Cathy Yang Liu
Chair & Professor, Department of Public Management and Policy | Michael and Enid Mescon Endowed Chair Center for State and Local Finance, Department of Public Management and Policy, Fiscal Research Center, Usery Workplace Research Group- Education
Ph.D., University of Southern California
- Specializations
Community and Economic Development, Urban Labor Market and Policy, Migration and Entrepreneurship, International Urban Development
- Biography
Cathy Yang Liu is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Management and Policy, and the Michael and Enid Mescon Endowed Chair in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. She conducts research and publishes widely on topics related to community and economic development, urban policy, employment and labor market, as well as migration and entrepreneurship in both the U.S. and international contexts. Her research has been supported by agencies including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Haynes Foundation, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the Kauffman Foundation, Regional Studies Association, and Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
Dr. Liu is active in several professional associations and is the newly elected Chair of the Governing Board for the Urban Affairs Association (UAA). From 2021-3 she served as the Entrepreneurship Policy Faculty Fellow for Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM). She currently serves as Senior Associate Editor for Journal of Urban Affairs, Associate Editor for Economic Development Quarterly and Associate Editor for Regional Studies, Regional Science. She received her Ph.D. in Planning from University of Southern California and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago. Her personal website is available at http://cathyyangliu.com.