Rate My Professor Weiwei Lin

Dr. Weiwei Lin is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University–Newark, where she has served since February 2016. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from Rutgers University–Newark (2010), a Master of Arts in English Linguistics from Nanjing University, China (2004), and a Bachelor of Arts in English Language from Nanjing Normal University, China (2001). Prior to her current role, Lin was an Assistant Professor in the same department from September 2012 to June 2013, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth from September 2010 to August 2012, and a Research Associate and Teaching Assistant at Rutgers University–Newark from September 2004 to May 2010.

Lin's research focuses on the management of public and nonprofit organizations, performance measurement, program and policy evaluation, and research methods in public and nonprofit management. Key publications include 'Understanding the Effect of Revenue Strategies on Financial Sustainability: Empirical Evidence from Nonprofit Arts and Culture Organizations' (2024, International Journal of Sustainable Society, with Beixin Lin and Susana Yu), 'Does a more diversified revenue structure lead to greater financial capacity and less vulnerability in nonprofit organizations?' (2019, Nonprofit Management and Leadership 30(3), with Jiahuan Lu and Qiushi Wang), 'What helped nonprofits weather the great recession?: evidence from human services and community improvement organizations' (2016, Nonprofit Management and Leadership 26(3), with Qiushi Wang), 'Mail and web surveys: an experimental comparison of survey methods for nonprofit research' (2012, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 41(6), with Gregg G. Van Ryzin), 'Key issues for implementation of the Chinese Open Government Information' (2009, Public Administration Review 69(S1), with Suzanne Piotrowski, Yahong Zhang, and Wenxuan Yu), and 'A longitudinal perspective on MPA education in the United States' (2007, Journal of Public Affairs Education 13(2), with Marc Holzer). She has received the Rutgers University Cultural Program Grant ($3,500, 2025), ARNOVA Best Poster Award (2010), ARNOVA Scholarship and Travel Grant (2010), Provost Research Travel Grants from UMass Dartmouth (2010-2012), and Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society induction (2006). Lin teaches graduate courses such as MPA Capstone, Grant Writing and Grants Management, Research Design, and undergraduate courses including Introduction to Nonprofit Management. She serves as a manuscript reviewer for Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Public Administration Review, and others, and was Assistant Editor of Chinese Public Administration Review (2004–2009).