Sooji Kim , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Department of Education Leadership Management and Policy
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Sooji Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Department of Education Leadership Management and Policy
Sooji Kim is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Education
Leadership, Management and Policy at Seton Hall University. Her research sheds light
on organizational management, behavior, and change within higher education by examining
the design and impact of institutional policies and practices. Currently focusing
on enrollment management, she explores how institutions develop systems of financial
aid and admissions policies and practices to secure resources, their differential
impacts on socioeconomically disadvantaged students, and the organizational elements
contributing to various aspects of policy and program design.
In 2023, her research on the federal work-study program was honored with the Jean
Flanigan Outstanding Dissertation Award at the annual meeting of the Association for
Education Finance and Policy (AEFP). Her other work on college admissions has been
published in academic journals and cited in an Amicus Curiae brief in Students for
Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard College. At Seton Hall, she currently teaches graduate
courses on statistical methods and data analysis.
Prior to joining Seton Hall, Kim served as a strategic research fellow in the Division
of Strategy and Policy at the University of North Carolina System Office, where her
research informed and supported the decisions of senior leadership and system-wide
policy. During her time at the University of Michigan, she contributed to various
administrative units through research, including the Rackham Institutional Research
Office.
Education
- PhD in Higher Education, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
- MA in Higher Education, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
- Certificate of Graduate Studies in Survey Methodology, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
- BA and MA in Education, Yonsei University
Scholarship
- Kim, S., & Bastedo, M. N. (accepted, August 2024). Who gets their first choice? Race and class differences in college admissions outcomes. AERA Open.
- Kim, H., Gonzalez, J. A., Clasing, P., & Kim, S. (2024). "Potential effects of test-optional in doctoral admissions at a research-intensive university". In J. Paris & S. Kania (Eds.), Handbook of Graduate Enrollment Management.
- Kim, S., Parsons, S., Franklin, K. Y., & Parker, A. G. (Spring 2023). "How do Hispanic-Serving Institutions serve Latinx students? A panel analysis of institutional characteristics and 6-year graduation rates." The AIR (Association for Institutional Research) Professional File. 24-43.
- Park, J. J., & Kim, S. (2020). "Harvard's personal rating: The impact of private high school attendance". Asian American Policy Review, 30, 2-4.
Accomplishments
Fellowships, awards, and grants (selected)
- Jean Flanigan Outstanding Dissertation Award, Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP), 2023
- Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2022
Karl C. K. Ma Scholarship, University of Michigan, 2021 - Marvin W. Peterson Fellowship, School of Education, University of Michigan, 2021, 2019
- Doctoral Graduate Student Research Assistant Award, Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan, 2020
- Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Michigan, 2020
Betty Mae Morrison Fellowship, School of Education, University of Michigan, 2018 - Robert and Judith Marans & Kan and Lillian Chen Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2016-18
- Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies Regents Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2015
- School of Education Scholar Award, School of Education, University of Michigan, 2015-2019
- Distinguished Dissertation Award and Scholarship, Yonsei University, 2013