Staff

Emily Chung (Ed.D., University of Southern California) is the Managing Director for the USC Center for Enrollment Research, Policy and Practice at the University of Southern California. Having joined the Center in July 2011, Dr. Chung oversees administrative operations, develops and conducts research and curricular projects to further the Center’s mission, fundraises, manages events and public relations, and supervises research and administrative staff. She also served as the interim Executive Director from July 2022-January 2024 to lead the center during a period of transition.

Previously Dr. Chung was an Associate Program Officer at the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership in New York, where she managed and evaluated a large grant portfolio, initiated educational outreach and international exchange activities, conducted research, managed roundtables, seminars, and workshops, and helped implement a public relations strategy. Her work at the Foundation was preceded by her work as Development Associate at Urban Solutions, in San Francisco, where she secured grants and established foundation relations in support of community development programs in the city. Emily earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin, a master’s at Yale University, and completed Ph.D. coursework at the University of Chicago. Most recently, she completed her doctoral degree at the USC Rossier School of Education, specializing in higher education administration. Her dissertation examined the relationship between debt attitudes and graduate student loan debt.