Jihye Kwon

Jihye Kwon, Ph. D. is an Associate Director for Survey Research at the USC Race and Equity Center where she develops The National Assessment of Collegiate Campus Climates (NACCC) which are quantitative surveys on campus racial climate on student, staff, and faculty administered annually at colleges and universities across the United States. She has been leading the developments of faculty survey as well as surveys for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs).

Dr. Kwon also holds an Adjunct Assistant Professor position in the Rossier School of Education, where she teaches quantitative and qualitative research methods in the Organizational Change and Leadership (OCL) program, as well as fiscal supports in higher education in the Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs (PASA) program. Dr. Kwon’s research focuses on race and equity issues, survey research, institutional research, and financial issues in higher education. She has published in Educational Researcher, Journal of Higher Education, Educational Research, Journal of Student Financial Aid, and Association for Institutional Research Professional File Series.

Prior to Joining USC. Dr. Kwon worked as an Analyst for Co-curricular Assessment and Research at Northern Kentucky University. In this role, she provided methodological consultations to university leaders as well as conducted various assessment for the division of student affairs.

EDUC 536 Inquiry Methods II

EDUC 652 Inquiry Methods III

EDUC 689 Fiscal Support and Expenditure in Higher Education

EDUC 690 Framing and Enrollment Management

• Gong, H. J., Kwon, J., & Brock, M. (2022). Experiential learning through a peer learning assistant model in STEM. Educational Research, 64(3), 317-333.
• Chan, M., Kwon, J., Nguyen, D. J., Saunders, K. M., Shah, N., & Smith, K. N. (2020). National Trends in Federal Student Loan Borrowing by Income Group and First-Generation Status. Association for Institutional Research Professional File Series.
• Chan, M., Kwon, J., Nguyen, D. J., Saunders, K. M., Shah, N., & Smith, K. N. (2019). Indebted Over Time: Racial Differences in Student Borrowing. Educational Researcher, 48(8), 558–563.
• Hossler, D., Chung, E., Kwon, J., Lucido, J., Bowman, N., & Bastedo, M. (2019). A Study of the Use of Nonacademic Factors in Holistic Undergraduate Admissions Reviews. The Journal of Higher Education, 90(6), 833-859.
• Hossler, D., Chung, E., Lucio, J., Kwon, J., & Docking, J. (2016) Insight into Nonacademic Factors and Practice, Future Admissions Tools and Model Initiative series. College Board.
• Hossler, D., & Kwon, J. (2015). Does Federal Financial Aid Policy Influence the Institutional Aid Policies of Four-Year Colleges and Universities? An Exploratory Analysis. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 45(3), 49-64.
• Lee, I., Kim, Y., Kim, D., Lee, J., Kwon, J., Park, B., & Lee, J. (2013) Educational Program Development for the Prevention and Handling of School Violence, Korean Council for University Education.
• Kim, Y., Lee, C., Park, S., & Kwon, J. (2010) Research on Improving the Hiring Practices of Principals in Secondary Education. Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology