Christie Chung

Biography

As head of the Mills Institute, Christie Chung develops programming that supports transformative learning, advocacy, and research, with a focus on career development for women, gender nonbinary individuals, and historically marginalized communities. She’s held a variety of senior leadership roles throughout her career. At Mills College, Chung served as the associate provost for student success and undergraduate education and supported all functions of academic success, faculty hiring, tenure and promotion processes, as well as antiracism and DEI efforts. As associate dean of research, scholarship, and partnerships at Mills College at Northeastern, she led research and experiential learning relationships, developed and managed external research grants and funding opportunities, and cultivated new partnerships. She also served as the special advisor on diversity, equity, and inclusion to the senior vice president for global network and strategic initiatives. She is a professor of psychology, with extensive research expertise in cognitive aging, emotional memory, and cross-cultural cognition. 
 
Chung serves on the advisory board of Lead by Learning and the editorial board of the Journal of Integrated Social Sciences. She provides executive consultation to higher education leaders through Academic Impressions, which offers professional development services to faculty, staff, and administrators in higher ed. She has received many awards and recognitions throughout her career, most notably her selection as an American Conference for Academic Deans Fellow in 2022-2023. She received her Honours Bachelor of Science (Distinction) degree as a psychology specialist from the University of Toronto, her Master of Arts and PhD in applied cognitive psychology from Claremont Graduate University, and her post-doctoral training at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Contact

Christie Chung
ki.chung@northeastern.edu