Instructor, Economics, Cerritos College
PhD, University of Southern California, Urban Education Policy, 2019
Research Interest
Higher education policy | Community colleges | College access and completion | Academic and psychosocial/ socioemotional (noncognitive) development and measurement | Educational interventions | Program evaluation
W. Edward Chi was a research assistant at the Pullias Center for Higher Education, a USC Graduate School Fellow, and a PhD candidate in the Urban Education Policy program at USC Rossier School of Education. His interest centers on college access and completion among underserved populations. Advised by Tatiana Melguizo, Chi uses experimental, quasi-experimental, and mixed methods to study K-12 and postsecondary education policies. He is currently assessing psychosocial outcomes from a comprehensive college transition program for low-income students in the Midwest.
Chi is a former tenured faculty member at the Riverside Community College District in California. In his teaching, he developed collaborative methods in economics instruction, contributing to projects funded by the National Science Foundation. He holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of California, Irvine, and a bachelor’s degree in management science and engineering from Stanford University.
Dissertation committee
Tatiana Melguizo (chair), Morgan S. Polikoff, John Strauss
Dissertation title
Postsecondary Student Outcomes and K-12 School Accountability Policies
Honors
USC Graduate School Fellowship
