Namsook Kim (She/Her/Hers)

Namsook Kim is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy (ELP) and an assistant director in the English Language Institute (ELI). She has more than 20 years of professional experience in training educators and education leaders in the transformative intersections of culture, language, and education in the context of inclusion, multiculturalism, multilingualism, and globalization, teaching language and culture to multicultural/multilingual users, and assisting in managing international business, in the United States and South Korea. She also chairs the UB Curriculum Communication Literacy Sub-Committee and the Higher Education Interest Section (HEIS) of the TESOL International Association. Kim's professional service includes membership of the American Educational Research Association, the TESOL International Association, and the bias and sensitivity committee of the New York State Education Department.

• PhD, University at Buffalo

• Lee, J., Kim, N., & Su, M. (2021). Immigrant and international college students’ learning gaps: Improving academic and sociocultural readiness for career and graduate/professional education. International Journal of Educational Research Open, 2(2). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedro.2021.100047

• Kim, N. (2021, April). Designing and practicing inclusive teaching. Effective teaching training for academic careers seminar. The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY.;
• Lee, J., & Kim, N. (2020, September). “Aliens” on college campuses: Immigrant and international students’ educational opportunities and challenges. Invited presentation at the Graduate School of Education Teach-In for Racial Equity, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY;

• Kim, N. (2025, March). Global perspectives on AI in ELT in higher education. Academic session chaired at the 2025 TESOL International Association Annual Convention, Long Beach, CA.;
• Kim, N., Davis, G., Mahmuda, T., Abdalla, S., Tran, K., Sankaramanchi, D., Guot, K., Parker, K., & Waterman, D. (2021, April). Strategies for student engagement and success: Inclusion of and support for international, immigrant, and refugee students [Conference session]. Inclusive Excellence Summit, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY.;
• Lee, J., Kim, N., & Su, M. (2021, April). Do high-impact practices work for college success? Mixed-methods research on academic and sociocultural learning inequalities [Roundtable Session]. Paper presented virtually at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.;

• Chair (elected), Past Chair, and Nomination Committee Chair, Higher Education Interest Section, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International Association
  06/01/2024-05/31/2025
• Invited peer-refereed journal manuscript reviewer for Global Education Review
  08/02/2017-08/16/2017
• Invited conference proposal reviewer for American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting Division K, Multicultural/Multiethnic Education Special Interest Group, and Sociology of Education Special Interest Group.
  08/01/2017-09/30/2017
• Invited reviewer on the New York State Education Department and Evaluation Systems of Pearson New York State Teacher Certification Examination Bias Review Committee
  06/01/2017-05/25/2018
• Invited Reviewer for New York State Education and Evaluation Systems of Pearson New York State Teacher Certification Examinations Bias Review Committee
  06/01/2016-05/31/2017