College of Education and Human Development

Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development

Tim Young Chol Choi

  • Pronouns: he/him/his

  • Doctoral Student, Comparative and International Development Education (CIDE)

Areas of interest

  • Foreign aid
  • Official Development Assistance
  • Higher Education Institutions
  • International Educational Development
Degrees
  • M.A. Education Studies (Specialization: Educational Anthropology), Yonsei University, 2019
  • B.A. American University, 2017
Biography

I was born in Wembley, England, but spent most of my time living in South Korea. With my previous lived experiences across England, South Korea, and the United States for my academic program, I obtained a cross-cultural understanding of different countries. I have a strong passion and research interest in learning how international development has been carried out across different nations and states under foreign aid and official development assistance, especially regarding educational policies and projects. Moreover, as there are other scales and levels of education, I am especially looking forward to delving into how those aid projects impacted higher educational institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, but I am also interested in looking at different official development assistance projects on higher education conducted from the South Korean government's perspective. Mainly, I would love to connect with academic scholars and experts who work in international institutions and see the government's perspective from them.

Awards

  • Educational Evaluation and Policy Studies Fellowship, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota (2024)
  • Robert and Corrie Beck Fellowship, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota (2023)
Publications

Cha, J. I., Kim, M. J., Kim, J. H., Dong, H. K., Lee, I. T., Hong, W. J., Kim, J. H., Jung, D. W., Choi, Y. C. & Kim, J. Y. (2023). Providing the Systematic Support for Education Recovery, Research Paper, KICE.

Lee, S. Y., Chung, M. K., Chang, M. L., Han, E. J., Hong, Y. L., Lee, M. J. & Choi, Y. C. (2019). Raising Future-Oriented Talents through Development of School Educational Cooperation Model in Chungbuk Innovation City, Research Paper, KEDI.

Hwang, E. I., Ryu, B. R., Im, S. H., Baek, S. J., Park, S. C., Lee, J. D., Lee, D. Y. & Choi, Y. C. (2018). Seojeon High School Longitudinal Study 2nd Year, Research Paper, KEDI.

Yoon, J. H., Cho, O. K., Chang, M. L., Choi, Y. K., Hwang, E. I., Jeong, E. H. & Choi, Y. C. (2017). Educational Reform for Overcoming Low Birth Rate – Focus on Practical Strategy of Educational Welfare, Research Paper, KEDI.

Yoon, J. H., Yang, S. K., Park S. J., Cho, O. K., Hwang, E. I., Kim, K. S. & Choi, Y. C. (2017). The Fourth Industrialization and Future Education Action Plan, Research Paper, KEDI.