1. 杨开峰教授是中国人民大学企业管理博士，美国Rutgers大学公共管理博士（2003），中组部****特聘专家。在美国佛罗里达州立大学公共管理与政策学院历任终身职助理教授、副教授、正教授。现为中国人民大学公共管理学院教授、副院长。2012年当选为美国行政科学院院士。现任美国公共管理协会中国分会会长，并曾任美国公共管理协会绩效管理分会会长，美国公共管理协会绩效与责任中心主席等。担任SSCI英文学术期刊《公共绩效与管理评论》的执行主编、并在多家SSCI英文学术期刊担任编委。
2. 研究方向为绩效管理、公民参与、战略管理、行政改革、公共组织等。
3. 主要开设课程包括公共管理专题、经典著作选读、研究方法等。
4. 主要科研项目与课题：Informed Principals and Learning Agents: Endogenous Preferences in Principal Agent Models of Federal Grants for Sustainable Energy（美国自然科学基金）。公务员信息安全行为形成机理与决策过程研究（国家自然科学基金面上项目）。等。
5. 主要科研成果：
Yang, K., &Schachter, H. (Eds.). (2012). The State of Citizen Participation in America. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Yang, K., &Bergrud, E. (Eds.).(2008). Civic Engagement in a Network Society. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Yang, K., & Miller, G. (Eds.).(2008). Handbook of Research Methods for Public Administration. New York: Taylor & Francis.
Yang, K., Julnes, P., Berry, F., & Aristigueta, M. (Eds.).(2007). International Handbook of Practice-based Performance Measurement. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Liu, B., Yang, K., & Tang, T. L. (2013). Public Service Motivation and Job Satisfaction: The Joint Moderating Effects of Needs-Supplies Fit and Person-Organization Fit. Public Management Review.
Liu, B., & Yang, K. (2013). Work-related Stressors and Health-related Outcomes in Public Service: Examining the Role of Public Service Motivation. American Public Administration Review.
Acar, M., Guo, C., & Yang, K. (2012). Accountability in Voluntary Partnerships: To Whom and For What? Public Organization Review, 12(2), 157-174.
Coursey, D., Yang, K., &Pandey, S. (2012). Public Service Motivation (PSM) and Support for Citizen Participation: A Test of Perry and Vandenabeele's Reformulation of PSM Theory.Public Administration Review, 72(4), 572-582.
Hsieh, W., Yang, K., & Fu, C. (2012). Motivational bases and Emotional Labor: Assessing the Impact of Public Service Motivation. Public Administration Review, 72(2), 241-251.
Yang, K., & VanLandingham, G. (2012). How Hollow Can We Go? A Case Study of Florida's Outsourced Oversight of its Privatized Child Welfare Services. American Review for Public Administration, 42(5), 543-561.
Liu, B. F., Horsley, S., & Yang, K. (2012). Overcoming Negative Media Coverage: Does Government Communication Matter? Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 22(3), 597-621.
Yang, K. (2012). Further Understanding Accountability in Public Organizations: Actionable Knowledge and the Structure-Agency Duality. Administration & Society, 44(3), 255-284.
Zhang, Y., Lee, R., & Yang, K. (2012). Knowledge and Skills for Policy Making: Stories from Local Public Managers in Florida. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 18(1), 183-208.
Hou, Y., Ni, A., Poocharoen, O., Yang, K., & Zhao, Z. (2011).The Case for Public Administration with a Global Perspective.Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 21(supplement), i45-i51.
Moynihan, D., Fernadez, S., Kim, S., LeRoux, K., Piotrowski, S., Wright, B., & Yang, K. (2011). Performance Regimes Amidst Governance Complexity. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 21(supplement), i141-i155.
Yang, K., &Pandey, S. (2011). Further Dissecting the Black Box of Citizen Participation: When Does Citizen Involvement Lead to Good Outcomes? Public Administration Review, 71(6), 880-892.
