Dr. Xu Qin is an Associate Professor of Research Methodology with tenure at the School of Education (primary) and an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the School of Public Health (secondary). She holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago and a B.S. and an M.S. in Statistics from the Renmin University of China.
Her research focuses on solving cutting-edge methodological problems in causal mediation analysis and multilevel modeling. She is also interested in using rigorous and innovative quantitative methods to evaluate the impacts of interventions and the underlying mechanisms. Methodologically, she has developed statistical methods and software for investigating the heterogeneity in causal mediation mechanisms in both multilevel and single-level settings, as well as sensitivity analysis and power analysis methods for causal mediation analysis. Substantively, she is interested in applying advanced statistical methods in developmental, educational, and health research.
Dr. Qin has served as the Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator for grants funded by the Spencer Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences. She is a recipient of the 2024 NSF CAREER award and the 2022 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship.
I am accepting doctoral students for Fall 2025. Motivated and interested students are welcome to send me a CV.
More information can be found on my homepage.
2018 | University of Chicago, Chicago, IL | PhD, Quantitative Methods in Education and Human Development
2012 | Renmin University of China, Beijing, China | Master, Statistics
2010 | Renmin University of China, Beijing, China | Bachelor, Statistics
