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
- Aug 2006: PhD, Sociology,
University of Texas at Austin
Dissertation: "Occupational Structure and Growing Wage Inequality in the United States, 1983-2002."
- Feb 1993: MA, Sociology, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
- Feb 1990: BA, Sociology, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
Teaching
- SOC 510: Elements of Statistics and Data Analysis
- SOC 321 (GIST 550): Wealth, Power and Inequality
- SOC(AMS) 300: American Society
- SOC 400 (EALC 330): Social Conflicts in Modern Korea
- SOC 455: Sociology of the Economy
- SOC 760: Social Inequality in the United States (Grad)
- SOC 780: Economic Sociology (Grad)
- SOC 812: Analytic Methods in Sociology (Grad)
- SOC 910: Advanced Statistics (Grad)
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
- 2023
- Kim, ChangHwan and Andrew Taeho Kim. "Is Hyper-selectivity a Root of Asian American Children's Success?" Social Science Research 113: 102886. .
- Kim, ChangHwan and Harris H. Kim. "Network Ties, Upward Status Heterophily, and Unanticipated Health Consequences." Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 64(2): 313-332.
- Oh, Byeongdon and ChangHwan Kim. "Changing Undergraduate Funding Mix and Graduate Degree Attainment." The Journal of Higher Education. 94(5): 664-689.
- 2022
- Tamborini, Christopher R. and ChangHwan Kim. "Employment Transitions among Older Americans during the Initial Lockdown and Early Reopening Months of the COVID-19 Recessio." Social Security Bulletin 82(4):23-39.
- Erickson, Matt and ChangHwan Kim. "Tied Staying on the Rise? Declining Migration Among Co-Breadwinner Couples in the United States, 1990s to 2010s." Social Forces 101(2): 974-1002. (IPUMS Paper Award)
- Kim, Andrew Taeho, Matt Erickson, Yurong Zhang, and ChangHwan Kim. "Who is the 'She' in the Pandemic 'She-cession'? Variation in COVID-19 Labor Market Outcomes by Gender and Family Status." Population Research and Policy Review 41:1325-1358.
- Kim, ChangHwan and Byeongdon Oh. "Taste-based Gender Discrimination in South Korea." Social Science Research 104: 102671.
- Kim, Andrew Taeho, ChangHwan Kim, Scott E. Tuttle, and Yurong Zhang. "COVID-19 and the Decline in Asian American Employment." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 71: 100563. (Media Coverage: Lawrence Journal World; Donga Science; Business Insider)
- Kim, ChangHwan, Jibum Kim, and Mihee Ban. "Do You Know What You Do for a Living? Occupational Coding Mismatches Between Coders in the Korean General Social Survey." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 70: 100467.
- Sakamoto, Arthur, ChangHwan Kim, and Christopher R. Tamborini. "Changes in Occupations, Jobs, and Skill Polarization." Pp. 133-153 in The Cambridge Handbook of the Changing Nature of Work, edited by Briand J. Hoffman, Mindy K. Shoss, and Lauren A. Wegman, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- Tamborini, Christopher R. and ChangHwan Kim. "Are You Saving for Retirement? Racial-ethnic Differentials in Retirement Savings Plan Participation." Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 75(4): 837-848.
- Oh, Byeongdon and ChangHwan Kim. "Broken Promise of College? New Educational Sorting Mechanisms for Intergenerational Association in the 21st Century." Social Science Research 86. Article 102375 (Media Coverage: Inside Higher Ed; TUN)
- Cheng, Siwei, Christopher R. Tamborini, ChangHwan Kim, and Arthur Sakamoto. "Educational Variations in Cohort Trends in the Black-White Earnings Gap Among Men: Evidence From Administrative Earnings Data." Demography 56(6):2253-2277.
- Kim, ChangHwan. "Places in Need: The Changing Geography of Poverty." Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 48(3):276-278. (Book review)
- Kim, ChangHwan and Christopher R. Tamborini. "Are They Still Worth It? The Long-Run Earnings Benefits of an Associate Degree, Vocational Diploma or Certificate, and Some College." RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. Volume 5(3): 64-85.
- Kim, ChangHwan, Arthur Sakamoto, and Christopher R. Tamborini. "The Sources of Life Chances: Does Education, Class Category, Occupation or Short-Term Earnings Predict 20-Year Long-Term Earnings?" Sociological Science 5(9): 206-233.
- Sakamoto, Arthur, Christopher R. Tamborini, and ChangHwan Kim. "Long-Term Earnings Differentials between African American and White Men by Educational Level." Population Research and Policy Review 37(1):91-116.
- Kim, ChangHwan and Arthur Sakamoto. "Women's Progress for Men's Gain? Gender-Specific Changes in the Return to Education as Measured by Family Standard-of-Living, 1990 to 2009-11." Demography 54(5): 1743-1772. (Media Coverage: Newsweek, CNN, Vogue, Fox News, Washingtonian, New York Post, New York Daily News, Seeker, Sydney Morning Herald, etc.)
- Tamobinri, Chiristopher R. and ChangHwan Kim. "Education and Contributory Pensions at Work: Disadvantages of the Less Educated." Social Forces 95(4):1577-1606. (Media Coverage: AP News, Forbes, Chicago Tribune, Market Watch, etc.)
- Kim, ChangHwan. 2017. "The Asian American Middle Class." in The American Middle Class: An Economic Encyclopedia of Progress and Poverty, edited by Robert S. Rycroft, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, LLC.
Recent Publications in Korean
- 2022
- 김창환. "한국의 소득, 자산 불평등 변화." 161-206쪽, 김윤태 엮음. <한국의 불평등: 현황, 이론, 대안.> 서울: 한울사. Kim, ChangHwan. "Changes in Income and Wealth Inequality in Korea." Pp. 161-206 in Inequality in Korea: Facts, Theories, and Policies, ed by Kim, Yuntae. Seoul, Korea: Hanul Inc.
- 김창환. "가족의 사회경제적 배경과 대학원 진학 확률의 성별 격차." <한국사회학> 56(1):151-201. Kim, ChangHwan. "Family Socioeconomic Background and the Gender Difference in the Likelihood of Graduate Education. Korean Journal of Sociology 56(1):151-201.
- 2021
- 김창환, 변수용. <교육 프리미엄: 한국에서 대학교육의 노동시장 가치는 하락했는가?> 서울: 박영사. Kim, ChangHwan and Soo-yong Byun. Education Premium: Has the Labor Market Value of the College Educaiton Declined in Korea? Seoul: PY Books.
- 신광영, 김창환. <교육, 젠더와 사회이동: 한국사회 계층화의 성별 차이는 줄어들었는가?> 서울: 박영사. Shin, Kwang Young and ChangHwan Kim. Education, Gender, and Social Mobility: Has the Gender Gap in Stratificaiton Declined in Korea? Seoul: PY Books.
- 2020
- 김창환, 김태호. 2020. "세대 불평등은 증가하였는가? 세대 내, 세대 간 불평등 변화 요인 분석, 1999~2019." <한국사회학> 54(4): 161-205. Kim, ChangHwan and Andrew Taeho Kim. "Has Generational Inequality Increased? Decomposition of the Between- and Within-Generational Inequality, 1999~2019." Korean Journal of Sociology 54(4): 161-205. - Appendix Tables and Figures
- 김창환, 신희연. 2020. "입시 제도에서 나타나는 적응의 법칙과 엘리트 대학 진학의 공정성. <한국사회학> 54(3): 35-83. Kim, ChangHwan and Heeyoun Shin. "Adaptation Strategy of the Upper Class and Fairness in Elite College Admission." Korean Journal of Sociology 54(3): 35-84. (Media Coverage: Kyunghyang; Maeil Business News; Veritas-alpha; JoongAng)
- 이성균, 신희주, 김창환. 2020. "한국 사회 가구 소득과 자산의 불평등 : 연구 성과와 과제." <경제와 사회> 127: 60-94. Lee, Sungkyun, Heeju Shin, and ChangHwan Kim. 2020. "Inequality of the Household Income and Wealth in Korea: Research Outcome and Agenda." Economy and Society 127: 60-94.
- 2019
- 김창환, 오병돈. 2019. ""경력단절 이전 여성은 차별받지 않는가? 대졸 20대 청년층의 졸업 직후 성별 소득격차 분석. <한국사회학> 53(1): 167-204. Kim, ChangHwan and Byeongdon Oh. "Gender Discrimination before Career Disruption? Gender Earnings Gap at the Early Stage of Work Career among College Graduates in South Korea." Korean Journal of Sociology 53(1): 167-204. (Media Coverage: Hankyoreh; M-Economy News; Munhwa; Segye)
- Before 2017: Click here for the papers published before 2017.
Computing
- LaTeX
LaTeX is a typesetting program. It creates documents with more beauty and better functionality (extremely useful to express complicated equations) than any other word programs such as MS-Word. And LaTeX is FREE. Hope more sociologists to use LaTeX and more sociological journals to accept LaTeX or PDF files for submission.
- Getting Started with LaTeX, TeX Users Group
- The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e [PDF]
- CTAN - THE source for LaTeX software and packages
- MiKTeX - MiKTeX is a free windows distribution of latex
- WinEdt - WinEdt is the BEST windows front-end LaTeX editor
- Sociology Bibliography Style: ASR style file; AJS style file
Here is how to install ASR/AJS style files into ubuntu. - For Korean: Korean TeX Users Group, Korean Getting Started with LaTeX
- LaTeX Presentation
Prosper, HA-Prosper, and Beamer are LaTeX classes with which you can create beautiful PDF slides with more functionality than even Microsoft Power Point!
- Prosper, HA-Prosper - Example: My Brownbag Presentation [PDF], [TeX]
- Beamer - Simple Beamer Guide [PDF] - Example: One of my lecture slides [PDF], [TeX]; ASA Presentation [PDF], [TeX]; Korean 2nd G