RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP
Current, Past, and Future Academic ActivitY
Agenda & Interests
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Dr. Cho's scholarly pursuits are rooted in the belief that institutional change can and are critically necessary to move us closer to a more just, equitable society. Through systems of schooling (specifically within colleges and universities), she explores the spectrum within organizational dys/function to examine those mismatches between the vision, mission, and history of colleges and universities to their politics and praxis on campus, that ultimately impact the experiences of especially the students, faculty, administrators, and staff at the margins.
These mismatches serve as the foundation for her three distinct, yet overlapping strands of research: (1) how colleges and universities respond to (campus) racism and student activism; (2) how campus cultures of retention support and push-out marginalized students, faculty, and staff; and (3) how higher education constructs and critiques academic socialization, navigation, and knowledge production. This third area is part of the driving inspiration for this website: to share resources, document her trajectory, and demystify academia. Dr. Cho's research interests and community commitments are more expansive, but this is a small snippet. |
Areas: higher education ∙ institutional accountability ∙ organizational theory ∙ campus activism ∙ institutionalized racism & systemic oppression ∙ retention ∙ Critical Race Theory ∙ diversity, equity, & inclusion
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Cho, K. S. (2023). Purpose and process: Power, equity, and agenda setting. New Directions for Student Leadership, 33-40. Read it here
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Davis III, C. H. F., Morgan, D. L., Cho, K. S. (2023). Activism and social movements in higher education. In M. Bastedo (Ed). American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century (5th Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. Book info here
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Cho, K. S. (2022). Under the radar: Institutional racism, university policies, and student activism.Journal of Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education, 4(3), 85-103. Read it here
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Cho, K. S. & Brassfield, L.* (2022). An afterthought: Campus Staff of Color and wellness within higher education responses to Covid-19. American Behavioral Scientist. Read it here
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Cho, K. S. & Cesar-Davis, N. (2022). Governing boards and student activism: Responding to racism. Educational Sciences, 12, 1-14. Read it here
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Na, V. S., Hyun White, H., Hui, E. P.-K., & Cho, K. S.(2022). Embodying a praxis of care: The urgency of carework in supporting student activists. New Directions for Student Services, 2022, 83– 96.
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Cho, K. S., Rothrock, R., Fernández, É., & Aronson, B. (2022). Testimonios de las travesadas: A borderland existence of Women of Color Faculty.Gender, Work, and Organization, 30(2), 724-743. Read it here
Cho, K. S. (2021) In praxis: Creating a (web)site of resistance and disrupting the hidden curricula of academic socialization. Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, 7(2), 208-217.
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Cho, K. S. (2018). The perception of progress: Conceptualizing institutional response to student protests and activism. NEA Higher Education Journal: Thought and Action, 34(1), 81-95.
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FUNDED RESEARCH
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Spencer FOUNDATION Small RESEARCH GRANT $50,000
Principal Investigator A Laborious Space: Working Conditions of Campus Staff of Color Small Research Grant from the Spencer Foundation to conduct a qualitative interview with student affairs professionals and campus staff who are from racialized backgrounds to examine their well-being labor, and geographic positionality during the pandemic Miami University BOLDLY CREATIVE $12,000
Principal Investigator Making an Impact? Student Feedback on Diversity Initiatives Boldly Creative Grant from Miami University Provost and Office of Academic Affairs for pilot research project on student perceptions of diversity, equity, inclusion initiatives through focus groups and surveys NAEd/Spencer DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP $27,500
Principal Investigator How did we get here? Campus racism, institutional accountability Dissertation Fellowship by the National Academy of Education/ Spencer Foundation for dissertation research on institutional responses to student activism |
MIAMI University SUMMER PROPOSAL GRANT $6,000
Principal Investigator Resigned: Experiences of Student Affairs Professionals Summer External Grant Proposal Development Award from Miami University College of Education, Health, and Society to explore a national study with student affairs professionals and their resignations Miami University SUMMER RESEARCH Grant $6000
Principal Investigator Reading Between the Lines: The Evolution of Solidarity Statements Summer Research Grant Award from Miami University's College of Education, Health and Society for pilot research project on campus solidarity statements in response to racism Graduate Research Mentorship Award $20,000
Principal Investigator Accountability & (In)action: Universities and Student Protests Graduate Research Mentorship Award from University of California, Los Angeles Graduate Division to analyze university statements, campus documents, and student newspapers |
ACPA FOUNDATION Research Grant $1,250
Principal Investigator At the Margins - Staff Racialized Experiences in COVID-19 Research Grant with Lauren Brassfield* (Co-PI) from ACPA Foundation (the American College Personnel Association) to explore the experiences of campus staff who identify as a person of color during the pandemic Miami University Major Teaching GRANT $3,000
Principal Investigator Evolving with the Times: Social Media, Pedagogy, and Tech Major Teaching Grant with Tristen Hall* (Co-PI) from Miami University Center for Teaching Excellence to develop curricula and content for social media pedagogical integration with course materials and praxis with student affairs professionals Graduate Summer Research Award $6,000
Principal Investigator Knowledge as Power: College Orientations Received the Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Award from University of California, Los Angeles Graduate Division to investigate student counternarratives to academic socialization |
MEDIA FEATURESRead some of my thoughts with Kate Hidalgo Bellows from The Chronicle of Higher Education regarding the ways campus activism has changed through social media. [October 11, 2021]
Appreciated the opportunity to talk with The Chronicle of Higher Education about social media, campus sexual violence, and the role of institutions in response. Read more about it here. [September 24, 2021] Read my interview Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed's article about, "Legislating Against Critical Race Theory." I also had a chance to reflect more about the interview and what we spoke about here. [June 9, 2021] Read my interview with Chris Quintana, featuring research from the American Education Research Assocation annual conference, in The Chronicle of Higher Education's article, "When Racism Roils a Campus, Colleges Respond. Will Students Be Satisfied?" [April 17. 2018] |
I had the opportunity to join Drs. W. Carson Byrd, Karly Sarita Ford, and Jameson David Lopez at the National Center for Institutional Diversity, University of Michigan for, "Data Don't Speak for Themselves" to talk about the role of numbers, critical quantitative methodologies, and how to better use our research to move towards justice. Check it out! |