Sunghun Kim

Sunghun Kim studied Education and Educational Psychology and earned his Ph.D. degree at The University of Texas at Austin with the dissertation, “Exploring Naturalistic Conceptions of ‘a Moral Person’ for South Koreans.” His research interests focus on cultural aspects and their influences on human behaviors in relation to morality, religiosity, education, family dynamic, and developmental outcomes of children and adolescents. Dr. Kim grew up and lived in South Korea before he started his doctoral study in the U.S. Completing the degree course, he also received his post-doctoral training in South Carolina, and then moved to New York to start his career at St. Francis College. Dr. Kim teaches psychology courses such as General, Developmental, and Cross-Cultural Psychology, as well as Psychology of Diversity, plus research methodology courses, for example, Introduction to Psychological Research and Statistical Methods in Psychology.