Sarang Kim

Sarang Kim is a Ph.D. student in Education Studies at UC San Diego. She earned her B.A. degree in East Asian Studies from UCLA and her M.A. degree in English Education from the International Graduate School of English in Seoul, Korea. Sarang is bilingual in Korean and English and taught English at companies and university/college in Korea. Her varying personal, academic and social experiences in the US and Korea ultimately led her to take interest in the issue of cultural diversity in the educational setting from the comparative perspectives. Specifically, Sarang is interested in the comparative analysis of racial/ethnic diversity issues in higher education between the US and Korea. In her free time, Sarang enjoys listening to music, cooking and exercising. 

Curriculum Vitae

International Graduate School of English, Seoul, Korea
Major in English Language Teaching, 2015-2017 (M.A. awarded August 2017; GPA 4.07/4.3)Program focuses on theoretical and practical training of English-teaching professionals. First-year student representative and speaker at opening ceremony (September 2015)

Master Thesis: “A Comparative Analysis of English Grammar Terminology between South Korea and North Korea” (nominated for the best thesis award)

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Major in East Asian Studies, 2011-2014 (B.A. awarded September 2014, GPA 3.872/4.0)
Coursework included upper-division courses in Asian American education, social and cultural history of the two Koreas, Japan, China and women of pre-modern Korea Member, Honor Society (2013-2015)Dean’s Honor List (Fall 2011, Winter 2013, Spring 2013)

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Study-abroad program in the Department of Asian History, 2013-2014 (GPA 3.83/4.3)
Coursework included Asian-American women authors, civil societies in East Asia, Southeast Asian history, Buddhist art in Korea, and comparative studies of social welfare systems

The 16th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI
“A Comparative Analysis of Diversity Issues in American and Korean Higher Education”
(presented January 2018)Paper analyzes diversity issues on American and Korean universities and colleges from comparative perspectives focusing on national/cultural climate on race, ethnicity, and diversity, the role of
higher education, and broader social implications of college diversity.

Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
“The Lexical Differences of English Grammar Terminology between South and North Korea”
(accepted January 2017, but unable to attend due to budgetary constraints)
Paper analyzes and compares English grammar terminology between South and North Korea within
a framework of language policy and socio-cultural systems.

Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast Conference, California State University, Northridge, CA
“Historical Trajectory of English Education in South Korea: Contemporary Changes and Challenges”
(accepted March 2016, but unable to attend due to budgetary constraints)
Locates current South Korea’s obsession with English language within a historical context

The 19th Annual Harvard East Asia Society Graduate Conference, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
“Clashing Collective Memory between Korea and Japan” (presented February 2016)
Examines how two countries’ collective memory on Dokdo territorial issues is reflected in and
perpetuated by the media, focusing on newspaper articles.