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Kyoung Jin Kim

Clinical Associate Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Teacher Education and Administration

Email: Kyoungjin.Kim@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010
    Major: Elementary Education
    Specialization: Curriculum and Instruction
  • MEd, Seoul National University, 2003
    Major: Education
  • BA, Chung-Ang University, 1999
    Major: Early Childhood Education

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • EDEC 1010 - Learning With and From Children, 11 courses.
  • EDEC 3613 - Childhoods Across Time, Space and Place, 5 courses.
  • EDEC 3700 - Pedagogies and Practices of Early Childhood, 2 courses.
  • EDEC 3750 - Young Children in Schools, Families and Communities, 8 courses.
  • EDEC 4243 - Environmental Processes and Assessment, 4 courses.
  • EDEC 4633 - Nurturing Children's Social Competence, 6 courses.
  • EDEC 5470 - Constructions of Guidance in Early Childhood Classrooms, 1 course.
  • EDEC 5513 - Advanced Studies in Early Childhood Education, 2 courses.
  • EDEC 5800 - Special Topics in Early Childhood Studies, 2 courses.

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Member, Teacher Education and Administration. (November 15, 2023).
  • Supervised Teaching Activity, Teacher Education and Administration. (August 14, 2024 - December 20, 2024).
  • Supervised Teaching Activity, Teacher Education and Administration. (August 14, 2024 - December 20, 2024).
  • Supervised Teaching Activity, Teacher Education and Administration. (January 14, 2024 - May 15, 2024).
  • Supervised Teaching Activity, Teacher Education and Administration. (August 15, 2023 - December 15, 2023).
  • Supervised Teaching Activity, Teacher Education and Administration. (January 15, 2023 - May 15, 2023).
  • Supervised Teaching Activity, "Teaching assistant," Teacher Education and Administration. (August 15, 2022 - December 15, 2022).
  • Supervised Teaching Activity, "Teaching assistant," Teacher Education and Administration. (August 15, 2021 - May 31, 2022).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Koo, K., Kim, K., Yoon. (2024). Being social means being happy? The relationship between social life and mental health among Asian American college students. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling. 46 836-855. Springer.
  • Kim, K., Han, M., Son, J., Nah, J. (2023). From stuck in a dark tunnel to shining new light: Stories of Korean early childhood practitioners during the pandemic. Other. 17 (1) 25-47. Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association (International).
  • Kim, K., , M., Jung, E., Sohn, J. (2022). Engaging organic learning through cotton planting: Blooming children’s minds!. Childhood Education. 98 (5) 76-79. Childhood Education International.
  • Kim, K., Han, Jung. Cultivating peer competence through self-regulation and teacher-child relationship. 27 (2) 21-39.
  • Kim, K., Yoon, J., Han, M. Young chefs in the classroom! Empowering children to learn science process skills and promoting healthy eating habits through inquiry- based cooking project. (2) 21-39.
  • Taylor, Kim, K. (2020). Experiencing the real context between families, schools, and community relationships: Transforming preservice teachers’ perceptions. 41 (1) 18-28.
  • Kim, K., Boals, B., , E. Nipping bullying in the bud: Identifying, understanding, and responding to the classroom bully. 57 (1) 6-14.
  • Yoon, Kim, K., Koo. Enrichment program for the ethnic minority gifted and talented students in science and engineering.. 10 36-50.
  • Wee, S., Kim, K., Lee, Y. (2019). “Cinderella did not speak up”: Critical literacy approach using folk/fairy tales and their parodies in an early childhood classroom.. 189 (11) 1874-1888.
  • Wee, S., Kim, K., Gilbert, B. The magic of parodies in early childhood classroom: From entertaining to critical thinking. Early Childhood Education Journal. 46 (1) 30-39.

Presentations Given

    Oral Presentation

  • Kim, K. (Presenter), Perez, M. (Presenter), Texas Association for the Education of Young Children Conference, Creating Family-Friendly Community Asset Maps for Diverse Learners!, Texas Association for the Education of Young Children, Frisco, Texas, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Kim, K. (Presenter), Koo, K. (Presenter), Yoon, J. (Presenter), Kim, J. (Presenter), American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Silver linings of pandemic for future teaching: Exploring faculty experiences on online teaching, American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Kim, K. (Author & Presenter), Han, M. (Author), Sohn, J. (Author), Nah, J. (Author), American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, From stuck in a dark tunnel to shine new light: Narrative inquiry of Korean early childhood practitioners during the pandemic, American Educational Research Association, Chicago, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Doherty, M.J. (Presenter), Holmes, Z. (Presenter), Nah, J. (Presenter), Kim, K. (Presenter), Cheruvu, R. (Presenter), American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, The lived experiences of childcare stakeholders in one U.S. context: Challenges and possibilities, American Educational Research Association, Chicago, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Kim, K. (Author & Presenter), Kwon, J. (Author), Han, M. (Author), Sohn, J. (Author), Korean American Educational Research Association conference, Four early childhood education faculty’s reflections on professional identities during the pandemic in Korea and U.S., Korean American Educational Research Association, Chicago, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Kim, K. (Author & Presenter), Han, M. (Author), Sohn, J. (Author), Korean-American Educational Researchers Association Conference, Is good teaching the same as effective teaching?: What does this mean to early childhood practitioners?, Korean American Educational Research Association, Chicago, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Kim, K. (Presenter), Han, M. (Presenter), Sohn, J. (Presenter), Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association Conference, Reimagining the meaning of good teaching: Korean early childhood teachers’ perspectives after national curriculum change, Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association, Virtual, Hong Kong. (2022 - 2022).
  • Kim, K. (Presenter), Han, M. (Presenter), Huh, H. (Presenter), Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association Conference, The possibilities of edu-tech in early childhood education, Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association, Virtual, Hong Kong. (2022 - 2022).
  • Kim, K. (Presenter), Han, M. (Presenter), Son, J. (Presenter), National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators Conference, What the pandemic taught us: Three faculty’s adaptability and resilience, National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators, Virtual, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Kim, K. (Presenter), Han, M. (Presenter), Sohn, J. (Presenter), International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, How we believe, so we guide: How leadership of administrators impact on teachers, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Virtual, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Kim, K. (Presenter), Koo, K. (Presenter), Yoon, J. (Presenter), Kim, J. (Presenter), Korean American Educational Research Association Conference, Challenges and silver linings of COVID-19: Four teacher educators’ experiences and reflections about online teaching, Korean American Educational Research Association, Virtual, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Kim, K. (Presenter), Han, M. (Presenter), Jung, E. (Presenter), Yu, H. (Presenter), Korean American Educational Research Association Conference, Teacher-child relationships as a mediator of the relationship between children’s self-regulation and peer competence, Korean American Educational Research Association, Virtual, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Kim, K. (Presenter), Han, M. (Presenter), Son, J. (Presenter), Nah, J. (Presenter), Korean American Educational Research Association Conference, Teaching during pandemic: Daegu early childhood professionals’ lived experience between 2020 and 2021, Korean American Educational Research Association, Virtual, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Kim, K. (Presenter), Kim, H. (Presenter), Han, M. (Presenter), 11th Korean Society of Early Childhood Education International Conference, Korean preschool teachers’ voices of struggles, challenges, and silver lining of COVID-19, Korean Society of Early Childhood Education, Seoul, Korea (Virtual), Korea, South. (2021 - 2021).
  • Taylor, L. (Presenter), Kim, K. (Presenter), National Association for the Education of Young Children, Examining preservice teachers’ perceptions of play in preschool through grade 3 classrooms as a result of their experiences working with a children's museum, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Kim, K. (Presenter), Yoon, J. (Presenter), National Association for the Education of Young Children, Promoting scientific process skills and healthy eating habits through inquiry-based cooking project, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Boals, B. (Presenter), Kim, K. (Presenter), National Association for the Education of Young Children, Stand tall and strong: Preventing classroom bully and aggressive behavior in Early Childhood, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Taylor, L. (Presenter), Kim, K. (Presenter), International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Engaging with community-based settings to provide learning experiences for preservice teachers, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Boals, B. (Presenter), Foster, M. (Presenter), Kim, K. (Presenter), Wee, S. (Presenter), Hickinbotham, T. (Presenter), National Association for the Education of Young Children, Using mindfulness with young children, parents, and teachers: Values, benefits, and practices, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Kim, K. (Presenter), Jung, E. (Presenter), Han, M. (Presenter), Korean American Educational Research Association, Connect with nature through cotton project, Toronto, Canada, Canada. (2019 - 2019).

    • Poster

  • Kim, K. (Presenter), Kwon, J. (Presenter), Han, M. (Presenter), Sohn, J. (Presenter), American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Navigating professional identity and vulnerability amidst and beyond the pandemic: Four faculty’s reflections on higher education in the U.S. and Korea, American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Kim, K. (Presenter), Jung, E. (Presenter), Han, M. (Presenter), Sohn, J. (Presenter), National Association for the Education of Young Children, Blooming Children’s Curiosity: Sustainability Education for Development through Roof Gardening, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, D. C, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Koo, K. (Presenter), KIM, K.J. (Presenter), Yoon, J. (Presenter), American Educational Research Association, Being social means being happy? The relationship between social life and mental health among Asian American college students, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).

    • Symposium

  • Perez, M. (Author & Presenter), Jones, N. (Author & Presenter), Cheruvu, R. (Author & Presenter), Kim, K. (Author & Presenter), Holmes, Z. (Author & Presenter), Doherty, M.J. (Author & Presenter), Barces, A. (Author & Presenter), Castillo, J. (Author & Presenter), et, a. (Author & Presenter), Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education (RECE) conference, We are stronger together, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • , K.K. (Chair), , S.A. (Discussant), , P.K. (Panelist), Kim, K. (Panelist), , J.M. (Panelist), American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, When I feel unwelcome here: Racism and racial justice advocacy for Asian international scholars in U.S. higher education., American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Kim, K. (Principal), Koo, K. (Co-Principal), "Teaching in Unprecedented Times: What We Did, How We Did, and Where To Go," sponsored by Commission for Global Dimensions of Student Development (CGDSD), National, $500 Funded. (2021 - 2022).

Service

University Service

  • Attendee, Meeting, Early Childhood Intervention Personnel Center (ECIPC). (February 27, 2025 - Present).
  • Other (Faculty), ECE program recruitment planning and participating in recruitment events. (September 20, 2024 - Present).
  • Other (Reviewer), M.Ed in C& I Oral Comps scorer. (February 24, 2024 - Present).
  • Attendee, Meeting, EC-6 Planning Meeting. (November 6, 2023 - Present).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Early Childhood Education Webinar Preliminary Meeting. (August 31, 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Academic Affairs Committee. (August 15, 2023 - Present).
  • Program Coordinator, Undergraduate new degree plan review. (May 9, 2023 - Present).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Meeting with Jessica Bravo from Savanna. (April 18, 2023 - Present).
  • Program Coordinator, EDEC 3700 Placement site visit. (January 18, 2023 - Present).
  • Faculty Mentor, Course lead. (January 2, 2023 - Present).
  • Other (Interviewer), Interview for doctoral program applicant. (December 7, 2022 - Present).
  • Other (Course lead), Course lead for EDEC 1010/4243. (August 15, 2022 - Present).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Fall Semester Opening Meeting. (August 15, 2022 - Present).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Inclusive Curriculum & Instruction Initiative. (April 20, 2022 - Present).
  • Other (Peer observer), Peer evaluation. (March 16, 2022 - Present).
  • Member, CINS Graduate Committee. (September 1, 2021 - Present).
  • Member, CS/EC Doctoral Committee. (September 1, 2021 - Present).
  • Faculty Mentor, First Flight. (August 18, 2021 - Present).
  • Program Coordinator, Early Childhood Education Undergraduate. (August 15, 2021 - Present).
  • Attendee, Meeting, ECE program meeting. (August 15, 2021 - Present).
  • Faculty Advisor, Peer observation. (February 22, 2025).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Elevar. (January 15, 2024 - December 20, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Tenure & Promotion workshop. (November 14, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, UniCAS Graduate Application Introductory Training. (October 9, 2024).
  • Member, Scholarship committee. (January 21, 2022 - August 15, 2024).
  • Committee Chair, Scholarship committee. (January 15, 2024 - July 15, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Listening Tour. (April 24, 2024).
  • Other (Volunteer), Test Prep Help Session. (April 18, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, TEA Time. (August 21, 2023 - April 11, 2024).
  • Other (Faculty), 1st Year Teacher Schools/Districts. (January 15, 2024 - March 30, 2024).
  • Faculty Mentor, SWAG bag delivery. (March 5, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Early Childhood Schmidt lectures. (February 3, 2023 - January 17, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Department Meeting. (January 12, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Meeting with Interim Dean. (January 5, 2024).
  • Attendee, Convocation, 2023 fall graduation ceremony. (December 15, 2023 - December 15, 2023).
  • Committee Member, ECE tenure track search committee. (September 15, 2023 - December 15, 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, TEA winter potluck. (December 11, 2023 - December 11, 2023).
  • Program Coordinator, TEA Continuing Approval Review Document. (September 1, 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Clinical Practice Kick-off. (August 14, 2023 - August 14, 2023).
  • Other (Course lead), Course lead for EDEC 3700. (August 15, 2022 - May 15, 2023).
  • Other (Course lead), Course lead for EDEC 4633/3750. (August 15, 2021 - May 15, 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Candidate talk for senior lecturer in educational leadership. (April 24, 2023 - April 24, 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, AAP Presentation. (March 28, 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Faculty search onsite interview. (February 7, 2023).
  • Other (Faculty volunteer), Frisco landing campus open house. (January 13, 2023 - January 13, 2023).
  • Program Coordinator, EDEC 3700 Possible placement site visit. (January 11, 2023).
  • Special Institutional Assignment, Instructional Effectiveness Report. (October 15, 2022).
  • Member, Executive committee. (September 14, 2021 - May 31, 2022).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Professional learning session with Dr. Durden. (February 25, 2022).
  • Member, Search Committee for Endowed Schmidt Chair of Early Childhood. (October 5, 2021 - December 15, 2021).

Public Service

  • Other (Heritage language teacher), New Song Korean Language School. (August 15, 2019 - Present).
  • Other (Sunday school teacher), Semihan Church. (August 15, 2019 - Present).
  • Guest Speaker, Daegu University. Daegu, (June 16, 2024).
  • Guest Speaker, Dongyoung Kindergarten. Daegu, TX. (June 16, 2024).

Professional Service

  • Attendee, Meeting, EC Collaborators virtual coffee/tea time. (February 28, 2025 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, American Educational Research Association. (August 1, 2024 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Child and Family Studies. (January 28, 2024 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education. (January 14, 2023 - Present).
  • Other (Recommender), Various organizations. (January 15, 2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators. (January 9, 2022 - Present).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, International Journal of Early Childhood Education. (January 1, 2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Science & Education. (January 1, 2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of International Students. (December 18, 2021 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, International Journal of Early Childhood Education. (August 5, 2020 - Present).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Early Childhood Care and Education. (January 5, 2020 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, The Korean Society for Early Childhood Education & Care. (January 1, 2018 - Present).
  • Attendee, Meeting, NAECTE Leadership Panel. (March 28, 2025).
  • Attendee, Meeting, We Skoolhouse. (December 18, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Korean American Early Childhood Researchers Association. (December 15, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, We Skoolhouse. (October 23, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, We Skoolhouse. (June 5, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Teachers College Press. (May 16, 2024 - May 23, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, We Skoolhouse. (May 15, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, We Skoolhouse. (May 14, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, UNT National Childcare Convening. Denton, TX. (February 28, 2024 - March 1, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Rethinking schools. (February 6, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, ITOC Virtual, Public Keynote Event. (November 1, 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, NAECTE summer virtual conference. (June 12, 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Association for the Study of Higher Education. (April 28, 2023 - April 28, 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, NAECTE History of Early Education in the United States: Research, Utilizing and Teaching. (February 24, 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Peabody Dean's diversity lecture. (February 16, 2023).