Namsook Kim (She/Her/Hers)

Namsook Kim is a clinical assistant professor in Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy (ELP). 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 coordinates the ELP Education Studies graduate program focus area in Comparative and Global Education and Education, Leadership and Policy for Equity undergraduate minor program. Kim's professional service includes membership of the American Educational Research Association and of bias and sensitivity committees of the New York State Education Department and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.

• 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.;
• Kim, N. (2020, October). Inclusive pedagogy. Invited panel participation in the Inclusive Pedagogy Series, Office of Inclusive Excellence, 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., 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.;

• Invited Reviewer for Peer-Refereed Journals (Korean Educational Development Institute Journal of Educational Policy; Journal of Educational Administration Policy; Journal of International Students) and for Springer Education
  06/01/2016-05/31/2017

• 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