He received a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology specializing in research, evaluation, measurement and statistics from Oklahoma State University in 2002. Chan has over thirty scholarly publications and book chapters and has presented at more than 50 national and international conferences. Chan’s area of interest is on the concept of hope and its impact on client functioning within the nonprofit environment. He has conducted multiple hope studies that include the prevention of child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, homelessness, caregivers of dementia, and social connectedness. Chan is the founding director of the OU-Tulsa Center of Applied Research for Nonprofit Organizations. Center of Applied Research for Nonprofit Organizations.