Young K. Kim, PhD

Professor, Department of Higher Education

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5053

Email: ykkim@apu.edu

Young K. Kim, PhD, employs a wide range of advanced quantitative research methodologies to tackle critical questions relevant to equity and diversity in higher education. Her research focuses on inequity in college student experiences and outcomes, college impact for minoritized college students, educational benefits of structural and behavioral diversity, and inequity in STEM higher education. Many of Kim’s scholarly work have been published in top-tier journals in the field of higher education such as Research in Higher Education, The Review of Higher Education, and Journal of College Student Development. Kim serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Higher Education and Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Kim is the 2015 recipient of the Rose Liegler Graduate Faculty Scholarly Achievement Award from APU. Kim is currently the Co-Principal Investigator on a $497,483 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant entitled “Connections Matter: The Impact of Social Ties and Social Capital for STEM College Students.”

Education

• PhD, Higher Education and Organizational Change, University of California, Los Angeles
• MA, Higher Education and Organizational Change, University of California, Los Angeles
• MA, Lifelong Education, Seoul National University, Korea
• BA, Education, English Language and Literature, Chung-Ang University, Korea

Academic Area

• School of Behavioral Sciences

Courses Taught

• HED 710 Research Design and Statistics
• HED 730 Advanced Quantitative Methods
• HED 760 Research Seminar