Chenkai Chi

(he/him)

Chenkai Chi obtained his Doctoral Degree in educational studies at the Faculty of Education, University of Windsor. He is currently a Post-Doctoral fellow and sessional instructor at the University of Windsor. His PhD supervisor is Dr. Shijing Xu. He was awarded SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship and Ontario Graduate Scholarship. His research interests include teacher education and professional development, mathematics and literacy education with cross-cultural perspectives, West-East Reciprocal Learning, curriculum integration, and English as Second Language Acquisition. He worked as a research assistant in Xu and Connelly's SSHRC Partnership Grant Project from 2016-2022 and in Xu's Canada Research Chair Program from 2019-now. He is a Reseach Associate at Western University in Sirek and Sefton's SSHRC Project. He received his Master's Degree from the University of Windsor, where he worked with Dr. Sefton to integrate arts into English language learners’ English learning.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Windsor

Education

  • 2025 
    University of Windsor, PhD in Education

Grants and Contracts

  • 2026
    SSHRC Connection
    Role:
    Co-Applicant
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Honours

SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Mitacs Globalink Fellow

Contact Chenkai for

  • General
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  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision