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Li, D., Nicholson-Crotty, S., Nicholson-Crotty, J., & Wright II, J. Reform for All? Limits of Expertise-Based Administrative Reform in Producing Equitable Outcome. (Revise & Resubmit at International Public Management Journal)
Li, D., & McCrea, A.M. Identity and Intersectionality in Public Administration: A Layered and Integrated Framework. (Under Review)
Li, D., Li, H. & Xu, C. Symbolic Representation, Moral Value Congruence and Coproduction. (Under Review)
Li, D., Liu, Y., Xu, C. & Zheng G. Public Pressure Expands Policy Access for Black Constituents but Limits Substantive Engagement. (Under Review)
Kang, I. & Li, D. Bureaucratic Motivation as a Public-Facing Signal of Stewarship: Insights from Trump-Era Civil Service Reforms. (Under Review)
Li, D. & Xu, C. Cool the Heat: Does Deliberation Reduce Polarization on DEI Policies?
Li, D., & Kang, I. Crisis Communication on a Tilted Playing Field: Gendered Public Sanctions After Organizational Wrongdoing.
Li, D., Wright II, J., & Khurana, S. From the Streets to Spreadsheets: Protest, Nonprofit Advocacy, Elections and Police Reform.
Mughan, S., Li, D. & Nicholson-Crotty, S. From Stop-and-Frisk to Traffic Stops: The Trade-Offs and Outcomes of Coercive Police Reform in Chicago.
Kang, I. & Li, D. “Most Employees Were Not Involved”: When Protective Framing Hurts—or Does Not Hurt—Public Agencies’ Moral Reputation.