Inkyu Kang

• PhD, Rutgers University, Public Administration, 2022
• MA, Seoul National University, Public Policy, 2016
• BA, Korea National Police University, Public Administration, 2014

• Public administration
• Public management
• Policy implementation
• Policing

• Best Journal Article Award, Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division, 2026
• Paul Volcker Junior Scholar Research Grant, American Political Science Association, 2023

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)

Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)

Public Management Research Association (PMRA)

• POLS 4900 Law Enforcement Administration
• PADP 6960 Public Management

• Make the government perform well and work for the people
• Reconcile government bureaucracy with democratic principles
• Improve the quality of citizen-state interactions
• Apply insights from public administration research to problems of police reform
• Evaluate the process and impact of public policies in policing

* Co-First Author, † Student Coauthor

Inkyu Kang. (online first). Tensions Between Client Satisfaction and Employee Motivation in Public Organizations, and Their Reconciliation Through Leadership. American Review of Public Administration. https://doi.org/10.1177/02750740261469544

L. Jason Anastasopoulos & Inkyu Kang.* (online first). Mapping the Temporal Evolution of Causal Effects in Public Administration and Policy Research. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muag015

Inkyu Kang, Martin Sievert, & Chongmin Na. (2025). Development of a Scale to Measure
Perceived Administrative Burden, with Broad Applicability Beyond Direct Policy Clients.
Governance. https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.70026

Andrea M. Headley., Daniel Baker, & Inkyu Kang.* (2025). Body-worn Cameras, Police
Arrests, and Bureaucratic Discretion: A Large-Scale Causal Analysis Across the United States.
Public Administration Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13927

Inkyu Kang & Su Young Choi.† (2025). Redirecting Revenues from Law Enforcement Fines,
Forfeitures, and Related Fees to Fund Local Nonprofits: A Policy Design Proposal. Journal of
Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X25000017

Inkyu Kang & Seulki Lee. (2025). Client Credibility Judgment: A Barrier to Social Equity in
Street-level Implementation. Policy Studies Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12580

Inkyu Kang & Sebastian Jilke. (2024). Mapping out the Motivational Basis of Active
Representation as Intergroup Behavior. Public Administration.
https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12908

Inkyu Kang (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. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22493

Inkyu Kang (2022). Beyond Street-level Procedural Justice: Social Construction, Policy Shift, and
Ethnic Disparities in Confidence in Government Institutions. Governance.
https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12593