Dr. Qi Shi is an Associate Professor in the School Counseling Program at the Department of Education Specialties at Loyola University Maryland. Her research interests include school counselors’ role in personal, social, and academic development of underrepresented students, broadening the participation for immigrant youth and English Language Learners in STEM majors and careers, and the school counseling profession’s development in developing countries. Currently, Dr. Shi is working on an NSF-funded research on Latinas’ interest development, access and persistence in STEM. She has published in well-regarded peer-reviewed journals, such as, Professional School Counseling, The Professional Counselor, Journal of College Access, Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, Journal of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Asia Pacific Education Review and International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling.

Dr. Qi Shi is serving as the Associate Editor for the Journal of School-Based Counseling Policy and Evaluation (JSCPE), the official journal of the International Society for Policy Research and Evaluation in School-Based Counseling (ISPRESC). Also, Dr. Shi is on the research board and serves as the institutional lead for the Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC), a partnership between the Baltimore City Public Schools with universities in Maryland.