Hoyun Kim is a PhD candidate in the Policy, Politics, and Leadership cluster at the UC Berkeley School of Education. Her research interests lie in public education policy, organizational identity and behavior, and their implications for college access and student agency to and through college. Her recent work applies an organizational lens to the relationship between policies aimed at improving equity in higher education and the community college system.
Her interests are informed by her experiences attending multiple public schools and hearing different narratives around merit and learning in the United States and South Korea, working closely with high school and undergraduate students as a tutor and counselor in different countries, as well as working as staff for a private university in South Korea.
Prior to the program, Hoyun Kim earned her BA in Economics at the University of California, Berkeley with a Minor in Chinese. She is a recipient of the Regents Fellowship and a student fellow of the Gardner Seminar at the Center for Studies in Higher Education.
Specializations and Interests
education policy, equity in education, organizational theory and change, higher education, student agency
