Jieun Kim

Grad Service Assistant,

WATTS School of Public Affairs Graduate Students - JM

jkim593@asu.edu

Mail code: 3720

Campus: Dtphx
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Student Information

Graduate Student
Public Administration and Policy
Watts Col of Pub Ser & Com Sol

Long Bio

Jieun Kim is a Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration and Policy at Arizona State University and a promising early-career researcher in the field of urban sustainability and environmental policy. She was recognized as a Staats Emerging Scholar from the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA). Her work demonstrates a strong commitment to understanding and addressing the complex interactions between urban development, environmental initiatives, and their societal impacts. Her research focuses on critical issues such as climate change adaptation and the distribution of green spaces in urban areas with a specific interest in policy design of Nature-based Solutions for local climate change adaptation. Her works have been published in the Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Greening and Urban Forestry, and Landscape and Urban Planning.

Education

M.R.P Cornell University
B.Arch & BFA Rhode Island School of Design

Research Website URL

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jieun-Kim-101/research

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=upYSLaQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Publications

Kim, J., Kim, Y., & Stuhlmacher, M. (2024). The Green Space Dilemma: Pathways to Greening with and without Gentrification. Journal of Urban Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2024.2326489
Nelson, J., Won, Y., Kim, J., Stuhlmacher, M., & Kim, Y. (2024). Is the Grass Greener or Water Bluer? Drivers of Local Park Visitation Patterns in Phoenix, Arizona. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128325
Kim, Y., Corley, E.A., Won, Y., & Kim, J. (2023). Green Space Access and Visitation Disparities in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. Landscape and Urban Planning, 237, 104805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104805
Stuhlmacher, M., Kim, Y., & Kim, J. (2022). The Role of Green Space in Chicago’s Gentrification. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 71, 127569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127569

Courses

2024 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
PAF 302	Public Service Research Method
PAF 302	Public Service Research Method

2023 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
PAF 340	Contemporary Policy Challenges

Expertise Areas

Climate Change

Environmental and Resiliency Planning

Environmental Policy

Urban Policy