Greg M. Kim-Ju, Ph.D.

• Kim-Ju, G. M., & Lucas, J., & Mark, G. Y. (2011). Community psychology and social change: The 65th street corridor community collaborative project. In B. Baker, B. Mosupyoe, J. Figueroa, & G. Y. Mark (Eds.), Introduction to Ethnic Studies. Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt Publishing.

• Kim-Ju, G. M., Maeda, W., & Maffini, C. (2009). A historical and contemporary overview of Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences: Immigration, racialization, and liminality. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 14(6) 437- 444.

• Kim-Ju, G. M., Mark, G., Cohen, R., Garcia-Santiago, O., & Nguyen, P. (2008). Community mobilization and its application to youth violence prevention. American Journal of Preventive Medicine,34(Suppl. 2),S5-S12.

• Sobredo, J., Kim-Ju, G. M., Figueroa, J, Mark, G., & Fabionar, J. (2008). An ethnic studies model of community mobilization: Collaborative partnership with a high risk public high school. American Journal of Preventive Medicine,34(Suppl. 2),S82-S88.

• Kim-Ju, G. M., & Mark, G. (2007). An Ethnic Studies Community Mobilization Model. In J. Figueroa, B. Baker, & B. Moysupoe, B. (Eds.), Introduction to Ethnic Studies. Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt Publishing.

• Kim-Ju, G. M., & Fong, T. (2006).Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Sacramento: A Community Profile, 2000 and Beyond, Asian American Studies Program, California State University, Sacramento, CA.

Selected Presentations

• Maffini, C., & Kim-Ju, G. M.(2010, August). The relationship among ethnic identity, self-efficacy, and violence with Asian American and Latino youth. Poster presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Asian American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.

• Merafuentes, N. M., Naemi, P., Lucas, J. M., West, J. A., Holmes, M. S., & Kim-Ju, G. M. (2010, April). Variations in psychological predictors of civic engagement by ethnicity. Poster presented at the 90th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association (WPA), Cancun, Mexico.

• Kim-Ju, G. M. (2009, November). Education in human values: The seeds of social justice. Workshop presented with V. Nambiar, V. and Gadepally at the 16th Annual Multicultural Education Conference, California State University, Sacramento, CA.

• Kim-Ju, G. M. (2009, May). Creating partnerships between universities and public schools to address K-12 academic and violence issues. Panel presented with Tim P. Fong, Gregory Mark, Fahm Saelee, Melanie Wallace at the California Asian Pacific Islander Policy Summit: “Connecting the Dots: The Catalyst for a Stronger Community Voice,” California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative
  Caucus, Sacramento, CA.

• Simon, R. H., Merafuentes, N. M., McGrew, K., Harris, J., Taylor, L., Hoffman, N., & Kim-Ju, G. M. (May, 2009). An examination of ethnocultural empathy for White American, Asian American, and Latino college students. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Sciences, San Francisco, CA.

• Kim-Ju, G. M. (2009, April). Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, community mobilization, and at-risk and violence Issues: Case studies in Honolulu, Hawaii and Sacramento, California. Panel with J. Figueroa, C. Maffini, K. Umemoto, and T.A. Miao for the Association for Asian American Studies Conference, Honolulu, HI.

• Kim-Ju, G. (2008, August). Collective identities of Korean young adults: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study of two sociopolitical cohorts. Invited presentation at the 116th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association at Boston, MA.

Research Projects/Interests

• collective identities (i.e., racial, ethnic, and national identities);
• the effects of the ethnic composition of social settings on perceptions of ethnicity and race;
• social and psychological correlates of problem and violent behaviors among African Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans.

Last updated: 01/19/2011