About MeDr. Katherine S. Cho (she/her/hers) is an assistant professor in Higher Education at Loyola University, Chicago. Grounded in her experiences as a scholar, educator, administrator, advocate, and organizer, Dr. Cho's research agenda centers on the potential of higher education to positively transform the campus towards equity and their reality of maintaining systems of oppression and manifesting harm. Her work spans across campus activism; institutionalized racism; labor efforts; and flipping the narrative of "why aren't students prepared for college" to "why aren't colleges prepared for our students." Her courses include organizational theory; foundations in higher education; research methods; practicum for dissertation development; racial realities in higher education; and her pedagogy is grounded in (re)humanizing education and challenging the ways academic socialization contributes to neoliberalism, competition, and constructed scarcity.
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Photography by John Cho
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Prior to, Dr. Cho was an assistant professor at Miami University; a research analyst at the Higher Education Research Institute focusing on how colleges and universities increase the retention for marginalized and minoritized student populations; and a higher education administrator and student affairs practitioner managing several student-leadership programs and worked for an educational nonprofit centered on service-learning and civic engagement. She has additionally worked as a teaching fellow, associate board member, mural artist, 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 Faculty First-Look Scholar. Dr. Cho enjoys taking care of her ever-growing plant collection, reading a great book or short story, and enjoying the artistic offerings of Chicago.
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 Faculty First-Look Scholar. Dr. Cho enjoys taking care of her ever-growing plant collection, reading a great book or short story, and enjoying the artistic offerings of Chicago.
