Mitchell Chang

Interim Vice Provost of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Professor

Chang’s research focuses on the educational efficacy of diversity-related initiatives on college campuses and how to apply those best practices toward advancing student learning and democratizing institutions. He has written over ninety publications, some of which were cited in the U.S. Supreme Court ruling of Grutter v. Bollinger, one of two cases involving the use of race sensitive admissions practices at the University of Michigan.

Departments

Department of Education

Programs

Expertise

Titles and Positions

Associate Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Professor of Education (and of Asian American Studies)

Education

Ph.D., Education, University of California, Los Angeles, 1996
Ed.M., Education, Harvard University, 1990
B.A., Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1987

Awards, Honors, Fellowships

Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Research Achievement Award, 2020
Order of the Golden Bruins, elected 2018
American Educational Research Association (AERA) Fellow, elected 2016
ASHE-Council on Ethnic Participation (CEP) Founder’s Service Award, 2014

Citation for Outstanding Leadership (AERA Council), 2014
National Education Policy Center (NEPC) Fellow, elected 2004
The American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Asian Pacific American Network (APAN) Outstanding Contribution to APIDA Research Award, 2008
Profiled as a Top 10 Emerging Scholar in the United States under the age of 40 by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2006
Sudikoff Family Institute for Education and New Media, Fellow, 2004-2005
National Academy of Education/Spencer, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-2002
Salzburg Seminar’s Universities Project, Fellow, 2001
The American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Outstanding Outcomes Assessment Research Award, 1999-2000

Select Publications

Havey, N., Gogue, D., & Chang, M.J. (2023). Tracing institutional change: How student activism concerning diversity facilitates administrative action. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.
Chang, M.J. (2020). Asian Americans and affirmative action: Addressing the color of privilege. In A. D. Dixson, G. J. Ladson-Billings, C. E. Suarez, W. T. Trent, & J. D. Andersen (Eds.), Condition or Process? Researching Race in Education (pp. 111-130). American Educational Research Association.
Chang, M.J. (2018). Changing the course of history: Imagining new possibilities for addressing old business. In L. W. Perna (Ed.), Taking It to the Streets: The Role of Scholarship in Advocacy and Advocacy in Scholarship (pp. 23-29). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Chang, M.J. (2015). Sense and sensibility: Considering the dynamic between scholarship and lived experiences. In B. Pusser, A. Martinez-Aleman, & E. Bensimon (Eds.), Critical Research in Higher Education: A Practical Introduction (pp. 44-58). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Chang, M. J., Sharkness, J., Hurtado, S., & Newman, C. B., (2014). What matters in college for retaining aspiring scientists and engineers from underrepresented racial groups. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 51(5), 555-677.
Chang, M.J., Eagan, M.K., Lin, M.H., & Hurtado, S. (2011). Considering the impact of racial stigmas and science identity: Persistence among biomedical and behavioral science aspirants. The Journal of Higher Education, 82(5), 564-596.
Denson, N., & Chang, M.J. (2009). Racial diversity matters: The impact of diversity-related student engagement and institutional context. American Educational Research Journal, 46(2), 322-353.
Chang, M.J., Cerna, O., Han, J., & Saenz, V. (2008). The contradictory roles of institutional status in retaining underrepresented students in biomedical and behavioral science majors. The Review of Higher Education, 31(4), 433-464.
Chang, M.J., Denson, N., Saenz, V., & Misa, K. (2006). The educational benefits of sustaining cross-racial interaction among undergraduates. Journal of Higher Education, 77(3), 430-455.
Chang, M.J., Witt, D., Jones, J., & Hakuta, K. (Eds.; 2003). Compelling Interest: Examining the Evidence on Racial Dynamics in Colleges and Universities. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.