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AI standardization and public trust in digital space

Artificial Intelligence policies and the nonprofit sector

AI and future fundraising–A natural experiment
AI and Leadership

AI in the public sector: A systematic scoping review and future directions

Managing generative AI in the public sector
Government Transparency and Accountability in the Era of Generative AI–An Examination of Public Managerial and Policy Implications
Impact-linked financing and investment in Southeast Asia
AI and public health –an example from South Korea
AI and public governance

Chen, W., Franko, W., & McGrath, R. (forthcoming) “Occupational licensing and income inequality in the states.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
Chen, W. & Murtazashvili, I. (2024). “Is cryptoaltruism transforming the nonprofit sector? Lessons from the Ukrainian nonprofits during the Russia-Ukraine War.” Chinese Public Administration Review, 15(1), 36-46. (https://doi.org/10.1177/15396754231222575)
Chen, W. & Murtazashvili, I. (2023). “Blockchains for emergency and crisis management.” Public Administration Review, 83(5), 1409-1414. (https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13647) (*Chester A. Newland Award for the Best Viewpoint Paper, Public Administration Review; Invited by the London School of Economics to be featured in American Politics and Policy on Aug 22^nd, 2023）
Chen, W. & Noonan, D. (2023). “Sharing the stage: Exploring inequities in resources for the arts across funding institutions.” American Behavioral Scientist (http://doi.org/10.1177/00027642231179)
Chen, W. (2023). “Donors of color: A systematic literature review of philanthropy research across diverse communities.” Philanthropy & Education, 7(1), 34-54. (https://doi.org/10.1353/phe.00003)(*interdisciplinary journal on voluntary actions benefiting education published by Columbia University).
Chen, W. (2023). “Crowdfunding for social ventures.” Social Enterprise Journal, 19(3), 256- 276. (*flagship academic journal on social entrepreneurship research: https://doi.org/10.1108/SEJ-05-2022-0051.)
Chen, W., Acs, Z. & Terjesen, S. (2023). “Adolescent entrepreneurial learning ecosystem and a tech entrepreneurial career—inspiration from the black swan stories.” Small Business Economics. (*flagship academic journal on entrepreneurship; impact score: 8.164). (in press: http://doi:10.1007/s11187-023-00786-y)
Drake, R. & Chen, W. (2023). “Rethinking workplace collaboration—An old topic with a practical view.” Management Decision (*first academic journal on management; impact score: 4.957). (in press: http://doi:10.1108/md-01-2023-0044).
Chen, W. (2023). “Crowdfunding: Different types of legitimacy.” Small Business Economics, 60(1), 245-263. (*impact score: 8.164; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-022-00647-0.)
Kerlin, J., Ye, M., & Chen, W. (2022). “A tax credit proposal for profit moderation and social mission maximization in long-term residential care businesses”. Nonprofit Policy Forum, 14(1), 77-97. (*top academic journal solely devoted to studying policy issues of the nonprofit sector; authors contributed equally; https://doi.org/10.1515/npf-2022-0014.)
Balbuena, K., Thornton, T.E., Baxter, P., English, W., Chen, W. (2022). “The disastrous business of presidential campaigns: The effect of disaster declarations on presidential elections in FEMA Region 3.” Journal of Emergency Management, 20(6), 535-559. (*authors contributed equally; https://doi.org/ 10.5055/jem.0666.)
Chen, W. & Marquis, C. (2022). “Remaking capitalism: The movement for sustainable business and the future of the corporation” Management Decision, 60(11), 2897-2903. (*impact score: 4.957; first academic journal on management; https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-08-2021-1086.).
Gianiodis, P., Meek, W. & Chen, W. (2019). “Political climate and academic entrepreneurship: The case of strange bedfellows?” Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 12(c). (*impact score: 8.12; authors contributed equally: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2019.e00135)
Chen, W. (2017). “A book review of Virginia M. Brennan, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, & Ruth Enid Zambrana ed. Obesity Interventions in Underserved Communities. World Medical & Health Policy. 9(4), 505-507. (https://doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.250.)
Chen, W. (2015). “Class debate to improve class participation quality.” Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. (*peer-reviewed pedagogical publication)

Milliken, J. G. & Chen, W. (2023). “The new Dominion in the twenty-first century.” In Milliken , J. G. & Rozell, M. eds. The New Dominion: The Twentieth-Century Elections that Shaped Modern Virginia. University of Virginia Press. Pp. 243-260.
Chen, W. (2022). “A systematic literature review of reward-based crowdfunding.” in Audretsch, D., Belitski, M., Khachlouf, N. & Caiazza, R. eds. Developments in Entrepreneurial Finance and Technology. Edward Elgar. Pp. 146-181.
Richomme, O. & Chen, W. (2021). “A Catholic Latino Vote?” in Marie Gayte, Blandine Chelini-Pont and Mark J. Rozell., eds. Catholics and U.S. Politics after the 2020 Elections: Understanding the “Swing” Vote. New York: Palgrave/MacMillan Press. Pp. 161-186.
Gianiodis, P., Muhammed, M. & Chen, W. (2021). “Social venture scaling in distressed communities.” in Wasieleski, D.M. and Weber, J. eds. Social Entrepreneurship. Emerald Publishing Limited. Pp. 33-52. (*authors contributed equally)
Han, J., Chen, W. & Toepler, S. (2020). “Social finance: Concepts, history, and cases.” in Anheier, H. & Toepler, S. eds. Routledge Companion to Nonprofit Management. Taylor & Francis Group. Pp. 482-493.

Hua, W., Chen, W., Mitchell, R., Israelsen, T., Mitchell, R. (2024). “State-owned enterprises, state intervention, and political organization work: The evolution of the Canadian wheat board”. Academy of Management Meeting Proceedings.
Chen, W. (2023). “Crowdfunding for social good.” In Anheier, H., List, R., and Toepler, S., eds., International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Heidelberg/New York: Springer. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99675-2_9524-1)
Espina, M., Gianiodis, P., Chen, W., Arndt, F., (2022). Convergence or Divergence: The state of the art in environmental & social entrepreneurship research. Academy of Management Meeting Proceedings. (http:// doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2022.14914symposium)
Chen, W. (2022). “Digital ecosystem.” In Schintler, L. and McNeely, C., eds., Encyclopedia of Big Data. New York: Springer.(http://doi:10.1007/978-3-319-32010-6)
Chen, W. (2019). “Adolescent entrepreneurial learning ecosystem.” USASBE (United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship) Conference Proceedings. Pp.15-22.

Everyday donors of color–Diverse philanthropy during times of change.” (2021). Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, IUPUI. (Key contributor)
“Charitable crowdfunding: Who gives, to what, and why?” (2021). Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, IUPUI. (Key contributor)
“New forms of giving in a digital age: Powered by technology, creating community.” (2020). Women’s Philanthropy Institute report. Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, IUPUI. (Key contributor)
“Gig economy and entrepreneurship.” (2019). Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
“Public trust in nonprofit organizations.” (2019). Independent Sector.
“China’s soft power in Kyrgyzstan.” (2018). Center for Security Policy Studies. Schar School of Policy and Government. George Mason University. https://csps.gmu.edu/2018/02/28/chinas-soft-power-in-kyrgyzstan/

Accolades

2024:	Chester A. Newland Award for the Best Viewpoint Paper, Public Administration Review
2023:	Integrated Scholar Award, Office of the Provost (only six faculty members across all academic ranks selected), Texas Tech University
2022:	Rural economic development and entrepreneurship fellowship, United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE)
2021:	Academy of Management (AOM) Early Career Development Consortium Award
2021:	Inaugural rural economic development and entrepreneurship fellowship, United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) (three fellows selected)
2020:	Academy of Management (AOM) SIM & ONE Junior Faculty Consortium Award
2020:	Summer Research Fellowship, Office of the Provost, George Mason University
2020:	Three Minute Thesis (3MT) (Finalist), George Mason University
2020:	Doctoral Consortium Scholarship, Sustainability, Ethics, Entrepreneurship Society (SEE)
2019:	Dissertation Completion Grant, George Mason University (Highly-selective)
2019:	Founders’ Fellowship, American Society of Public Administration (ASPA) (highly- selective)
2019:	Academy of Management (AOM) Doctoral Consortium Scholarship
2019:	Doctoral Consortium Scholarship, Urban Grand Challenges Symposium, Johns Hopkins University
2019:	Doctoral Consortium Scholarship, Sustainability, Ethics, Entrepreneurship Society (SEE)
2019:	Summer Grant Writing Fellowship, George Mason University
2019:	Oskar Morgenstern Fellowship on Quantitative Methods, George Mason University
2018:	Kauffman Knowledge Challenge, Finalist, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
2018:	Emerging Scholar Fellowship, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Research Network
2018:	Doctoral Fellowship, Annual Conference of Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
2018:	Conference Scholarship, Annual Conference of Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
2018:	Summer Grant Writing Fellowship, George Mason University
2018:	Schar Initiatives Program Research Fellowship, George Mason University
2018:	Doctoral Student Research Travel Grant, George Mason University
2018:	Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship, George Mason University
2018:	Emerging Scholar Award, International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
2017:	Conference Award, International Conference on Public Policy
2016	Doctoral Student Research Grant, George Mason University

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