Yu-Che Chen, Ph.D., is Kathleen D. Seline Professor of Public Administration and Professor at the School of Public Administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Dr. Chen serves as the Director of the School of Public Administration and the Director of the Digital Governance and Analytics Lab. Dr. Chen received his Master of Public Affairs and Ph.D. in Public Policy from Indiana University-Bloomington. His current research interests are public governance of artificial intelligence and collaborative digital governance. He has served as PI or Co-PI of NSF and other external grants with a total award of over $3.5 million. Dr. Chen has published four books on digital government and governance, including the most recent co-edited volume: The Oxford Handbook of AI Governance. Moreover, he has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers in the field of digital government and governance. He has received multiple awards for research, teaching, and service. He serves as the President-Elect of the global Digital Government Society (DGS) and the conference chair of the International Digital Government Research Conference (dg.o) in 2026 in the U.S.A.