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Edmund J. Zolnik is an associate professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason Â鶹¹ú²ú. His major areas of expertise are community and regional development; safe and sustainable transportation; and multilevel modeling.

Ketian Vivian Zhang is an assistant professor of international security in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason Â鶹¹ú²ú. She studies rising powers, coercion, economic statecraft, and maritime disputes in international relations and social movements in comparative politics, with a regional focus on China and East Asia.

Fengxiu Zhang is an assistant professor in Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason Â鶹¹ú²ú. She is also a core faculty member in the Center for Resilient and Sustainable Communities at Mason.

Areas of Research: Elite Influencers, Power Networks, Shadow Elites, Privatization of Policy, and Weaponized Corruption in the United States, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Ukraine.

Areas of Research: East Asia, Foreign Policy, International Development, Political Economy of East Asia, International Relations, International Relations Theory, Political Economy, Political Economy of Security, Sino-Japanese Relations

Areas of Research: Campaign Finance, Elections, Interest Groups, Legislatures, Quantitative Methods, Social Network Analysis, U.S. Politics

Areas of Research: Europe, International Development, Nonprofit Management, Philanthropy, Public Administration, Nonprofit/Government Relations in Russia, Global Civil Society, Cultural Policy

Areas of Research: Appreciative Intelligence, Appreciative Inquiry and Innovation, Change Management and Organization Development, Circular economy, Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Nonprofit Management, Organization behavior, Public Administration, Public Management, South Asia

Areas of Research: Energy Policy, Federalism/State and Local Government, Public Administration, Public Management, Regulatory Policy, Third-Party Governance, Contracting-Out, Rules and Governance Institutions

Areas of Research: Evidence-Based Practices, Criminal Justice Organizations, Fairness Issues in Risk Assessment, Health and Justice Policies, Corrections and Probation/Parole Implementation Science, Intervention Science, Motivational Interviewing in Justice Settings, Implementation-Effectiveness Studies