Steven J. Balla Curriculum Vitae Title and Contact Information Associate Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration, and International Affairs Research Associate, The George Washington Institute of Public Policy Senior Scholar, The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center The George Washington University 2115 G Street, NW Monroe Hall, Suite 440 Washington, DC 20052 Phone: (202) 994-6290 E-mail: sballa@gwu.edu, stevenjballa@gmail.com Visiting Appointments 2015-2016. Fulbright Scholar Zhou Enlai School of Government Nankai University, Tianjin, China 2010. Visiting Summer Scholar Leo Koguan Institute of Business and Government School of Government Peking University, Beijing, China 2008-2009. Fulbright Scholar School of Government Peking University, Beijing, China Education Ph.D., 1995, Political Science, Duke University M.A., 1992, Political Science, Duke University B.A., 1989, Government and Economics, Franklin & Marshall College Foreign Language Mandarin (highly proficient; eleven years of ongoing study, 2005-2016) Publications Books 2015. The Oxford Handbook of Classics in Public Policy and Administration. With Martin Lodge and Edward C. Page, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2012. Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance. With William T. Gormley, Jr. Washington, DC: CQ Press. Third Edition.
2008. Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance. With William T. Gormley, Jr. Washington, DC: CQ Press. Second Edition. 2007. 官僚机构与民主. With William T. Gormley, Jr. Shanghai: Fudan University Press. (Chinese edition of Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance.) 2004. Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance. With William T. Gormley, Jr. Washington, DC: CQ Press. Journal Articles 2015. Salience, Complexity, and State Resistance to Federal Mandates. With Christopher J. Deering. Journal of Public Policy. Vol. 35, No. 3 (December), pp. 459-476. 2015. Procedural Control, Bureaucratic Discretion, and Public Commenting on Agency Regulations. Public Administration. Vol. 93, No. 2, pp. 524-538. 2014. Health System Reform and Citizen Feedback on the Chinese Internet. China Information, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 214-236. 2013. Online Consultation and Citizen Feedback in Chinese Policymaking. With Zhou Liao. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 101-120. 2013. Police Patrols and Fire Alarms: An Empirical Examination of the Legislative Preference for Oversight. With Christopher J. Deering. Congress & the Presidency. Vol. 40, Issue 1 (January-April), pp. 27-40. 2012. Information Technology, Political Participation, and the Evolution of Chinese Policymaking. Journal of Contemporary China. Vol. 21, Issue 76 (July), pp. 655-673. 2011. Outside Communications and OIRA Review of Agency Regulations. With Jennifer M. Deets and Forrest Maltzman. Administrative Law Review. Vol. 63 (Special Edition), pp. 149-177. 2009. Municipal Environments, Nonprofit Entrepreneurs, and the Development of Neighborhood Information Systems. I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society. Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 111-134. 2007. Information Technology and Public Commenting on Agency Regulations. With Benjamin Daniels. Regulation & Governance. Vol. 1, No. 1 (March), pp. 46-67. 2005. Between Commenting and Negotiation: The Contours of Public Participation in Agency Rulemaking. I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society. Vol. 1, No. 1 (Winter), pp. 59-94. 2005. Unifying Rulemaking Information: Recommendations for the New Federal Docket Management System. With Cary Coglianese and Stuart Shapiro. Administrative Law Review. Vol. 57, No. 2 (Spring), pp. 621-646.
Book Chapters 2002. Partisanship, Blame Avoidance, and the Distribution of Legislative Pork. With Eric D. Lawrence, Forrest Maltzman, and Lee Sigelman. American Journal of Political Science. Vol. 46, No. 3 (July), pp. 515-525. 2001. Interest Groups, Advisory Committees, and Congressional Control of the Bureaucracy. With John R. Wright. American Journal of Political Science. Vol. 45, No. 4 (October), pp. 799-812. 2001. Interstate Professional Associations and the Diffusion of Policy Innovations. American Politics Research. Vol. 29, No. 3 (May), pp. 221-245. 2000. Legislative Organization and Congressional Review of Agency Regulations. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. Vol. 16, No. 2 (Fall), pp. 424-448. 2000. Legislative Success and Failure and Participation in Rulemaking. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Vol. 10, No. 3 (July), pp. 633-653. 2000. Political and Organizational Determinants of Bureaucratic Responsiveness. American Politics Quarterly. Vol. 28, No. 2 (April), pp. 163-193. 2000. Position Taking, Legislative Signaling, and Non-Expert Extremism: Cosponsorship of Managed Care Legislation in the 105 th House of Representatives. With Christine L. Nemacheck. Congress & the Presidency. Vol. 27, No. 2 (Fall), pp.163-188. 1999. Markets, Governments, and HMO Development in the 1990s. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. Vol. 24, No. 2 (April), pp. 215-238. 1998. Administrative Procedures and Political Control of the Bureaucracy. American Political Science Review. Vol. 92, No. 3 (September), pp. 663-673. 2015. Government Consultation and Political Participation on the Chinese Internet. In China s Contested Internet, ed. Guobin Yang. Copenhagen, DK: NAIS Press. 2015. What Makes a Classic?: Identifying and Revisiting the Classics of Public Policy and Administration. With Martin Lodge and Edward C. Page. In Oxford Handbook of the Classics of Public Policy and Administration, eds. Steven J. Balla, Martin Lodge, and Edward C. Page. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 2012. Neighborhood Information Systems as Intermediaries in Democratic Communities. With Sungsoo Hwang. In Connecting Democracy: Online Consultation and the Flow of Political Communication, eds. Stephen Coleman and Peter M. Shane. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Pp. 97-121. 2011. Institutional Design and the Management of Regulatory Governance. In Handbook on the Politics of Regulation, ed. David Levi-Faur. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. Pp. 70-83.
In Progress Book Reviews 2003. Consensual Rulemaking and the Time it Takes to Develop Rules. With John R. Wright. In Politics, Policy, and Organizations: Frontiers in the Scientific Study of Bureaucracy, eds. George A. Krause and Kenneth J. Meier. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. Pp. 187-206. 2000. Can Advisory Committees Facilitate Congressional Oversight of the Bureaucracy? With John R. Wright. In Congress on Display, Congress at Work, ed. William T. Bianco. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. Pp. 167-187. Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance. With William T. Gormley, Jr. Washington, DC: CQ Press. (Revising book for 4 th edition.) The Internet and Political Reform in China: Government Consultation and Citizen Participation. (Book project that is the focus of my current Fulbright Scholar award.) 2008. Review of Kenneth J. Meier and Laurence J. O Toole, Jr., Bureaucracy in a Democratic State: A Governance Perspective. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Vol. 18, No. 2 (April), pp. 345-347. 2008. Review of Mordecai Lee, Institutionalizing Congress and the Presidency: The U.S. Bureau of Efficiency, 1916-1933. Political Science Quarterly. Vol. 38, No. 1 (March), pp. 190-191. 2003. Review of Daniel P. Carpenter, The Forging of Bureaucratic Autonomy: Reputations, Networks, and Policy Innovation in Executive Agencies, 1862-1928. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Vol. 13, No. 1 (January), pp. 106-109. 2001. Review of Joel D. Aberbach and Bert A. Rockman, In the Web of Politics: Three Decades of the U.S. Federal Executive. Journal of Politics. Vol. 63, No. 4 (November), pp. 1313-1315. 1998. Review of Cornell G. Hooton, Executive Governance: Presidential Administrations and Policy Change in the Federal Bureaucracy. Congress and the Presidency. Vol. 25, No. 1 (Spring), pp.103-106. Selected Research and Teaching Awards 2015. George Washington Regulatory Studies Center, The Globalization of Administrative Procedures: Consultation, Participation, and Governance Reform in China. ($10,000 grant to support research conducted during my tenure as a Fulbright Scholar.) 2014. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Stakeholder Participation and Regulatory Policymaking in the United States, with Susan E. Dudley. (Commissioned to write a report for the OECD, to inform the crafting of its Regulatory Policy Outlook.)
2012-2013. George Washington University, Online Learning Initiative, Course Development Grant. (Developed and delivered an online course on research design and statistics that has now been taught four times.) 2012. George Washington University, University Writing Program, Writing in the Disciplines Distinguished Teaching Award. (Received for innovative construction of writing assignments in course on the politics of regulation.) 2011 and 2014. George Washington University, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Summer Faculty Research Award. (Traveled to China to work on research on the Internet, political participation, and governance reform in China.) 2010-2011. Administrative Conference of the United States. Recommendations for Reforming the Public Comment Process. (Served as a consultant to the Administrative Conference of the United States. Developed recommendations on reforming public commenting in the policymaking process. These recommendations were officially adopted by the Administrative Conference. I then published the research underlying these recommendations in Public Administration.) 2007-2009. National Science Foundation. International Working Group on Online Consultation and Public Policy Making. Peter M. Shane and Stephen Coleman, Co-Principal Investigators. (Participant in a project that brought together scholars from around the world and resulted in a volume published by MIT Press and a special edition of the journal I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society.) 2007. German Marshall Fund. Agency Design and Oversight: Congressional Strategies for Encouraging and Preventing Executive Branch Action. (Developed recommendations for the German Marshall Fund on legislative oversight of the executive branch. Published the research underlying these recommendations in the Handbook on the Politics of Regulation.) 2001-2003. The George Washington University, The George Washington Institute of Public Policy, Policy Research Scholar. (Received a course reduction to conduct research that led to the publication of journal articles in Regulation & Governance and I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society.) 2000. Dirksen Congressional Center, Congressional Research Award Program. The Delegation Decision: Congressional Creation and Organization of Bureaucratic Advisory Committees. (Research grant that led to the publication of an article in American Journal of Political Science and a chapter in Politics, Policy, and Organizations: Frontiers in the Scientific Study of Bureaucracy.) 1994-1995. National Science Foundation, Political Science Program. Elected Politicians and Unelected Bureaucrats: Agency Rulemaking and Medicare Physician Payment Reform. (Dissertation research grant.) Recent Invited Lectures and Conference Presentations 2016. Public Participation in the U.S. Policymaking Process. USAID Asia Regional Training Center, Bangkok and U.S. Consulate, Chiang Mai. 2016. Reflections on the U.S. Election. U.S. Ambassador s Residence, Bangkok.
2016. Separation of Powers in U.S. Policymaking. Nanjing University. 2016. The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election: Who Will Win and Why? Beijing American Center, Central China Normal University, Nankai University, Northeast Normal University, Shanghai International Studies University, Tianjin Foreign Studies University. 2015-2016. Citizen Participation in U.S. Policymaking: Who Participates? Does It Matter? Beijing Foreign Studies University, Central China Normal University, Dalian University of Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing University, Northeast Normal University, Northeast University of Finance and Economics, Ocean University of China, Shanghai International Studies University, Southwest University of Finance and Economics. 2015-2016. : Technology and Political Participation in China: Does the Internet Change Everything or Nothing at All? Nanjing Normal University, Northeast University of Finance and Economics, Ocean University of China, Southwest University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin Foreign Studies University. 2015. Online Consultation and Governance Reform in Chinese Ministries and Provinces. Presented at the conference on The Empirical Study of Agency Rulemaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at the 13th Chinese Internet Research Conference at the University of Alberta. 2015. Citizen Participation in Chinese Policymaking: Who Participates? Does It Matter? Dalian University of Technology. 2014. Health System Reform and Political Participation on the Chinese Internet. Presented at the World Conference for Public Administration, Daegu, South Korea. 2013-2014. The Internet, Political Participation, and Governance Reform in China. London School of Economics and Yeungnam University. 2013. Demographic Characteristics, Subjective Motivations, and Citizen Feedback in Online Chinese Policymaking. Presented at the International Conference on The State-Society Relations in the New Era, Fudan Institute for Advanced Study of Social Sciences, Fudan University. 2012-2013. Online Consultation and Citizen Feedback in Chinese Policymaking. Presented at Communications University of China and the Duke-UNC China Leadership Summit, Duke University. 2012. Online Consultation and the Nature of Citizen Feedback in Chinese Policymaking. Presented at the annual meeting and international symposium of the Association of Chinese Political Studies, San Francisco, and at the Fifth International Forum for Contemporary Chinese Studies, Beijing University of Technology. 2011. Moderator. Panel on Engaging Stakeholders in Designing Regulation. International Regulatory Reform Conference, Amsterdam. 2011. The Regulatory Process in America: Past, Present, and Future. Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC.
2010-2011. Information Technology, Political Participation, and Health System Reform in China. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Honolulu and the 8 th Annual Chinese Internet Research Conference, Peking University. Selected Department, University, and Discipline Service Department Service 2016. Proposal Reviewer, George Washington Regulatory Studies Center, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. 2013-2015. Member, Executive Committee, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. (Committee with leadership responsibility for strategic planning, programmatic oversight, student affairs, and external relations.) 2013-2015. Placement Director, Department of Political Science. (Responsible for guiding the professional development of graduate students from their entry into the program through their search for employment both inside and outside of academia.) 2012-2016. Faculty mentor, Christopher Carrigan, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration. 2009-2015. Advisor, Public Policy field, Department of Political Science. (Advise Public Policy graduate students on course selection, preparation for comprehensive examinations, and the dissertation process.) 2006-2015. Advisor, Combined Degree Program. (Advise undergraduate students on degree programs that combine a B.A. in Political Science with a Masters of Public Policy or Masters of Public Administration.) 2006-2015. Advisor, American Politics field, Department of Political Science. (Advise American Politics graduate students on course selection, preparation for comprehensive examinations, and the dissertation process.) University Service 2016-. Research Committee. (Beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year, I will serve as a member of the CCAS Research Committee.) 2012-2013. Steering Committee, Global Bachelor s Degree. (Worked with faculty members and university administrators in developing plans for an undergraduate program that would enable students to spend a year studying in China.) 2010-2015. Graduate Studies Committee. (From 2011-2015, I served as chair of the committee, which is responsible for evaluating proposals for changes in curriculum, as well as addressing issues of concern across graduate programs in the arts and sciences.) 2006-2007. University Honors Program. (Worked with faculty members and university administrators to develop Honors Program curriculum in the social and behavioral sciences.)
2002-2003. Member, Faculty Senate. 1995-2016. Dissertation committee service. (I have served on dozens of dissertation committees in the Economics Department, History Department, Political Science Department, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, and Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration.) Discipline Service 2015. Haldane Prize Committee, Public Administration. (Served on committee that awarded the Haldane Prize, which is given to the best article published in Public Administration.) 2013-2014. Chair, Leonard D. White Award selection committee, American Political Science Association. (Chaired committee charged with selecting the best dissertation in the field of Public Administration.) 2012-2016. Research Director, Association of Chinese Political Studies. (Responsible for organizing Association research panels at conferences and workshops.) 2011-2016. Editorial Board, Public Administration. 2008. Selection Committee, Chinese Fulbright Scholars. (Worked in collaboration with American and Chinese colleagues at the Cultural Affairs Office of the United States Embassy in Beijing to select Chinese scholars for Fulbright awards in the United States.) 2008. Committee Member, Transparency and Public Participation in the Rulemaking Process: A Nonpartisan Presidential Transition Task Force Report. (Worked with academics and practitioners to develop recommendations regarding transparency and public participation in the regulatory process. These non-partisan recommendations were developed in advance of the presidential election and submitted to the transition team on the day after Election Day.) 2006-2016. Editorial Board, Journal of Information Technology and Politics. 1995-2016. Manuscript reviewer. (I have reviewed well over two hundred manuscripts for dozens of different journals and presses.)