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Sharon Kim
, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology

Office: CP-928
Phone: (657) 278-7634 
E-Mail: sharonkim@fullerton.edu

 

Dr. Sharon Kim

Teaching interests: Race and Ethnicity, Immigration, Asian American Studies, Religion

Research interests: Religion, Ethnicity, and Immigration

Brief biography: Dr. Kim received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley; M.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles; and her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. Her 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.