Meet Our Team
Our team thrives in a vibrant and supportive culture, fostering collaboration and valuing each member's input. We are dedicated to empowering one another to make meaningful contributions. With a diverse array of skills and backgrounds, our members bring unique perspectives that enrich our projects and drive innovation. Together, we tackle challenges head-on, share knowledge freely, and celebrate each success, big or small. Our collective goal is to create impactful work that not only advances our fields but also contributes positively to the broader community. Through mutual respect and a shared vision, we are committed to nurturing an environment where every team member can flourish and achieve their full potential.
About the Director
William G. Resh is an associate professor at the University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy where he holds the C.C. Crawford Professorship in Management and Performance. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Behavioral Public Administration.
He earned his doctoral degree at the American University’s School of Public Affairs in 2011. Prior to attaining tenure at USC, Dr. Resh was a tenure-track assistant professor in public management at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs from 2011 to 2014 and at USC from 2014-2017.
INSIGHT+ Team
The INSIGHT+ team is dedicated to filling a significant gap in public sector workforce analysis. With no existing APIs providing comprehensive tracking of workforce dynamics on a regional basis, government officials and stakeholders are left without essential tools for evaluating the labor market and understanding the Key Skills and Abilities (KSAs) needed for effective public service delivery. The team is developing an API that will offer users, including government representatives and the public, access to dedicated URLs. These URLs will provide raw data responses, enabling seamless integration into various platforms for data representation, such as software applications and government websites. The research team brings together the necessary insights and resources to deliver this invaluable service, aiming to enhance transparency and efficiency within the public sector.
From left to right: Anderson, Yi, Eli, Josephina, Bill, Darren
AI Team
The AI Team addresses a critical gap in understanding the impact of artificial intelligence on the US public sector workforce, providing both professionals and literature with an interactive and ever-evolving information tool. We are developing a sophisticated Large Language Model to perform in-depth analyses and predictions regarding the governmental employment landscape. Using a nuanced natural language processing program, our team will examine the classification specifications of governmental jobs to capture essential knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs). These insights will then be integrated into our AI model, which will be fine-tuned by domain experts and enhanced with exclusive data, allowing us to predict the five-year impact of AI on these roles. Furthermore, the team will strengthen this synthetic data by combining it with qualitative data drawn from public employees through surveys and interviews to compare and contrast machine and human perspectives. This dual approach will provide stakeholders with strategic tools and predictive insights at both the occupational and organizational levels, enabling effective workforce planning and development to harness AI advancements for optimized public service delivery.
From left to right: Rui, Jize, Christopher, Linda, Will, Nisa, Mandy, Kelly, Andy and Leyi
Join the team
We are looking for talents skilled in statistics, political science, economics, experienced in natural language processing, and interested in studying big data and AI's impact on public sector.