Seenae Chong

Seenae Chong is an assistant professor in the Leadership Studies Department at the University of San Francisco. Her scholarship explores the policy, organizational, and interpersonal conditions that nourish or impede just, caring relationships between communities, families, and schools. Her research interests are informed by her experience as a special education teacher and after-school provider. She previously served as the postdoctoral scholar on USF’s California School Discipline Project, a statewide qualitative study examining school discipline, climate, and culture across California, and was an adjunct professor in the USF Leadership Studies Department. Chong earned her MA in education from Harvard University and a PhD from the the University of California, Berkeley. She also holds teaching credential in mild to moderate disabilities from San Francisco State University, 

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