Sharon Kim, Ph. D.
PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY
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
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.