Research

 

Publications: 

Books: 

Han, S., Kim, J., Meacham, S., & Wee, S. (2023). Supporting Korean American children in early childhood education: Perspectives from mother-educators. Teachers College Press. 

Lim, M. Oh, J., Kim, J., & Sohn, E. (2023).  우리는 친구잖아. 그렇지?" : 어린이의 문화 들여다보기 , Yangseowon (양서원). [This is a Korean translation of  Corsaro, W. (2003). “We are friends. right?”: Inside kids’ culture. National Academic Press]

 

Book Chapters:

Kim, J. (forthcoming). Here and now with difficult knowledge: Asian American children’s lived experiences on anti-Asian racism. In Eizadirad, A., & Trifonas, P. (Eds.). The International Handbook of Anti-Discriminatory Education. Springer. 

Kim, J. (2023). Maintaining a heritage language in the Early Years: The perspectives of Korean immigrant mothers with  young emergent bilinguals.  In Cho, H & Song, K. (Eds.).  Korean as a heritage language from transnational and translanguaging perspectives  (pp. 15-30) Routledge. 

Kim, J. (2022). Wrestling with dilemmas, vulnerabilities, and hopes: Being an immigrant mother and a transnational teacher educator. In Kitchen, J., Tidwell, D. & Fitzgerald, L. (Eds.). Self-study and diversity III: Inclusivity and diversity in teacher education (pp. 61-78). Brill Publisher. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004505216_004

Kim, J., & Brown, S. (2013). Behavior and classroom management of preschool children with behavioral and emotional disorders. In J. B. Kolbert & L. M. Crothers (Eds). Understanding and managing behaviors of children with psychological disorders: A reference for classroom teachers (pp. 285-308). Bloomsbury. 

 

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journals 

Kim, J. (forthcoming). Against teaching home as housing in school: Examining how teachers teach home. Action in Teacher Education

Kim, J. (2023).  'Where are Asian Americans?': Exploring racialized discourses toward Asian Americans through critical ethnographic child-parent research. Ethnography and Education. 18(3), 264-279. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457823.2023.2230333

Kim, J., Han, S., Wee, S., & Meacham, S. (2023, online first).  Children’s names and naming practices: Wrestling with racism in Asian American families. Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/15595692.2023.2193884

Wee, S., Meacham, S., & Kim, J. (2023, online first). Being (Asian) American children: Children’s exploration of racial/cultural identity and racism. Race Ethnicity and Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2023.2170434

Meacham, S., Kim, J., Wee, S., Kim, K. (2022). ReZoomⓒing our academic home using the suda (수다)  approach. Qualitative Inquiry, 28(6), 625-635. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004211002771

Wee, S., Kim, S., & Kim, J. (2022). “Don’t bully. We are all different”: Pedagogical potential of    early critical literacy with bullying-themes. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 20(4), 463-478  https://doi.org/10.1177/1476718X221087067                            

Lim, M., Kim, J., & Lee, K.  (2021).  Subcontracted mothering: A discourse on professionalism in childcare in South Korea. European Early Childhood Education Research, 29(6), 895-909.  https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2021.1985560                                  

Kim, J. Wee, S. & Meacham, S. (2021). What is missing in our teacher education practices: A collaborative self-study of teacher educators with children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Studying Teacher Education, 17(1), 22-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/17425964.2021.1895102

Kim, J. (2020). Homelessness as difficult knowledge in early childhood education. Early Childhood Education Journal, 48(6), 851-823. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-020-01045-5

Kim, J. & Kim, K. (2020). (Re)thinking preservice teachers’ field experiences through a spatial lens. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 41(2), 148-161. https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2019.1607633

Kim, J., & Wee, S. (2020). Silent voices of homelessness: Content analysis of homelessness in children’s picture books published in the U.S. between 1990-2016. Early Child Development and Care, 190(3), 364-375. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2018.1473388

Wee, S., Kura, K., & Kim, J. (2018). Unpacking Japanese culture in children’s picture books: Culturally authentic representation and historical events/political issues. Reading Horizons, 57(2), 35-55.  

Kim, J., Wee, S., & Kim, K. (2018). Walking the roads as immigrant mothers and teacher educators: A collaborative self-study of three Korean immigrant early childhood educators. Studying Teacher Education, 14(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/17425964.2017.1411255

Kim, K., & Kim, J. (2017). Going beyond the gap between theory and practice: Rethinking teacher reflection with poststructural insights. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 38(4), 289-303.  https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2017.1388307

Kim, J., & An, S. (2017). Rethinking stereotypes about Asian American students through learning history. Summer, Childhood Explorer. Association for Childhood Education International. http://www.childhoodexplorer.org/rethinking-stereotypes-about-asian-american-students-through-learning-history/

Lim, M., & Kim, J. (2016).  The figured worlds of diversity: Korean preschool teachers’ beliefs about multicultural education. International Journal of Early Childhood Education, 22(2), 59-77. 

Kim, J. (2016).  Unpacking the normalcy of home among early childhood pre-service teachers in the United States. Educational Theory and Practice for Infants and Young Children, 1(1), 77-98. 

Kim, J. (2014). “You don’t need to be mean. We’re friends, right?”: Young Korean-American children’s conflicts and references to friendship. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 12(3), 279-293. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476718X14538591

Kim, J. (2013). Against the unchallenged discourse of homelessness: Examining view of early childhood pre-service teachers. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education. 34(4), 291-307. https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2013.845631

Kim, J. (2013). Confronting invisibility: Pre-service teachers’ perspectives toward homeless children. Early Childhood Education Journal, 41(2), 161-169. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-012-0529-6

Kim, J., & Lim, M. (2013). Culturally responsive research methods: A reflection on two ethnographic studies of Korean immigrant children and parents in the U.S. International Journal of Early Childhood Education, 19(1), 5-21. 

Kim, J., & Lee, K. (2011) “What’s your name?” Names, naming practices, and contextualized self of young Korean-American children.  Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 25(3), 211-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2011.579854

Kim, J. (2011). Korean immigrant mothers’ perspectives: The meanings of a Korean heritage language school for their children’s American early schooling experiences. Early Childhood Education Journal, 39(2), 133-141 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-011-0453-1

Selected Featured in Media 

Most US schools teach little to nothing about Asian American history and it hurts everyone, experts say. CNN Digital. https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/31/us/asian-american-pacific-islander-history-schools/index.html

 

Selected Honors/Awards

2024    BCOE Outstanding Senior Scholar Research Award, KSU, GA

2024    2024-2026 Ewha Global Fellow, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

2022     BCOE Research Grant Award 2022-2023, KSU

2021      KSU Summer Research Fellow, KSU, GA

2020      BCOE Research Scholarship Award 2020-2021, KSU

2019      BCOE Research Fellowship Award 2019-2020, KSU 

2010       Presidential Scholarship Award, Duquesne University, PA. 

 

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