Yee Han Chu

Biography

Yee Han Chu is the Academic Support and Fellowship Opportunities Coordinator in the UND Faculty Affairs Office. She assists UND students, alumni, and in some cases faculty (as the UND Fulbright U.S. Scholar liaison) in applying for nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships. While in this role, many students received distinguished scholarships such as Boren, CLS, DAAD-Rise, Fulbright, Goldwater, Marshall, and Udall.  She serves as the treasurer of the Fulbright Association ND Chapter and facilitated UND's applicaiton for institutional membership into the Fulbright Association. Yee Han co-founded the North Dakota Association for Gifed Children (NDAGC), co-authored NDDPI's North Dakota Best Pracitces in Gifted Education, and served as NDAGC's first president. She taught courses in gifted education in the UND Special Education Program and mentored students seeking professional development in gifted education. Prior to these duties, Yee Han worked as an assistant professor in the social work department at UND. She has practice experience in substance abuse treatment, in-patient psychiatric work with adults, out-patient mental health work with children and adults, and forensic child abuse evaluations. She was a licensed clinical social worker in Oregon and Nevada and was a licensed certified social worker in North Dakota. Yee Han graduated with a BA in Psychology and BS in Genetics from the University of California, Davis, in 1991; a MSSW concentrating in Advanced Clinical Social Work from Columbia University School of Social Work in 1995; and a PhD in Teaching and Learning with emphasis on higher education from the UND-Department of Teaching and Learning in 2014.