Rui Sun

Rui Sun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration at the California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). She received her Ph.D. in Policy Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2009. Her research interests are in the area of fiscal federalism, state and local government finance, nonprofit financial management, and economic development. Her work has appeared in public administration, budgeting and finance journals, including Public Finance Review, American Review of Public Administration, Public Finance and Management, and Municipal Finance Journal. Dr. Sun also holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Auburn University, a M.A. and a B.A. in International Relations from Peking University, Beijing, China. She worked as Assistant Professor at Georgia Southern University and University of Central Florida before joining in the CSUDH.

Publications

Digital Barriers and Individual Coping Behaviors in Distance Education During COVID-19
Digital Barriers and Individual Coping Behaviors in Distance Education During COVID-19
Isabel Gan, Rui Sun. © 2022. 15 pages.
Information and communication technologies (ICT) have played a pivotal role in facilitating knowledge acquisition and enabling distance education. Yet, knowledge about digital...
Enhancing Organizational Capacity Through the Use of Social Media
Enhancing Organizational Capacity Through the Use of Social Media
Rui Sun, Hugo Asencio, Julie Reid. © 2018. 30 pages.
This chapter examines whether and how the use of social media and government funding may enhance the capacity of a nonprofit organization, help fulfill its mission, and...
Cases on Strategic Social Media Utilization in the Nonprofit Sector
Cases on Strategic Social Media Utilization in the Nonprofit Sector
Hugo Asencio, Rui Sun. © 2015. 375 pages.
Typically utilized by larger corporations, social media marketing and strategy is lacking in small and medium-sized nonprofit organizations. Although these organizations are...
Enhancing Organizational Capacity through the Use of Social Media
Enhancing Organizational Capacity through the Use of Social Media
Rui Sun, Hugo Asencio, Julie Reid. © 2015. 39 pages.
This chapter examines whether and how the use of social media and government funding may enhance the capacity of a nonprofit organization, help fulfill its mission, and...