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Junghee Choi

Junghee Choi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Rebecca Borden

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Adult and Higher Education

Email: jchoi@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-4202
Office: Collings Hall 204

Dr. Junghee Choi CV (PDF)

Junghee Choi is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies at the University of Oklahoma. He received his Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University. His research examines educational policy, finance, and organizations, with a particular focus on topics relating to college access and admissions, accountability, government funding, and international comparative education. His work has been published in the American Educational Research Journal, Educational Researcher, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Journal of Higher Education, among others. He serves on the editorial boards of Research in Higher Education and Innovative Higher Education.

Junghee’s research examines education policy, finance, and organizations, with a particular focus on topics relating to college access, accountability, and funding mechanisms. He is interested in the role of money in higher education; how it constrains or opens opportunities for institutions and individuals and the tensions it creates with higher education’s public mission. He utilizes quantitative data and a variety of statistical methods, including quasi-experimental designs. 

  • The impact of state performance-based funding on students’ educational outcomes
  • The influence of institutional budget models on organizational behavior
  • Financial aid policy designs
  • Choi, J., & Jung, Y. J. (2024). Academic library expenditures and graduation rates: Evidence from four-year colleges and universities in the US. Studies in Higher Education. 
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03075079.2024.2366325
  • Choi, J. (2024). Performance-based funding and certificates at public four-year institutions. Research in Higher Education 65, 1065–1084.­  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11162-024-09781-y
  • Choi, J. (2023). Institutional striving and gender equity in faculty salaries and employment. American Educational Research Journal 60(3), 562–587. https://doi.org/10.3102/00028312231162061
  • Rosinger, R., Ortagus, J., Kelchen, R., & Choi, J. (2023). The impact of performance funding policy design on college access and selectivity. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 45(4), 655–681. https://doi.org/10.3102/01623737221147905