Ji Eun Kim
Contact
jikim@alumni.ubc.ca
EDUCATION
PhD University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Language and Literacy Education, 2014
Thesis: Parent-child shared reading: The affordances of print, digital, and hand-held electronic storybooks (http://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/50597)
Finalist, Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award (2016), International Literacy Association
Sponsored by University of BC Graduate Fellowship, The Vancouver Korean-Canadian Scholarship, The Pacific Century Graduate Scholarship, Patrick David Campbell University Graduate Fellowship, and The Korean Honor Scholarship
MA University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Early Childhood Education, 2006
Thesis: Mother-child interactions while sharing print and electronic versions of books
(http://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/17975)
Finalist, Master’s Research Award, Language & Literacy Researchers of Canada
EMPLOYMENT
2019 Sessional Lecturer, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2016-2017 Sessional Lecturer, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2016 Finalist for:
Assistant Professor position in early literacy education, California State University at Fresno, USA
2015 Finalist for:
Assistant professor position in early literacy education, Drexel University, USA
Assistant Professor position in early literacy education, University of Victoria, Canada
2013-2016 Early Childhood Educator
Developmental Disabilities Association (Berwick Preschool), Vancouver, Canada
2007-2014 Research Assistant
Supported Drs. Jim Anderson, Victoria Purcell-Gates, Jon Shapiro and Marlene Asselin in different early literacy and family literacy projects
Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2007 Teaching Assistant
Dr. Marilyn Chapman, Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES
BC ECE Assistant License British Columbia, Canada, 2013
Nursery School Teacher License Level 1 Seoul, Korea, 2000
Certificate of Instructional Skills Workshop University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2011
Certificate of Emergency Child Care First Aid CPR/AED Level B Vancouver, Canada, 2013-2016
Certificate of Art Instructor for Young Children Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea, 1999
SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Refereed Journal Articles
Kim, J., & Deschambault, R. (2012). New literacy practices of a mother from a(n) (im)migrant South Korean family in Canada. Community Literacy Journal, 6(2), 43-74.
Kim, J., & Anderson, J. (2008). Mother-child shared reading with print and electronic books. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 8(2), 213-245.
Anderson, J., Anderson, A., Kim, J., & McTavish, M. (2019) Using mixed methods research with young children and families from diverse backgrounds: Attending to issues of audience, epistemologies, ethics, purpose, and questions. A manuscript submitted for the edited book, The Routledge International Handbook of Learning with Technology in Early Childhood in December, 2017.
Anderson, J., McTavish, M., & Kim, J. (2017). Critical role of parents in early literacy learning for immigrant and refugee children. Literacy Research Panel, International Literacy Association. Invited five page, 1470 Thought Leadership Brief, accepted February, 2017 – Peer reviewed).
Anderson, J., McTavish, M., & Kim, J. (2017). Lessons from parents, and with parents in early literacy learning for migrant and refugee students. Thought Leadership Collateral Paper, Literacy Research Panel, International Literacy Association. (Invited, 26 page, 7100 word research synthesis, accepted February, 2017 – Peer reviewed).
Anderson, A., Anderson, J., Lynch, J., Shapiro, J., & Kim, J. (2012). Extra-textual talk in shared book reading: A focus on questioning. Early Child Development and Care, 182(9), 1139-1154.
Anderson, J., Anderson, A., Friedrich, N., & Kim, J. (2010). Taking stock of family literacy: Some contemporary perspectives. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 10(1), 33-53.
Refereed Book Chapters
Kim, J., & Hassinger-Das, B. (Accepted) (Eds.). Reading in the digital Age: Young children’s experiences with E-books. Springer.
Kim, J., & Hassinger- Das, B. (Accepted). Introduction to the Edited Volume. In J. Kim & B. Hassinger-Das (Eds.), Reading in the digital Age: Young children’s experiences with E-books. Springer.
Anderson, A., Kim, J., & McLellan, S. (2016). Culture and mathematical learning: A case study of South-Asian parents and children playing a board game. In A. Anderson, J. Anderson, J. Hare, & M. McTavish (Eds.), Language, Learning and Culture in Early Childhood: Home, School, and Community Contexts. New York: Routledge.
Friedrich, N., Kim, J., McLellan, S., Nichols, L., Prendergast, T., & Rajagopal, H. (2016). Conclusion. In A. Anderson, J. Anderson, J. Hare, & M. McTavish (Eds.), Language, Learning and Culture in Early Childhood: Home, School, and Community Contexts. New York: Routledge.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Kim, J. E., & Anderson, J. (2010). Labelling during repeated shared reading of print and digital storybooks. In F. Sudweeks, H. Hrachovec, & C. Ess (Eds.), Proceedings of the Cultural Attitudes Towards Communication and Technology Conference (394-399). Perth, Australia: Murdoch University.
Selected Refereed Conference Presentations
Invited Conference Presentations
Kim, J. (Invited, 2017, April). Preschoolers’ language learning opportunities with parent-child shared reading of print, digital, and hand-held electronic storybooks. Invited research poster for Pre-Conference of Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
Kim, J., & Anderson, J. (Invited, 2009, June). Mother-child interactions while sharing print and electronic books. Annual Conference of the Scientific Study of Reading, Boston, MA.
Kim, J. (2017, April). The affordances of print, electronic, and digital books in parent-child’s expansion and construction of thoughts. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
Kim, J. (2016, May). The expansion and construction of thoughts: Shared reading of print, electronic, and digital books. Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Calgary, AB.
Kim, J., Moffatt, L., Kim, I., & Anderson, J. (2016, May). Nature-based community program: Children’s learning and development. Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Calgary, AB.
Kim, J., & Anderson, J. (2016, April). Parent-child shared reading of print, electronic and digital books: Examination of questioning. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.
Anderson, A., Anderson, J., & Kim, J. (2012, April). Parents mediating preschoolers’ print and mathematical literacy during a board game. Annual Conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Vancouver, BC.
Kim, J. (2012, April). Parents’ and children’s questions while sharing digital and print books. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC.
Anderson, J., Morrison, F., & Kim, J. (2012, April). Parents as literacy supporters: A bilingual family literacy program with immigrant and refugee families. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC.
Anderson, A., Kim, J., Anderson, J., & Shapiro, J. (2012, April). Parents mediating preschoolers’ print and mathematical literacy during a board game. Annual Conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA.
Kim, J., & Anderson, J. (2011, December). Parent-child shared reading across different storybook modes: Digital texts, Leapfrog, and traditional print formats. National Reading Conference, Jacksonville, FL.
Kim, J. (2011, April). Literacy at home in a web 2 world: What literacy materials and experiences do families provide preschoolers? Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Kim, J. (2011, March). The affordances of print, digital, and hand-held electronic storybooks in parent-child shared reading. Annual Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Chicago, IL.
Anderson, A., Kim, J., Anderson, J., & Shapiro, J. (2011, July). Parents mediating print and mathematical literacy with their four-year-old children while playing a board game: A multi-literacies perspective. 17th European Conference on Reading, Mons, Belgium.
Anderson, J., Morrison, F., Friedrich, N., & Kim, J. (2011, July). Supporting children’s bilingual and biliteracy development in a family literacy program with immigrant and refugee families. 17th European Conference on Reading, Mons, Belgium.
Kim, J., & Sohn, B. (2010, December). “You can be a good child like Komdol”: A Korean young child’s socialization of morality through shared book reading. National Reading Conference, Fort Worth, TX.
Kim, J. (2010, July). Parent-child shared reading with print, digital and hand-held electronic books. 37th International Systemic Functional Congress, Vancouver, BC.
Kim, J., & Anderson, J. (2010, June). Labeling during repeated shared reading of print and digital storybooks. Annual Conference of the Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication, Vancouver, BC.
AWARDS
The Dean of Education Scholarship, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC $1,250 2012
UTown community grants, UTown@UBC, Vancouver, BC $1,000 2012
Faculty of Education Graduate Student Research Grant, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC $850 2011
The Vancouver Korean-Canadian Scholarship from the Vancouver Korean-Canadian Scholarship Foundation, Vancouver, BC ($2000/year) $8,000 2006-9
The Pacific Century Graduate Scholarship ($10,000/year) $20,000 2008-9
University of BC Graduate Fellowship ($7,000/year) $14,000 2009
Ph.D. Tuition Fee Award, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC ($7200/year) $28,800 2006-9
Patrick David Campbell University Graduate Fellowship $4,590 2008
Wendy K. Sutton Graduate Scholarship in Early Childhood Literacy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC $1,000 2007
The Korean Honor Scholarship from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the USA, Washington, D.C., USA $1,000 2007
Faculty of Education Graduate Scholarship, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC $4,650 2006
First Grade Standing Scholarship at Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea $2,600 1999
Second Grade Standing Scholarship at Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea $600 1998
Travel Awards value year
Sessional Travel Grant, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC $1000 2016
AERA 2011 Student Travel Stipend for graduate students, American Educational Research Association $200 2011
Faculty of Graduate Studies, Graduate Student Travel Fund, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC $400 2009
Faculty of Education Graduate Student Conference Travel Grant, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC $750 2007
LLED Student Travel Award, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC $300 2007
SERVICE
Professional Service
-Committee Member Edward B. Fry Book Award Committee
Literacy Research Association, USA, 2015-2018
-Leading-Editor
For edited book project Reading in the Digital Age: Young Children’s Experiences with E-books (LITS) for Springer with co-editor Dr. Brenna Hassinger-Das (Temple University) and the support from advisors Drs. Adriana Bus (VU University, The Netherlands) and Kathleen Roskos (John Carroll University), 2016-Current: Coordinate the collection of 14 chapters written by international scholars in the field of e-books and early literacy, and co-author the introduction chapter with Dr. Hassinger-Das.
-Co-Organizer & Co-Editor Symposium session: Young children’s literacy practices with digital books at home and school: International evidence. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 2016: Participated as presenter, organized the symposium by inviting international scholars (presenters, a discussant and a chair), wrote session summary, and edited other presenters’ papers.
-Co-Editor The BC Newcomers’ Guide to Resources and Services, Translation Project (Korean), Burnaby, Canada, April-May 2009
Reviewer
Reading Psychology, 2019
AERA open, 2019
Multicultural Perspectives, 2016-2019
On reviewer list, Language and Literacy, 2016
One paper for the Language and Literacy e-journal special edition for the Language & Literacy Researchers of Canada pre-Conference, 2015
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 2011-2019
Canadian Society for the Study of Education, 2014-2019
15 proposals for the National Reading Conference, 2010-2013
Co-reviewed a manuscript for Developmental Psychology with Dr. Jim Anderson, 2010-2011
On reviewer list, Journal of Literacy Research, 2013
University Service
Guest Lecturer:
-ECED 480 Creating Environments to Support Learning in Early Childhood Settings, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, August 2016
-Academic seminar (Current issues in early childhood education and early literacy education) for graduate students, Department of Housing, Child and Family Studies, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, Korea, September 2015
-LLED 556 Early Literacy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, July 2013
-Academic seminar for graduate students, Department of Housing, Child and Family Studies, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, Korea, December 2011
-LLED 565 Early Literacy in Digital Contexts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, February 2011
Organizing Committee Member:
-Intersection of Language, Learning and Culture in Early Childhood Workshop, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, May 2013
-37th International Systemic Functional Congress, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, July 2010
-Committee Member LLED Curriculum Committee, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2008-2009
Chair:
Session at the Language and Literacy Education Graduate Student Conference
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, May 2007
Community Service
Assistant Teacher Berwick Preschool, Vancouver, Canada, 2013
Vancouver Community College, ELSA program, Burnaby, Canada, 2003
Bonsor Community Center preschool, Burnaby, Canada, 2002
Young-Kwang Preschool, Seoul, Korea, 1999
Program Organizer & Supervisor Exploration and Visual Representation of Nature for Young Children Summer Camp, Applied and received grant from UTown@UBC, Vancouver, Canada, 2012
Committee Member As member of the parents’ committee, I developed a booklet for the Young Naturalistic Club, University-Hill Elementary School, Vancouver, Canada, 2012-2013