Education
Ph.D., Public Administration and Policy, University of Georgia, 2018
Master of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, 2011
B.A., Political Science, University of Georgia, 2006
Areas of Specialization
Public Administration / Public Management
Public Policy Analysis
Quantitative Research Methods
Research Interests
Dr. Kang received his Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy with a concentration in public management from the University of Georgia. His research focuses on performance measurement, citizen participation in public service delivery, and government accountability. His work appears in journals such as Administration & Society, Public Administration, Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, Public Performance & Management Review, and Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Dr. Kang has prior experiencing working at the Korea Institute of Public Administration. He has also served as an enlisted soldier in the Republic of Korea Army from 2006 to 2008. He currently serves as the faculty advisor for Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society.
Publications
Research Articles
Kang, Seong C., Valerie Lemmie, and Brian N. Williams. (2025). “What Does Public Service Mean to Us? Offering a New Perspective – The Pracamunal.” Journal of Public Affairs Education, Accepted. DOI:10.1080/15236803.2025.2546265. (ESCI)
Kang, Seong C. (2024). “Volunteers in Public Service Production: Modeling the Contributions of Volunteers to Organizational Performance”. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 34(2): 165-179. (SSCI)
Kang, Seong C., Ahrum Chang, and Brian N. Williams. (2022). “Does Bureaucratic Representation Enhance Overall Organizational Accountability in Policing?” Public Administration, 100(4): 1145-1160. (SSCI)
Kang, Seong C., Rebecca Nesbit, & Jeffrey L. Brudney. (2022). “Local Government Volunteer Use: A Resource Dependence and Transaction Costs Explanation”. Public Administration Review, 82(5): 806-817. (SSCI)
Kang, Seong C. (2022). “The Politics of Regulatory Design: Evidence from State-Level Energy Regulations in the United States”. Policy Studies, 43(6): 1322-1339. (SSCI)
Gaynor, Tia S., Seong C. Kang, and Brian N. Williams. (2021). “The Legacy of Plessy vs. Ferguson: The Relationship Between State-Sanctioned Violence, Race and Place”. RSF: Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 7(1): 50-66. (SSCI)
Kang, Seong C. (2021). “Volunteer Use as a Service Delivery Alternative: The Case of Law Enforcement Agencies”. Administration & Society, 53(2): 248-272. (SSCI)
Kang, Seong C., Dhanakorn Mulaphong, Eunjin Hwang, and Chih-Kai Chang. (2019). “Public-Private Partnerships in Developing Countries: Factors for Successful Adoption and Implementation”. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 32(4): 334-351. (SCOPUS)
Kang, Seong C. (2019). “Volunteer Involvement and Organizational Performance: The Use of Volunteer Officers in Public Safety”. Public Performance & Management Review, 42(3): 554-579. (SSCI)
Williams, Brian N., Seong C. Kang, and Japera Johnson. (2016). “(Co)-Contamination as the Dark Side of Co-Production: Public Value Failures in Co-production Processes”. Public Management Review, 18(5): 692-717. (SSCI)
Williams, Brian N., Billy R. Close, and Seong C. Kang. (2016). “Out of the Recent Darkness and into the New Light: Managerial Implications Emerging from the Martin-Zimmerman Encounter”. Journal of Public Management & Social Policy, 23(1): 3-19.
Kang, Hwi Won, and Seong-Cheol Kang. (2010). “Change in Immigration Policy and Governance for Social Integration in Germany.” Korean Policy Sciences Review, 14(4): 291-316. (in Korean). (KCI)
Book Chapters and Book Reviews
Williams, Brian N., Seong C. Kang, Katie Cox, Martin Wright, and Gary Cordner. (2025). “Policing at the convergence of disasters, disease and disorder: Where does the profession go from here?” Ed. by Gary Cordner and Martin Wright. In Routledge Handbook of Policing Within a Crisis, p.503-514. Routledge.
Kang, Seong-Cheol. (2022). “Human Capital Skills Gaps in the U.S. Federal Government.” Edited by the Korea Institute of Public Administration. In Global Issues in Public Administration 2021, p.100-121. Korea Institute of Public Administration. (link)
Kang, Seong. (2021). “Alternative Public Service Delivery Arrangements: Exploring Volunteerism”. In Contemporary Public Organizations, p. 387-421, Ed. By Park, Gwangook, Kyeongho Cho, and Jeongwook Lee. Parkyeong Publisher. (In Korean)
Dillon, Edward, Julian Brinkley, Dekita Moon, Juan E. Gilbert, Seong C. Kang, and Brian N. Williams. (2017). “Bridging the Safety Divide through Technology to Improve the Partnership between Students and Campus Law Enforcement: An ‘App’ Opportunity.” Edited by James D. Ward. In Police and Race in America: Economic, Political, and Social Dynamics. Lexington Books.
Kang, Seong C. (2016). “Race Relations in America: Complacency All Along?” Journal of Public Management & Social Policy, 23(1): 74-77.
Courses Taught
HNRS 2180G Citizen and State Great Political Issues
POLS 1120G American National Government
POLS 300 Political Research Methods
POLS 502 Research Methods in Government
POLS 544 Public Policy Analysis
POLS 547 Government Organizations
Contact Information
Email: sckang@nmsu.edu
Office Phone: 575-646-4325
