Grace S. Kim
BU Wheelock Clinical Faculty Promoted
Three BU Wheelock clinical faculty members were recently promoted in recognition of their outstanding contributions. Grace Kim (counseling psychology & applied human development) received the rank of clinical professor. Nermeen Dashoush (early childhood) and Andrea Bien (appointments in both the Teaching & Learning and Language & Literacy Education departments) were promoted to clinical associate professors. […]
Grace Kim Receives Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award
BU Wheelock faculty member Grace S. Kim was named the Scholar-Teacher of the Year by the BU Provost’s Faculty Teaching Awards Committee. The prestigious award “recognizes outstanding scholars who excel as teachers inside and outside the classroom and who contribute to the art and science of teaching and learning.” Kim was honored at the University’s […]
New Books Explore Relational Approach to Teaching Social Justice
Grace S. Kim, a clinical associate professor in the Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development Department at BU Wheelock, is no stranger to holding complex conversations about race, gender, social class, and culture in her classes. A longtime teacher, Kim has used her expertise as a clinical psychologist and educator to foster thoughtful discussions about […]
Leading Difficult Conversations
Conversations about race, privilege, and oppression in school should be rooted in psychology, empathy, and the humanity of all participants, according to Grace Kim, a clinical associate professor in the counseling psychology program. “How can we teach issues related to diversity and social justice in such a way that looks at people as whole beings?” says […]
Leading an Antiracist Classroom
Critical race theory. Over the past two years, the term has made its way into the mainstream, popping up in political campaigns, on cable news programs, and at school board meetings. Furor over the alleged teaching of critical race theory in America’s public schools has thrust a graduate-level field of study into the national lexicon. […]
Two BU Wheelock Faculty Elected APA Fellows
BU Wheelock faculty members Kathleen Corriveau and Grace S. Kim have been elected American Psychological Association (APA) Fellows. APA Fellow status “is awarded, in part, on the basis of evaluated evidence of outstanding contribution in the field of psychology,” writes David Pantalone, chair of the APA Fellows Committee. Kathleen Corriveau: Training the next generation of […]