, Beijing (Renmin University), China, June 5-6, 2012 Performance Budgeting in the States: Modeling, Factors and Issues. Paper presented at the Public Management Research Conference: Seeking Excellence in a Time of Change, Shanghai (Fudan University), China, May 25-27, 2012 Charting Performance Reporting: The Perspective of State Governments. Paper presented at the Annual Conference for the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM), Washington DC, October 13-15, 2011 (with Katherine G. Willoughby) 5
Assessing Performance Evaluations: A Review of Evaluation Reports of Budgetary Outcomes in China. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Society of Public Administration (ASPA), Baltimore, March 11-15, 2011 The Legal Foundations of Performance-Informed Budgeting: Why Do Some State Governments Have Performance Budgeting Laws While Others Do Not? Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Society of Public Administration (ASPA) Baltimore, March 11-15, 2011(with Katherine G. Willoughby) Riding the Economic Cycle: The Influence of Performance Budgeting and Management for State Fiscal Health. Paper presented at the Annual Conference for the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM), Omaha, Nebraska, October 7-9, 2010 (with Katherine G. Willoughby) Analyzing Budgetary Accountability in the Executive Dominated Government: Experience from Sub-national Governments in China. Paper prepared for 2010 Sino-US International Conference on Public Administration (5th), June 14-17, 2010, Xiamen City, P.R. China Modeling Performance Budgeting in the States: What Matters to the Integration of Performance with Budgeting. Paper prepared for the 2009 Association for Budgeting and Financial Management annual conference in Washington DC, Sept 24, 2009 (with Katherine G. Willoughby) Performance Budgeting Laws and Implementation of Performance Measurement in the States. Presentation at the Second Annual Public Performance Measurement and Reporting Conference in Newark, New Jersey, January 23-24, 2009 Charting Performance Budgeting Laws in the States: Are They Successful or Just Hype? Paper prepared for the 2008 Association for Budgeting and Financial Management annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, October 22-25, 2008 (with Katherine G. Willoughby) Guess Who is Coming to the Table of Performance Measurement: The Power and Puzzle of Participative Process. Paper prepared for the 2008 Association for Budgeting and Financial Management annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, October 22-25, 2008 The Role of Revenue Structure and Tax Limitation in New York State s overall Tax Burden. Paper prepared for a session on State and Local Tax Structure at the Public Budgeting and Finance Section of the 50th annual Western Social Science Association (WSSA) conference, Denver, CO, April 23 26, 2008 Performance-Informed Budgeting: Discussion of a Utilization-Driven Approach. Paper prepared for the International Conference on Public Finance and Government Reform in Shanghai, China, June 2-3, 2007 (Invited) Legislating Results: How Performance Budgeting Law Has Evolved in the States. Paper prepared for the 2007 Association for Budgeting and Financial Management annual conference in Washington DC, October 25-27, 2007 (with Katherine G. Willoughby) 6
Performance Budgeting: The Perspective of State Agencies. Paper prepared for the 2006 Association for Budgeting and Financial Management annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia, October 19-21, 2006 Courses Taught John Jay College of City University of New York: Fall 2012 Spring 2012 Research Methods-In class Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2010 Spring 2010 Fall 2009 Notes: Teaching reassignment time was provided by JJ to untenured faculty members, therefore the teaching load is 2/2, 2/2 and 2/3 for the first three years since the employment at JJ. Online teaching was requested and assigned by the Department. State University of New York-Binghamton Spring 2009 Two sessions of Public and Not-for-Profit Finance Fall 2008 A semester off teaching for research 7
Spring 2008 Two sessions of Public and Not-for-Profit Finance August-December 2007 Two sessions of Introduction to Policy Analysis January-May 2007 Two sessions of Public and Not-for-Profit Finance Fall 2006 Two sessions of Introduction to Policy Analysis University of Georgia-Athens Spring 2006 Public Financial Administration 2002-2003: American Government Service Faculty liaison of the JJ-China collaboration project, funded by Open Society. Member of the John Jay College search committee for the HR director Membership Chair of the section of Public Performance and Management of ASPA Member of the John Jay College s Student Evaluation of Faculty Committee Part of the online course development effort at John Jay, devoting a significant amount of time in understanding and improving online education; Reviewer for Public Budgeting and Finance, Public Administration, American Review of Public Administration, Municipal Finance Journal, State and Local Government Review, Public Performance and Management Review. Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Public Administration (in China); Editor-in-chief of the Newsletter For China-America Association For Public Affairs (CAAPA) Co-chairs of the Performance Working Group of CAAPA Panel Chair for Trust, Transparency, Public Participation and Accountability at the Annual Conference for the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM), Washington DC, October 13-15, 2011. Part of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program qualifying exam grading team at John Jay, Nov 2009 and March 2010; Developing the goals of PAD 743, Public Sector Financial Management, for the Curriculum Map. Member of the Faculty Development Committee, Department of Public Administration, Binghamton University; Member of the Admission Committee, Department of Public Administration, Binghamton University; 8
Committee member of seven Capstone Projects at Binghamton University; Student Advisor of Binghamton University; Worked on shared services/consolidation projects at the request of the Chamber of Commerce of Broome County, 2007; Treasurer for Doctoral Students of Public Administration at University of Georgia (2004). Invited Lecture Chinese Public Budgeting and Finance, NanYang Technological University, Singapore, June-August 2011 Performance Budgeting Laws in the United States: Development and Issues, JiaoTong University, XiAn, China, January 2010. A Comparative Study of Performance Budgeting in United States and China, University of Maryland, Sept 23, 2009. An Introduction to Budget Process, the Third Annual National Symposium of Public Administration and Research Methods, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, College of Public Administration, WuHan, China, July 2009. The Art and Science of Research Methods, the Third Annual National Symposium of Public Administration and Research Methods, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, College of Public Administration, WuHan, China, July 2009. American Public Administration, ZheJiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China, 2007. Supervision of Capstone Projects Kimberly A. Kappler (2006 Winter) Brian Driscoll (2006 Winter) Shaneeva Benjamin (2007 Spring) Elena Pankova-Visser (2007 Spring) An Evaluation of Fatherhood Advocates: Impacts on Father Involvement Industrial Development Bonds and How They Relate to the Central Bradford Progress Authority s Economic Development Efforts An Observation Unit Expansion: Will it BE COST-Effective for Mount Sinai Medical Center s Emergency Department Strategic Alliances: What Type Of Strategic Alliance Will Best Reflect The Organizational Goals 9
Megan G Bulman (2007 Spring) Melissa Pantano (2007 Winter) Shawn Smith (2008 Spring) Kristina Krise [2009 Spring] Michael J. Myers II [2009 Spring] Increasing Participation Among Long-Term Welfare Recipients: A Case Study Of Broome County, New York The Role of Primary Care in Emergency Department Overcrowding: Who is using Emergency Departments for primary care services in Erie County? Housing Stock Revitalization: From Old and Tired to Refreshed and Renewed Addressing Gaps In Youth Services: Collaboration Among Youth Service Providers And High Schools In Broome County, New York Improving The Federal Appropriations Process For The State University Of New York: A Social Network Analysis 10