Rate My Professor Chang-Ho Ji

Chang-Ho Ji is the Dean and Professor in the School of Education at La Sierra University. He earned a BA in Political Science from Yonsei University, an MA in Political Science from the University of Alberta, an MA in Religion from Andrews University, an MA in Education from Andrews University, a PhD in Education from Andrews University, and a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Riverside. His academic background bridges political science, education, and religion, informing his research interests in psychometrics, moral development, educational politics and policy, anthropology of education, Near Eastern archaeology, and psychology.

Ji's career at La Sierra University includes leadership as Dean of the School of Education, where he oversees programs such as the PhD in Leadership and new initiatives in sports and performance psychology and applied behavior analysis. He directs excavations at Khirbat Ataruz in Jordan, revealing a Moabite sanctuary, Iron Age temple courtyard, monumental stepped stone structures, and an inscribed altar representing early use of the word 'Hebrews.' Key publications encompass the book Invisible Partisanship: Partisan Bias in Nonpartisan Elections (2008); peer-reviewed articles including Ethnic Diversity, School Violence, and Academic Achievement by Generation Status (2010), School Performance, Student Ethnic Composition, and Socioeconomic Factors: A Comparison of Four Ethnic Groups (2011), Financing Direct Democracy: Revisiting the Research on Campaign Finance (2011), Candidate Attributes and Attitudes Toward Courts in Judiciary Elections: An Experimental Study (2009); and archaeology reports such as Excavating the Southeastern Sector of the Ataruz Temple Courtyard, Jordan (2025), Excavating a Monumental Stepped Stone Structure at Khirbat Ataruz: The 2016-17 Season (2020), A Moabite Sanctuary at Khirbat Ataruz, Jordan: Stratigraphy, Findings, and Archaeological Implications (2019), and Khirbat Ataruz 2011-2012: A Preliminary Report (2013). Ji has contributed to surveys like the Madaba Plains Borderlands Project and presented in the Winter Archaeology Lecture Series on topics between Israel and Moab.