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Sharon Kim, Ph. D.

PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY

Sharon Kim Ph.D

CONTACT INFORMATION
sharonkim@fullerton.edu
Voice: 657-278-7044
Fax:657-278-2001
Dept: 657-278-3531

DEGREES

2003, Ph.D., Sociology, University of Southern California

1994, M.A., Asian American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

1990, B.A, Asian American Studies, University of California Berkeley

Languages

Conversational in Korean

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BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Sharon Kim’s research, which focuses on the intersections of race, religion, and immigration among Korean Americans, has been published in numerous articles and books. Most recently, she has authored a book entitled A Faith of Our Own: Second Generation Spirituality within Korean American Churches that was published by Rutgers University Press. In A Faith of Our Own, she investigates the development and growth of hybrid third spaces of worship among second generation Korean Americans. Prior to her appointment at Cal State Fullerton, she was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship from the Irvine Foundation and taught for three years at Occidental College. She was a recipient of two grants from the Louisville Institute: The Dissertation Fellowship and The First Book Grant for Minority Scholars.

RESEARCH AREAS

Race and Ethnicity
Immigration
Religion
Asian Americans
Social Inequality

COURSES REGULARLY TAUGHT

SOCI 101: Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 356: Social Inequality
SOCI 357: Race and Ethnic Relations
SOCI 458: Sociology of Religious Behavior

PUBLICATIONS

2012       Kim, Rebecca and Sharon Kim, “Revival and Renewal: Korean American Protestants beyond Immigrant Enclaves,”  Studies in World Christianity  18(3): 291-312.

2012       Kim, Sharon, “Korean American Churches,” in Grace Yoo ed.,  Koreans in America  San Diego, CA: Cognella Academic Press.

2012       Kim, Sharon and Rebecca Kim, “Second Generation Korean American Christians’ Communities of Faith,” in Carolyn Chen and Russell Jeung eds.,Sustaining Faith Traditions: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion among the Latino and Asian American Second Generation.  New York: New York University Press.

2010       Kim, Sharon,  A Faith of Our Own: Second Generation Spirituality in Korean American Churches.  New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.

2010       Kim, Sharon, “Shifting Boundaries within Second Generation Korean American Churches,”  Sociology of Religion  71(1): 98-122.

2008       Kim, Sharon, “Replanting Sacred Spaces: the Emergence of Second Generation

2008       "Korean American Churches," in David Yu and Ruth Chung eds., Sacred Spaces:  Religion and  Spirituality in Korean America.  Champaign, IL:  University of Illinois Press.

2006          Kim, Sharon, “Hybrid Spiritualities: Second Generation Korean American Religion,”  Human Architecture:  The Journal of the Sociology of Self Knowledge  4(2): 225-238.

2000       Kim, Sharon, “Creating Campus Communities:  Korean American Ministries at UCLA.”  In Don Miller and Richard Flory, eds. GenX Religion.  New York: Routledge Press.

1993       Kim, Sharon, “Visions of Sa-I-Gu,”  Amerasia Journal, 19(2): 161-175.

SCHOLARLY WORK

2005       Tseng, Timothy,  Anthony Alumkal, Peter Cha, Young Lee Hertig, Russell Jeong,

Jung Ha Kim, Sharon Kim, David Yoo.  Asian American Religious Leadership Today: A Preliminary Inquiry, Pulpit and Pew Project, Durham, NC: Duke Divinity School.

2003          Kim, Sharon, “Asian American Religions.” Dennis Arguelles ed.,  The New Face of Asian Pacific America, UCLA Asian American Studies Center Publications.

2002       Kim, Sharon, “Second Generation Asian American Entrepreneurship,” report prepared for the Asian Business Association, University of California, Los Angeles, Asian American Studies Center.