Heewon Kim
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Phone: 480-965-6901
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STAUF A426 Tempe, AZ 85287-1205
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Mail code: 1205Campus: Tempe
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I am a scholar-activist striving to produce research and practice that contributes to achieving and sustaining human dignity and liberation. As an organizational and health communication scholar, I devote myself to advancing the scholarly and pedagogical missions of JEDI (justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion). First, my organizational communication research addresses the issues of diversity, power/knowledge disparities, status hierarchies, and organizational justice to promote workers’ voice, dignity, and wellbeing. Second, my health communication research seeks to reduce health inequity and discrimination, primarily by examining various health challenges among marginalized populations and developing inclusive and appropriate health intervention programs based on mobile platforms. My recent trajectory demonstrates my explicit emphasis on organizational justice and health justice as well as my commitment to justice and social transformation. I also actively publish in my mother tongue, under my Korean name 김정희원.
- Ph.D. Communication, Rutgers University
- M.A. Cultural Anthropology, Yonsei University, South Korea
- B.A. Sociology, Yonsei University, South Korea
Organizational Communication: Power/Knowledge, Organizational Justice, Voice and Participation, State Violence, Legal Violence, Social Movements
Health Communication: Health Justice, Social Determinants of Health, Digital Health, Resilience
* indicates graduate students.
[46] Kim, H., Stanley, L.*, Harms, B.*, & Michaelides, A. (2024). Enacting compassion in mHealth: Communicative subprocesses of compassionate coaching and their relationships to resilience during a prolonged pandemic. Journal of Applied Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2024.2338836
[45] Kim, H. (2024). The vicious cycle of “school violence” and legal violence. Today’s Education, 79, 130-144.
Note. The original title in Korean is “학교 폭력과 사법 폭력의 연쇄고리.”
[44] Kim, H. (2023). The state violence, social insecurity, and the crisis of community in the neoliberal age. Transdisciplinary Humanities, 15, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.37123/th.2023.15.1
Note. The original title in Korean is “‘신자유주의 시대의 사회 불안, 국가 폭력, 그리고 공동체의 위기.”
[43] Kim, H., & Mouton, A. (2023). Challenging institutional whiteness: The lived experiences of structural tensions in diversity work. In B. J. Van Gilder, J. T. Austin, & J. Bishop (Eds.), Communication and organizational change making for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Routledge.
[42] Kim, H., Kiura, M.*, Leach, R.*, & Cho, H. J. (2023). The role of community engagement and entrepreneurship in sustainability performance of social ventures in South Korea. Contemporary Management Research, 19(2), 81-105. https://doi.org/10.7903/cmr.22107
[41] Kim, H. (2023). A politics of care as antiviolence. Hwanghae Review, 120, 130-153.
Note. The original title in Korean is “반폭력으로서 돌봄 정치.”
[40] Kim, H., & Kiura, M.* (2023). The influences of social status and organizational justice on employee voice: A case of customer care workers. International Journal of Business Communication, 60(3), 802-822. https://doi.org/10.1177/2329488420969776
[39] Kim, H., & Pilny, A. (2023). The use of enterprise social media and its disparate effects on the social connectivity of globally-dispersed workers. International Journal of Business Communication, 60(2), 420-438. https://doi.org/10.1177/2329488419877233
[38] Kiura, M.*, & Kim, H. (2023). A communicative approach to addressing interactional injustice in the workplace. Communication Teacher, 37(1), 2-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/17404622.2022.2047214
[37] Kim, H., Mattson, L.*, Zhang, D.*, & Cho, H. J. (2022). The role of organizational and supervisor support in young adult workers’ resilience, efficacy and burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 50(6), 691-710. https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2022.2141070
[36] Kim, H., & Stanley, B. L.* (2022). Health justice. International Encyclopedia of Health Communication. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119678816.iehc0835
[35] Kim, H., & van Essen, C.* (2022). Design of mobile health. International Encyclopedia of Health Communication. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119678816.iehc0730
[34] Kim, H. (2022). The ‘fairness’ discourses and discrimination. Issue and Review of Democracy, 77, 1-9. Korea Democracy Foundation.
Note. The original title in Korean is “‘공정’ 담론과 차별: 비판 및 과제.”
[33] Kim, H. (2022). Community-based solutions of gender violence. Hwanghae Review, 116, 254-268.
Note. The original title in Korean is “젠더 폭력의 공동체적 해결.”
[32] Kim, H. (2022). A world beyond fairness. Changbi Publishers.
Note. The original title in Korean is “공정 이후의 세계.”
[31] Kim, H. (2022). Noncomparative justice as a decolonial vision. In M. Pal & H. Kim (Eds.), Toward decolonizing organizational communication. Management Communication Quarterly, 36(3), 552-554. https://doi.org/10.1177/08933189221090255
[30] Pal, M., & Kim, H. (Eds.) (2022). Decolonizing organizational communication. Management Communication Quarterly, 36(3), 544-577. https://doi.org/10.1177/08933189221090255
[29] Leach, R. B.* & Kim, H. (2022). Using a choose-your-own-adventure game to explore the complexity of workplace compassion. Communication Teacher, 36(2), 99-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/17404622.2021.1959039
[28] Kim, H., & Leach, R.* (2021). Mitigating burnout through organizational justice: Customer support workers’ experiences of customer injustice and emotional labor. Management Communication Quarterly, 35(4), 497-517. https://doi.org/10.1177/08933189211012040
[27] Kim, H. (2020). The ideology of “fairness”: Beyond problematization, toward alternatives. Hwanghae Review, 109, 24-43.
Note. The original title in Korean is “공정의 이데올로기: 문제화를 넘어 대안으로.”
[26] Kim, H. (2020). Organizational justice guidebook for start-ups. Sopoong Ventures, LLC.
Note. The original title in Korean is “조직공정성: 튼튼한 스타트업을 위한 가이드북.”
[25] Kim, H., & Leach, R.* (2020). The role of digitally-enabled employee voice in fostering positive change and affective commitment in centralized organizations. Communication Monographs, 87(4), 425-444. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2020.1745859
[24] Kim, H., Tietsort, C.*, Posteher, K.*, Michaelides, A., & Toro-Ramos, T. (2020). Enabling self-management of a chronic condition through patient-centered coaching: A case of an mHealth diabetes prevention program for older adults. Health Communication, 35(14), 1791-1799. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2019.1663583
[23] Kim, H. (2020). Anti-racism and social inclusion. Historical Studies, 39, 335-350. https://doi.org/10.31552/jh.2020.09.39.335
Note. The original title in Korean is “인종과 인종주의를 넘어 포용 사회로.”
[22] Kim, H., Tietsort, C.*, & Posteher, K.* (2020). When big data meet supportive communication: Advancing mHealth intervention informed by social support scholarship. In N. Egbert, & K. Wright (Eds.), Social Support and Health in the Digital Age (p. 229-248). Lanham, MA: Lexington Books.
[21] Kim, H., & Scott, C. R. (2019). Change communication and the use of anonymous social media at work: Implications for employee engagement. Corporate Communications, 24(3), 410-424. https://doi.org/10.1108/CCIJ-07-2018-0076
[20] Kim, H., Gibbs, J. L., & Scott, C. R. (2019). Unpacking organizational awareness: scale development and empirical examinations in the context of distributed knowledge sharing. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 47(1), 47-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2018.1544719
[19] Lee, S. K., Kim, H., & Piercy, C. (2019). The role of status differentials and homophily in the formation of social support networks of a voluntary organization. Communication Research, 46(2), 208-235. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650216641501
[18] Gibbs, J. L., Kim, H., & Ki, S. (2019). Investigating the role of control and support mechanisms in members’ sense of virtual community. Communication Research, 46(1), 117-145. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650216644023
[17] Kim, H. (2018). The mutual constitution of social media use and status hierarchies in global organizing. Management Communication Quarterly, 32(4), 471-503. (Lead Article) https://doi.org/10.1177/0893318918779135
[16] Kim, H. (2018). Differential impacts of functional, geographical, and hierarchical diversity on knowledge sharing in the midst of organizational change. Management Communication Quarterly, 32(1), 5-30. https://doi.org/10.1177/0893318917728340 (Lead Article; Featured in the Management Communication Quarterly Newsletter)
[15] Kim, H., & Scott, C. R. (2018). Going anonymous: Uses and perceptions of anonymous social media in an IT organization. The Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Media & Society (pp. 335-339). New York, NY: ACM Press.
[14] Kim, H., Ray, C.*, & Veluscek, A.* (2017). Complementary support from facilitators and peers for promoting mHealth engagement and weight loss. Journal of Health Communication, 22(11), 905-912. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2017.1373876
[13] Kim, H., Faw, M., & Michaelides, A. (2017). Mobile but connected: Harnessing the power of self-efficacy and group support for weight loss success through mHealth intervention. Journal of Health Communication, 22(5), 395-402. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2017.1296510
[12] Gibbs, J. L., Kim, H., & Boyraz, M. (2017). Virtual teams. In C. R. Scott & L. K. Lewis (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication (pp. 1-14). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118955567.wbieoc215
[11] Kim, H., & Lingel, J. (2016). Working through paradoxes: Transnational migrants’ urban learning tactics using locative mobile technology. Mobile Media & Communication, 4(2), 221-236. https://doi.org/10.1177/2050157915619650
[10] Weber, M. S., & Kim, H. (2015). Investing in collaborative technology to improve communication? Proceed with caution. Communication Currents, 10(6). Retrieved from: http://www.natcom.org/CommCurrentsArticle.aspx?id=6733
[9] Weber, M. S., & Kim, H. (2015). Virtuality, technology use, and engagement within organizations. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 43(3), 385-407. https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2015.1083604 (Featured in Communication Currents)
[8] Kim, H. (2014). Enacted social support on social media and subjective well-being. International Journal of Communication, 8, 2201-2221.
[7] Kim, H., & Weber, M. (2012). Understanding the use of web-based technologies in a high-tech organization: the role of task properties and communication network characteristics. The Proceedings of the 4th Annual ACM Web Science Conference (pp. 225-230). New York, NY: ACM Press.
[6] Kim, H., & Kim, J. S. (2008). Convergence Culture. Seoul: Viz and Biz Press. (Korean translation of Jenkins, H. (2006). Convergence Culture. New York, NY: New York University Press.)
[5] Kim, H. (2007). Building a new time-space and Creative Commons: Cyworld and the blogosphere in South Korea. In H. Cho, H. Kim, S. Whang, K. Park, T. Yoon, H-M. Kim, C. Lee, & H. Kim-Lee. (et al.), The Internet and Asian Cultural Studies (pp. 79-120). Seoul, Korea: Yonsei University Press.
[4] H. Cho, H. Kim, S. Whang, K. Park, T. Yoon, H-M. Kim, C. Lee, & H. Kim-Lee. (2007) The Internet and Asian Cultural Studies. Seoul, Korea: Yonsei University Press.
[3] Hjorth, L., & Kim, H. (2005). Being there and being here: Gendered customizing of mobile 3G practices-through a case study in Seoul. Convergence, 11(2), 49-55. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856507084421
[2] Hjorth, L., & Kim, H. (2004). Society of the Phoneur: Gendered customising of mobile telephonic net practices in Seoul. The Proceedings of the Mobile Communication and Social Change Conference (pp. 237-242). Seoul, Korea: Korean Association for Broadcasting & Telecommunication Studies. Available online at: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/Journal/ArticleDetail/NODE01121658
[1] Kim, H., Cho, H., Cho, H., Park, H., & Yang, S. (Eds.), (2003). Rewriting Family Stories from a Feminist Perspective: Can We Live Together. Seoul, Korea: Another Culture Press.
Kim, H. (Co-PI). (PI: Dr. Youngwan Kim). Examining the factors of of local revitalization and sustainability. National Research Foundation of Korea. 2024-2028. (Approximately $480,000).
Kim, H. (Principal Investigator). Medical knowledge as technology of denial: The emerging forms of legal violence to discredit sexual violence survivors’ testimonies about trauma. Research Development Grant. Organization for Feminist Research for Gender and Communication. 2024.
Kim, H. (Principal Investigator). The rise of the neoliberal punitive state: The emerging forms of state violence and their impacts on people’s everyday lives in South Korea. A. T. Steele Faculty Grant. Center for Asian Research, Arizona State University, 2024.
Kim, H. (Co-PI). Local revitalization in a networked era and comparative studies of social capital in South Korea and Japan (PI: Dr. Seokjin Lew). National Research Foundation of Korea. 2021-2024. (Approximately $360,000)
Kim, H. (Co-PI). Local innovation and comparative studies of social capital in South Korea and Japan: A case of digital social innovation (DSI). (PI: Dr. Seokjin Lew). National Research Foundation of Korea. 2018-2021. (Approximately $240,000)
Kim, H (Principal Investigator), Pettigrew, J. (Co-Investigator), & Tein, J. (Co-Investigator). Faculty Scholar Award. Noom Coach Tailored: A culturally-appropriate mHealth lifestyle intervention for diabetes prevention and management among Hispanic older adults. Center for Innovation in Healthy and Resilient Aging, Arizona State University. 2020. ($44,974)
Kim, H. (Principal Investigator). Matching Grant. The Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University. 2020. ($5,000)
Kim, H. (Principal Investigator). Promoting voice of frontline workers: Organizational justice, psychological safety, and burnout in the South Korean care industries. A. T. Steele Faculty Grant. Center for Asian Research, Arizona State University, 2019. ($2,500)
Kim, H. (Principal Investigator). Unleashing voices through anonymous communication: Power disparities, workplace freedom of speech, and organizational dissent in South Korea. A. T. Steele Faculty Grant. Center for Asian Research, Arizona State University, 2018. ($3,000)
Kim, H. (Principal Investigator). Adaptive obesity interventions for high-risk populations using tailored mobile coaching. ISSR Seed Grant. Institute for Social Science Research, Arizona State University, 2017. ($5,534)
Kim, H. (Principal Investigator). Health in the Social Sciences Award. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, 2017. ($7,500)
Kim, H. (Principal Investigator). Social & Behavioral Sciences NIH-CDC Faculty Seed Grant. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, 2016 – 2017. ($1,000).
Kim, H. (Faculty Collaborator). Asia Mediated: Interdisciplinary Research and Teaching Innovation. (Principal Investigators: Juliane Schober, Pauline Cheong). The U.S. Department of Education, 2016 – 2018. ($189,688)
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 799 | Dissertation |
COM 450 | Organizational Communication |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
COM 691 | Seminar |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 450 | Organizational Communication |
COM 450 | Organizational Communication |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 792 | Research |
COM 799 | Dissertation |
COM 691 | Seminar |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
COM 450 | Organizational Communication |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 799 | Dissertation |
COM 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 799 | Dissertation |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 450 | Organizational Communication |
COM 450 | Organizational Communication |
COM 799 | Dissertation |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 799 | Dissertation |
COM 799 | Dissertation |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 799 | Dissertation |
COM 450 | Organizational Communication |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
COM 691 | Seminar |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 799 | Dissertation |
COM 259 | Comm Bus & the Professions |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 799 | Dissertation |
COM 799 | Dissertation |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 792 | Research |
COM 799 | Dissertation |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
COM 259 | Comm Bus & the Professions |
COM 259 | Comm Bus & the Professions |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 792 | Research |
COM 792 | Research |
COM 691 | Seminar |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 792 | Research |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 792 | Research |
COM 230 | Small Group Communication |
COM 450 | Organizational Communication |
2019 Fall
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COM 230 | Small Group Communication |
COM 598 | Special Topics |
Top Paper Award. Organizational Communication Interest Group, Western States Communication Association, 2022
Graduate Fellow. The 21st Annual Summer Institute on Innovative Approaches to Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials. National Institutes of Health (Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Disease Prevention), 2021
Top Paper Award. Organizational Communication Division. International Communication Association, 2018
Top Paper Award. Organizational Communication Interest Group, Western States Communication Association, 2018
Health in the Social Sciences Award. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, 2017
CGSA Outstanding Faculty Service Award. Communication Graduate Student Association, The Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, 2016-2017
Top 4 Paper Award. Organizational Communication Interest Group, Western States Communication Association, 2017
Academic Excellence Award. Ministry of Culture, Sport, and Tourism, South Korea, 2008
Board Member, September 1, 2023 – Present
Management Communication Quarterly
Board Member, September 1, 2023 – Present
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication
Board Member, January 1, 2024 – Present
Western Journal of Communication