She received her Ph.D. in Public Administration from the University of Georgia and her M.P.A degree from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. She also received her M.P.A. and B.A. from Korea University in South Korea. Her research and teaching interests focus broadly on various aspects of public management, including interorganizational management, government contracting, managerial behavior, and performance management. She has received the Paul Volcker Endowment Junior Scholar Research Grant from the American Political Science Association to analyze the U.S. local government contracting performance. Rho’s work has appeared in Public Administration Review, International Public Management Journal, and other journals. Prior to joining NIU, she was an assistant professor in the Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies at the University of Akron.