Esther Kim

Education: B.A. in Psychology from Skidmore College, post-baccalaureate program in Psychology and Social Behavior from the University of California at Irvine doctoral, current student in the Lifespan Developmental PhD program at North Carolina State University.

Research Interests: the influence of culture across the lifespan, cognitively and socially. Specifically, I am interested in examining bicultural identity development, bilingual development, frame switching, and self-derivation through memory integration in bicultural individuals.

Latest projects: Coming Soon

Additional Information:

Recent Publications: Liester, E., Kim, E., & Baker-Ward, L. (2022, April). Relationship between indicators of psychological well-being and survey completion. Presentation at Carolinas Psychology Conference, Campbell University, NC.

Kim, E., Mulvey, K.L., & Baker-Ward, L. (2020, March). Growing up in two cultures: Civic engagement in immigrant adolescents. Poster at the biennial meeting for the Society for Research in Adolescence, San Diego, CA. (meeting cancelled due to COVID-19)

Sorensen, J. K., Kim, E., & Baker-Ward, L. (2019). Get with the times: Influences on young adults’ dating of societal events. Poster session presented at Cognitive Development Society conference, Louisville, KY.

Saad, D., Esposito, A., Kim, E., & Baker-Ward, L. (2019, March). Rural parents’ school involvement: Influences of race/ethnicity and dual-language education. Poster presented at the biennial meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

Kim, E., Phuong, J.E., Cochran, K.J., & Levine, L. (2016, May). Susceptibility of neurotic individuals to emotional induction. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the University of California in Irvine Undergraduate Research Opportunities Conference, Irvine, CA.

COMING SOON: Kim, E., Mulvey, K.L., Baker-Ward, L. (in preparation). Growing up in two cultures: Civic engagement in immigrant adolescents.

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Contact Information:ekim10@ncsu.edu