Professor Kim is specialized in the areas of stratification, work and organizations, race and ethnicity, Asian American studies, Korea studies, and quantitative methodology. The common concern of his research is to contribute to the generation of the critical knowledge and information that will ultimately help policy makers to understand and eventually ameliorate the undesirable sources of increasing socioeconomic polarization in our society. Methodologically, he is interested in panel models and diverse statistical decompositions. His work appears, among others, in American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Annual Review of Sociology, Sociology of Education, Sociological Methods & Research, Demography, and Korean Journal of Sociology.

To contact, email him at chkim@ku.edu or call 785-864-9426.


Education

Teaching

Recent Grants and Awards

  • 2023-2026. National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF- 2020S1A3A2A03096777 (2nd stage)). PI, Jibum Kim, Co-PI: ChangHwan Kim, Seulki Choi, Yoonsuk Lee, Songho Park, and Seokho Kim. The KGSS-based Multiple Studies on Social Integration in the New Normal Period. ($174,000, 230 million KRW)
  • 2023-2024. General Faculty Research Fund, University of Kansas. "Inequality in Lifetime Earnings." ($9,612.50)
  • 2021. IPUMS Research Award. Matt Erickson and ChangHwan Kim.
  • 2020-2023. National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF- 2020S1A3A2A03096777 (1st stage)). PI, Jibum Kim, Co-PI: ChangHwan Kim, Seulki Choi, and Yoonsuk Lee. The KGSS-based Multiple Studies on Social Integration in the New Normal Period . ($262,000, 300 million KRW)
  • 2019. The Byron A. Alexander Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award, University of Kansas.
  • 2019. Poster Presentation Winner, Population Association of America.
  • 2018-2019. General Faculty Research Fund, University of Kansas. "Changing Educational Marital Pattern and Family Economic Well-being." ($10,304)
  • 2018-2019. National Science Foundation (# 1801820). Byeongdon Oh's Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: "Why Has the Meritocratic Power of Advanced Degrees Declined?: The Role of Higher Education in Promoting Upward Mobility." ($12,000)
  • 2018-2020. The National Research Foundation of Korea. Co-PI (PI: Young-mi Kim, Co-PI: ChangHwan Kim, Bong-oh Kye, Yoon Choi, Sungjae Hwang, and Hae Yeon Choo) "Inequality and Demographic Changes." ($256,000 = 281.6 million Korean won)

  • Before 2017: Click here for the grants and awards before 2017.

Recent Publications in English


  • Before 2017: Click here for the papers published before 2017.

    • Recent Publications in Korean

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