Dr. Daniel Choi
Associate Professor
Biography
Dr. Choi serves as Director and Principal Investigator of the Teacher Pathway Partnership at CSUF, a program funded by the California Employment Development Department (EDD). The program is a multi-level partnership involving three local community colleges, community-based organization and state-funded workforce assistance agencies. Prior to arriving at CSUF, Dr. Choi was Senior Research Associate at WestEd, in the division of Evaluation Research. Dr. Choi’s research is greatly informed by his past experience working in the community and as a middle school, English/Language Arts teacher and as an English and ESL at the community college and university levels. Dr. Choi also serves as a school board member for Global Education Academy (GEA), which was recently recognized as one of the top ten K-5 charter schools in California, according to USC’s Charter School Performance Dashboard. The school is under LAUSD’s charter, and located in south Los Angeles.
Research Areas
Current research work involves: language and educational policies, distribution of teacher quality, and GIS applications used to study the differential effects of policies on traditionally underserved students.
