Her teaching and research interests lie in the areas of public policy, macroeconomics, economic inequality, intergenerational connections, the distribution of household wealth, and retirement savings in the United States. Chiteji's background includes time spent as a Research Analyst at the Congressional Budget office (CBO), a visiting scholar at the Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland, and a fellow at the Poverty Research and Training Program at the University of Michigan. She is also a former chair of the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession. She holds a B.A. from Brown University and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She has been a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance since 2011.