Peilin Qiu is a Ph.D. Student in Education Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests are scalable decision making for community college students, behavioral intervention and nudges for student success, and strategic budget allocation adjustments in higher education institutions.

Prior to starting his Ph.D. program at UNC, he worked as a research assistant at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan. Before that, Peilin worked as a data analyst at the Institutional Research department at a community college in Michigan.

Peilin received a masters’ degree in Higher Education with a concentration in public policy at the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in economics from China. Peilin likes watching documentaries and independent films when he is free.