Ling Zhu is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston. Ling earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from Texas A&M University in 2011. She also received her Bachelor of Law degree from Fudan University (Shanghai, China), and her M.A. from Purdue University. Her research interests include public management, health disparities, social equity in healthcare access, and implementation of public health policies at the state and local level.