About MeCall me Dr. Cho or Katherine (never Kat) ∙ Pronouns: she/hers ∙ Beginner plant parent ∙ Boba/Bubble tea enthusiast
Dr. Katherine S. Cho is an assistant professor in Student Affairs in Higher Education at Miami University, Ohio. Grounded in her experiences as a scholar, educator, administrator, advocate, and activist, Dr. Cho's research agenda centers on institutions— in their potentials to change and transform to move closer towards social justice and in their realities of maintaining systems of oppression and manifesting harm. Her work spans across student activism; institutionalized racism; retention efforts; and flipping the narrative of "why aren't students prepared for college" to "why aren't colleges prepared for our students," as expanded on here. At Miami University, she teaches critical research design and organizational theory, which includes pushing the boundaries of what is knowledge, recognizing that learning is nested: nested in classrooms, nested in schools, nested structures, nested in systems, nested in power.
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Previously, Dr. Cho worked as a research analyst at the Higher Education Research Institute, focusing on how colleges and universities increase the retention for marginalized and minoritized student populations. While in New York City, she was a higher education administrator managing several student-leadership programs and worked for an educational nonprofit centered on service-learning and civic engagement. Former experiences also include being a teaching fellow, an associate board member for a nonprofit addressing domestic violence, a mural artist, conference chair, wedding coordinator, and calligrapher.
Dr. Cho received a Ph.D. and M.A. in Education from the University of California, Los Angeles; an M.A. in Sociology & Education from Columbia University, Teachers College; and a B.A. in Public Policy Studies from Duke University. She is an 2021 William T. Grant Advanced Quantitative Computational Scholar with the Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computation, and Mixed Methodologies; a 2019 National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellow; and a 2019-2020 Faculty First-Look Scholar. In the other pockets of her life, Dr. Cho enjoys taking care of her ever-growing plant collection and reading a great book or short story.
Dr. Cho received a Ph.D. and M.A. in Education from the University of California, Los Angeles; an M.A. in Sociology & Education from Columbia University, Teachers College; and a B.A. in Public Policy Studies from Duke University. She is an 2021 William T. Grant Advanced Quantitative Computational Scholar with the Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computation, and Mixed Methodologies; a 2019 National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellow; and a 2019-2020 Faculty First-Look Scholar. In the other pockets of her life, Dr. Cho enjoys taking care of her ever-growing plant collection and reading a great book or short story.
