Kem Saichaie is the executive director for the Center for Educational Effectiveness in Undergraduate Education at UC Davis. He works with faculty and graduate students across disciplines to investigate evidence-based pedagogical practices and integrate them into face-to-face, hybrid and online learning spaces. His experience in higher education includes roles in academic technology, admissions, educational development and as a faculty member.

Saichaie also leads the First-Generation Initiative at UC Davis.

He is the co-editor of the Journal for First-Generation Student Success. At the system level, he contributes to the UC First-Generation Coalition. He also serves on the executive board for the UC Davis Chapter of the Asian Pacific American Systemwide Alliance.

Saichaie earned a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of Iowa. He was named an American Education Research Association (Division J – Postsecondary Education) Emerging Scholar in 2012.