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EunJung Kim

Clinical Assistant Professor

Introduction

EunJung Kim is a clinical assistant professor in social studies education. Before joining UI College of Education, she worked as an assistant professor at Carolina University, North Carolina and a social studies teacher in the US K-12 schools and in South Korea’s middle/high schools. Her study interests are teachers’ perspectives on and curriculum developments of multicultural and global education through critical lenses.

Current Positions

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Elementary Education

College of Education Affiliations

Education

  • PhD – Social Studies Education, University of Iowa, Spring 2021
  • MS – Educational Psychology, Indiana University-Bloomington, 2003
  • MA – Geographic Education, Seoul National University, South Korea, 1999
  • Online teacher-education programs in USA (2013): Teaching Reading in the Content Area, Understanding Special Populations in Education
  • Teacher training for 1st level teacher’s certification in social studies education in South Korea (1999)

Licenses & Certifications

  • Illinois teacher’s license in Geography, grade 5 – 12
  • Iowa teacher’s license in Geography, grades 5 – 12
  • University of Iowa Graduate Certificate in Multicultural Education and Culturally Competent Practice
  • Korean teacher’s license in Middle and High School Social Studies Education (specialty in Geography)

Selected Awards & Honors

  • Post Comprehensive Research Award, 2019
  • T. Anne Cleary International Dissertation Award, 2019
  • Graduate Student Research Award at Grant and Research Service Center at University of Iowa, 2016
  • Paul Ostad Scholarship Award, University of Iowa College of Education, 2015
  • Lead geography teacher award for guiding students’ achievement in International Geography Olympiad contest, 2009

Professional Memberships

  • Member of National Council for Social Studies
  • Member of American Educational Research Association
  • Member of National Association of Multicultural Education
  • Member of Korean Association of Multicultural Education

Selected Publications

  • Kim, E. (2024). Capturing social studies teachers' experience about 'difficult' topics in the emerging multiculturalism in South Korea. Journal of Social Studies Education in Asia,13, 57-74.
  • Kim, E. (2024). Between ethnic nationalism and multiculturalism: South Korean teachers' perspectives in the emerging multicultural society. IntechOpen. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.1006737 
  • Kim, E. (2023). Looking differently: Mapping out perspectives on diversity between well-intentioned White teachers and students from diverse backgrounds. Journal of Educational Foundations 36 (1). https://journalofeducationalfoundations.com/online-first
  • Kim, E. (2022). A Complex Mix of Confidence, Uncertainty, and Struggle: Korean Secondary Social Studies Teachers’ Perspectives and Practice on Multiculturalism. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 24(3), 72–93. https://doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v24i3.3047

Selected Presentations

  • Kim, E., & Shim, S. Challenges to Improving Human and Planetary Conditions: Analyzing Selective Cases of South Korean Social Studies Teacher Experience, 2024 Social Science and Education Consortium Conference, Marrakech, Morocco
  • Park, G., Kim, E., Bae, Y. & Kang, S. Unveiling Institutionalized Racism against Asian: A collective Narrative of Korean Women Scholars in Higher Education, 2023 National Association for Multicultural Education, Montgomery, AL, USA
  • Han, S., Kim, E. & Cho, E. Problematizing “ Damunhwa”: Critical Discourse Analysis of Multiculturalism in Korea, 2023 National Council for Social Studies Conference - International Assembly, Nashiville, TN, USA
  • Han, S. & Kim, E. Social Studies Inquiry through Names of Places [poster presentation], 2023 National Council for Social Studies Conference, Nashville, TN, USA
  • Kim, E. & Shim. S. Social Studies Curricula Challenge Teachers in Korea’s Emergin Multicultural Society [poster presentation], 2023 National Council for Social Studies Conference, Nashiville, TN, USA
  • Kim, E. Centering ‘Place’ in Elementary Social Studies Classrooms: Lesson Ideas, 2022 National Council for Geography Education Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • “Educators Combating Midwestern “Slow Drip Racism”: Spirit Healing Narratives of Women of Color in Academia” – Accepted for 2022 American Educational Research Association conference: co-authored paper
  • “South Korean Social Studies Teachers’ Conceptualizations of Multiculturalism and Their Interaction with Teaching Practice,” 2021 Korean Association for Multicultural Education conference
  • “Conceptualizations of Multiculturalism among South Korean Social Studies Teachers: Interactions of Ethnic Nationalism, Korean Identity and Teaching Practice,” 2021 Doctoral dissertation
  • “Student Perspectives on the School Culture Created by Well-Intentioned White Teachers Who Support ‘Diversity,’” 2018 American Educational Research Association conference: co-authored paper