Kevin Gee

Dr. Kevin Gee is an Associate Professor in the School of Education and a Faculty Research Affiliate with the Center for Poverty & Inequality Research. He is currently a 2020-21 Chancellor’s Fellow. He was a recipient of the 2015 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship, a 2014 Young Scholars Program (YSP) award from the Foundation for Child Development (FCD) and a 2015-6 UC Davis Hellman Fellowship.

His primary research agenda focuses on the nexus between health and education. He examines the role that schooling systems can play in influencing the health and well-being of children. In addition, he investigates how school policies and programs can help promote the well-being and educational outcomes of children who face a broad array of adverse conditions and experiences including school bullying, food insecurity, abuse and neglect. Dr. Gee also has expertise in conducting large-scale evaluations of educational policies and programs using experimental and quasi-experimental designs. His research appears in Teachers College Record, Journal of Adolescent Health, American Journal of Evaluation, Journal of Adolescence and the International Journal of Educational Development. His work has also been featured in The New York Times, Scientific American, Reuters and Education Week.

Dr. Gee hails from California and received his undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley and his Master’s degree from UC San Diego. He received his doctorate in Quantitative Policy Analysis in Education from Harvard University in 2010. From 2010-2012 he held a faculty appointment as Lecturer in Public Policy at Brown University and in 2012 he received the Outstanding Professor Award from the Brown University Undergraduate Council of Students.

Education

• Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education, Quantitative Policy Analysis in Education 2010
• Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education, International Education Policy 2006
• M.P.I.A., University of California, San Diego, Pacific & International Affairs (cum laude) 2004
• B.A., University of California, Berkeley, City & Regional Planning (magna cum laude) 1994

Research Areas & Current Projects

College & Career Readiness for Underserved Youth

• Paths to the Future for All (Co-PI; Institute of Education Sciences (IES))

Studies in School Health & Student Well Being

• Anti-AAPI Hate & Bullying Among Asian American Youth: The Role of Schools Contexts in Perpetration & Protection (in progress)
• The Education of Abused and Neglected Children: Placement into and the Effects of Early Childhood Education (in progress)
• Adolescent Peer Victimization and the Role of Supportive Adults and Peers in Schools: Examining Effects Within Racial/Ethnic Subgroups.(Co-PI: North Cooc, University of Texas, Austin) (revise and resubmit)

Teaching

Graduate

• Application of Hierarchical Linear Models in Education Research (Ph.D.)
• Educational Research Design (Ph.D., MA)
• Inquiry and Practice: Research Design and Application for Educational Leaders (Ed.D.)
• Inquiry and Practice: Problem Based Learning 1 & 3 (Ed.D.)

Undergraduate

• Social & Philosophical Foundations of Education (Upper Division Undergraduate)

Grants, Honors & Awards

• Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC), The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY) Spring 2022
• Chancellor’s Fellowship 2020-21
• National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship 2015
• Foundation for Child Development (FCD) Young Scholars Program Award 2014-2017
• UC Davis Hellman Fellowship 2015-6
• Spencer Foundation Small Research Grant (Education and Social Opportunity)
• Outstanding Professor Award, Brown University 2012