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