He earned his doctorate from the University of California-Berkeley and has conducted research in emotion recognition, the influence of parenting histories, eating disorders, and personality profiles and risk-taking. Articles by Chi have appeared in peer-reviewed publications including the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, and he has presented papers at the Association for Psychological Science and the Society for Research in Child Development. Prior to joining Northwestern’s faculty, he served on the research staff at the University of Southern California, held a research fellowship at Vanderbilt University, and taught at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.