Language Begets Literacy
Young-Suk Kim is professor of education at the University of California, Irvine (UCI).Dr. Kim received her Ed.D. at Harvard University in Human Development and Psychology with a concentration on Language and Literacy, and a minor concentration on Quantitative Policy Analysis in Education. She holds Master’s degrees in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) as well as Human Development and Culture. She was a former classroom teacher in primary and secondary schools and in community college in San Francisco, California.
Dr. Kim’s current research focuses on language and literacy acquisition and instruction, including early literacy predictors, reading fluency, reading comprehension, and writing. She examines development of and effective instructional approaches for language, literacy, and academic skills for children from linguistically, culturally, and economically diverse backgrounds.
Dr. Kim has received several awards for her contribution to the field, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by President Barack Obama. Dr. Kim is currently a Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator of several studies funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, asa well as the National Research Foundation of Korea. She serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Educational Psychology.
At UCI, Dr. Kim is joining Chancellor's Professor Carol Connor in the high-impact hire cluster Creating Opportunity for Children Living in Poverty through Effective Educational Interventions.
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Dr. Kim’s current research focuses on language and literacy acquisition and instruction, including early literacy predictors, reading fluency, reading comprehension, and writing. She examines development of and effective instructional approaches for language, literacy, and academic skills for children from linguistically, culturally, and economically diverse backgrounds.
Dr. Kim has received several awards for her contribution to the field, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by President Barack Obama. Dr. Kim is currently a Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator of several studies funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, asa well as the National Research Foundation of Korea. She serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Educational Psychology.
At UCI, Dr. Kim is joining Chancellor's Professor Carol Connor in the high-impact hire cluster Creating Opportunity for Children Living in Poverty through Effective Educational Interventions.
View Ed-Talk Factsheet here.