Cheryl D. Ching 1 CHERYL D. CHING Postdoctoral Scholar and Research Associate Center for Urban Education Waite Phillips Hall 702, Los Angeles, CA 90089 cheryldc@usc.edu 617-306-4335 RESEARCH AREAS Equity in higher education Policy design and implementation Community colleges Organizational theory Qualitative methods EDUCATION PhD MA BA EMPLOYMENT Academic Other Urban Education Policy (Higher Education Concentration), 2017 Chair: Estela Mara Bensimon Dissertation: Constructing and enacting equity at a community college New York University Humanities and Social Thought, 2004 Thesis: Episodic explorations: Regarding the intersection of events in the history of Filipino nurse migration between the Philippines and United States Wellesley College English Literature, 2000 (magna cum laude) Center for Urban Education, Postdoctoral Scholar and Research Associate, 8/2017 - Present Research Assistant, 8/2012-5/2017 The Teagle Foundation Program Officer (hired as Program Assistant), 3/2005-3/2011 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Membership Assistant and Database Manager, 6/2000-6/2002 AWARDS, HONORS, AND FELLOWSHIPS Awards Bobby Wright Dissertation of the Year Award, 2017 Association for the Study of Higher Education Honors Phi Kappa Phi, elected 2017
Cheryl D. Ching 2 Fellowships Provost s PhD Fellowship, 2012-2016 PUBLICATIONS Referred Publications Book Chapters Ching, C. D. (In press). Confronting the equity learning problem through practitioner inquiry. (Accepted in The Review for Higher Education). Felix, E. R., Trinidad, A., Ching, C.D, & Bensimon, E. M. (In press.) California s student equity plan policy: An unexploited opportunity among Hispanic-serving community colleges. In A. G. de los Santos, Jr., L. J. Rendón, G. F. Keller, A. Acereda, E. M. Bensimon, R. J. Tannenbaum (Eds.), Hispanic college students move forward: Policies, planning, and progress in promoting access. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press. Ching, C. D., & Bensimon, E. M. (2016). College-going rates. In K. Lomotey (Ed.), Contemporary issues for people of color: Living, working and learning in the US. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. Non-Referred Publications Ching, C. D., Felix, E., & Bensimon, E. M. (2015, April 8). Statement on California Community Colleges Student Equity Plans. Prepared for California State Assembly budget subcommittee no. 2 on education finance. Ching, C. D., & Bensimon, E. M. (2015, February 17). Analysis of California Community Colleges Student Equity Plan policy. Prepared for Mónica Henestroza, special advisor to California State Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins. Ching, C. D. (2013, December). The Teagle Foundation College- Community Connections Program: Report on a convening. New York, NY: The Teagle Foundation. Ching, C. D. (2013). Why Race? Los Angeles, CA: Center for Urban Education,. Connor, W. R., & Ching, C. (2010, October 1). Liberal arts I: They keep chugging along. Inside Higher Ed. Connor, W. R., & Ching, C. (2010, April 25). Can learning be improved when budgets are in the red? The Chronicle of Higher Education. Ching, C. (2004, February). The search for nurses ends in Manila. The Next American City.
Cheryl D. Ching 3 Under Review Ching, C. D. Supporting Latina/os at Hispanic-serving institutions. (Submitted to Journal of Latinos and Education). Ching, C. D., Felix, E. R., Castro, M. F., & Trinidad, A. Achieving Racial/Ethnic Equity from the Bottom Up?: The Student Equity Policy in the California Community Colleges. (Revise and resubmit, Educational Policy). In Preparation Ching, C. D. (2017). Equity games: The politics of implementing equity in a California community college. Witham, K., Ching, C. D., & Dowd, A. C. Managed change in the context of competing logics in higher education. Witham, K., Ching, C. D., & Dowd, A. C. Understanding resources and routines in higher education change. PRESENTATIONS Referred Trinidad, A., & Ching, C. D. (2018). Planning for Latinx equity in Hispanicserving community colleges. Paper to be presented at the 2018 annual Conference Presentations conference of the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Irvine, CA. Ching, C. D. (2017). Constructing and enacting equity in a California community college. Paper presented at 2017 annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Houston, TX. Ching, C. D., & Felix, E. R. (2015). Equity espoused, equity achieved?: The Student Equity Policy and the quest for equity-focused organizational change in California s community colleges. Paper presented at 2015 annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Denver, CO. Witham, K., & Ching, C. D. (2015). Managed change in the context of competing logics in higher education. Paper presented at 2015 annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Denver, CO. Witham, K., Ching, C. D., & Dowd, A. C. (2015). Integrating equity-focused change efforts in higher education. Paper presented at 2015 annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. Ching, C. D. (2014). Something to talk about: Community college faculty s conceptions of race and equity in teaching. Paper presented at 2014
Cheryl D. Ching 4 annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Washington, DC. Almeida, D. J., & Ching, C. D. (2014). Perceptions of racial prejudice and first-year persistence at highly selective institutions. Roundtable presented at 2014 annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Washington, DC. Ching, C. D. (2014). Learning about equity and equity-mindedness by assessing syllabi for equity-minded and culturally inclusive practices: A pilot study. Paper presented at the 2014 Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment Conference, Chicago, IL. Ching, C. D. (2014). Supporting Latino/a students: An exploration of faculty perceptions and actions. Paper presented at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA. Ching, C. D. & Robinson, J. C. (2014). Assessing course syllabi as a means of examining teaching practices at Hispanic-serving institutions. Workshop presented at the 2014 annual conference of the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Costa Mesa, CA. Ching, C. D. (2013). Fostering conceptual change about equity by assessing syllabi for culturally inclusive practices. Poster presented at the 2013 annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, St. Louis, MO. Shieh, L. T., Ching, C. D., & Roberts, M. (2013). Private four-year institutions and community college students: Using structured inquiry to examine policies and practices that support and facilitate transfer student success. Paper presented at the 2013 annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, St. Louis, MO. Policy and Practitioner Presentations Ching, C. D. Bensimon, E. M., Cherry, D., & Robinson, J. C. (2017, September 28). Interrogating merit, fit, and compliance during faculty interviews. Workshop presented at Center for Urban Education Institute on Equity in Faculty Hiring at Community Colleges. Los Angeles, California. Ching, C. D. (2015, August 19). Equity-mindedness and institutional agents 101. Workshop presented at San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, CA.
Cheryl D. Ching 5 Bensimon, E. M., & Ching, C. D. (2015, February 17). Student equity plans. Presentation for staffers of the California State Assembly Speaker, Sacramento, CA. Ching, C. D. (2014, September 17). Reviewing course syllabi for equityminded and culturally inclusive practices. Workshop presented at Ventura College, Ventura, CA. Ching, C. D., Liera, R., & Robinson, J. C. (2014, March 14). Review of Math V03 syllabi. Presentation at Ventura College, Ventura, CA. Bensimon, E. M., & Ching, C. D. (2013, June 4). Course inventory and syllabi review. Workshop presented at Equity in Excellence Institute, Aurora, CO. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Externally Data Use and Organizational Learning Under Conditions of Accountability Funded in Higher Education (Funded by the Spencer Foundation; Principal Projects Investigator: Alicia C. Dowd) Research Assistant, 2013-2015 Expanding Transfer Pathways into Private Postsecondary Institutions for Underrepresented Community College Students (Funded by the Teagle Foundation; Principal Investigator: Estela Mara Bensimon) Research Assistant, 2013 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Graduate Introduction to Qualitative Research (PhD course) Courses Rossier School of Education, Teaching Assistant, 2014, 2015 Globalization and the National State (PhD course) Rossier School of Education, Teaching Assistant, 2013 Invited Guest Lectures Creating equitable learning outcomes. (For masters-level course, Leading diverse organizations, University of Nevada, Las Vegas) Educational policy and experience of students of color. (For EdD course on qualitative methods at Morgan State University)
Cheryl D. Ching 6 Student equity policy. (For PhD course, Organizations and policy: Current issues at Rossier School of Education,.) Access without success is an empty promise: The role of universities in student success. (For first-year undergraduate course, Educational access & opportunity: From cradle to college at.) The Equity Scorecard: A multifaceted approach to institutional accountability. (For EdD course, Challenges in urban education: Accountability at Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California). Social-psychological interventions in education. (For Center for Urban Education, ) SERVICE National Service The Review of Higher Education Ad-hoc Reviewer, 2017-present American Education Research Association Proposal Reviewer, Annual Meeting, 2016 Association for the Study of Higher Education Proposal Reviewer, Annual Meeting, 2014, 2017 Community Service Increasing Access Via Mentoring Program, Mentor, 2013-present Partnership for Afterschool Education Selection Committee Member, PASEsetter Awards, 2011 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS National American Educational Research Association (AERA) Organizations Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) REFERENCES Estela Mara Bensimon Professor of Education Rossier School of Education Waite Phillips Hall 702 3470 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, CA 90089-4037 bensimon@rossier.usc.edu 213-740-5202
Cheryl D. Ching 7 Alicia C. Dowd Professor of Education College of Education Pennsylvania State University Julie A. Marsh Associate Professor of Education Rossier School of Education 401B Rackley Building University Park, PA 16802 acd5439@psu.edu 814-865-8278 Waite Phillips Hall 904C 3470 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, CA 90089-4039 julie.marsh@usc.edu 213-740-3710