Esther Chihye Kim
- Associate Teaching Professor of Education
Education
Yale University, Ph.D., Sociology
University of Pennsylvania, MS Ed., Culture and Society
University of California at Los Angeles, BA, Sociology (major) & Education (minor)
Expertise
- Research Methodology 鈥 Higher Education 鈥 Inequalities
Contact Information
- (213) 740-2278
- Kim959@usc.edu
- Waite Phillips Hall 702c
Websites and Social Media
Bio
Esther Chihye Kim听(she/her/hers) is an Associate Teaching Professor of Education. Her areas of interest include research methodology, ethnography, higher education, and social inequities. At Rossier, Dr. Kim teaches courses in research methodology and equity. Her听work also includes leading discussions on inclusion and representation for organizational improvement and growth. 听
Courses Taught
Research methodology (Inquiry II & III; RM 1 & 2)
Equity and Inclusion in Organizational Contexts听(EDUC 523)
Power, Diversity and Equity (EDUE 703)
Research/Dissertation in Practice (EDUC 790; EDUC 764)
Higher Education Professional Seminar (EDUC 706)
Publications
- Kim, E. C.听(2021).听Remembering Bill Helmreich and his ethnography lessons.听Qualitative Inquiry.
- Kendall, N., Goerisch, D., Kim, E.C., Vernon, F., & Wolfgram, M. (2020).听The true costs of college.听Palgrave Macmillan.
- Kim, E.C.听 (2018 April). Live from my Living Room Desk, it鈥檚 Online Teaching!听The Chronicle of Higher Education. 听
- Kim, E.C. (2015). International Professors in China: Prestige Maintenance and Making Sense of Teaching Abroad.听Current Sociology听63(4): 604-620. 听
- Goldrick-Rab, S., Kendall, N., Goerisch, D.,听Kim, E.C., Vernon, F., and Wolfgram, M. (2015 September 30). 鈥淭he True Costs of College Attendance,鈥 A report to the Lumina Foundation. 听 听
- Kim, E.C. (2012). Nonsocial Transient Behavior: Social Disengagement on the Greyhound Bus.听Symbolic Interaction听35(3): 267-283. 听
- Kim, E.C. (2012). 鈥淐all me Mama鈥: An Ethnographic Portrait of an Employer of Undocumented Workers.听The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science听642: 170-185. 听
- Kim, E.C. (2012 August 14). Enjoy the Silence: Commuters are Nonsocial for Good Reason.听TheConversation.Edu.Au 听
- Kim, E.C. (2010). Foods and Foodways in Korean American Families and Communities.听Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife,听Jonathan H.X. Lee and Kathleen Nadeau (ed.s). ABC-CLIO.
- Kim, E.C. (2009). Mama鈥檚 Family: Fictive Kinship and Undocumented Immigrant Restaurant Workers.听Ethnography听10(4): 497-513. 听