KIM KORINEK portrait
  • Director, Asia Center, Asian Studies Program
  • Regional Faculty Affiliate, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington
  • Director, Asia Center, Asian Studies Program
  • Professor, Sociology Department

Professional Service

  • Demography journal. Role: Deputy Editor. Editorial. 12/2022 - present
  • Population, Health and Armed Conflict Network. Co-founder. 08/2020 - present
  • Asian Population Studies Journal. Role: Member. International Advisory Board . 12/2018 - present
  • Pacific Sociological Association. Role: Member. Committee on Committees. 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2018
  • Sociology of Development, an ASA Journal. Editorial Board Member. 10/01/2014 - present
  • Population Association of America. Paper session discussant, “International and Internal Migration in Developing Countries,” Population Association of America Annual Meeting, San Francisco, May 1, 2014. 05/01/2014 - present
  • Population Association of America. Role: Discussant. New Directions in International Migration Research Paper Session. 05/04/2012 - present

Internal Service

  • Geography Faculty Search Committee. Member, 09/2022 - 12/2022. Department service.
  • CSBS Superior Research Committee. 01/2022 - present. College service.
  • Foreign Language and Area Studies Scholarship Committee . 02/2020 - present. Department service.
  • Asian Studies Program, Graduate Council Review, Coordinator . 02/2020 - 06/2022. Department service.
  • Tenured Faculty Review Committee, Theresa Martinez. Member, 02/2019 - 04/2019. Department service.
  • Tenured Faculty Review Committee, Heather Melton. Member, 02/2019 - 04/2019. Department service.
  • GLAD Grant Award Committee. Member, 01/2019 - 02/2019. University service.
  • Director Search Committee, Tanner Humanities Center. Member, 12/2018 - 01/2019. University service.
  • Workload Policy Committee. Member, 08/2018 - present. Department service.
  • Interdisciplinary Research Taskforce. Member, 07/2017 - present. College service.
  • Academic Senate. Senator, 07/2017 - present. University service.
  • Global U Taskforce. Member, 07/2017 - present. University service.
  • Retention, Tenure and Promotion Commitee, Department of Sociology. Chair , 07/2017 - 06/2018. Department service.
  • Urbanization, Migration and Communities, TEP proposal. Directed proposal development, 03/2017 - present. University service.
  • Graduate Program Committee. Member, 07/2016 - present. Department service.
  • Global and Comparative Sociology, Search Commitee. Member, 07/2016 - 12/2016. Department service.
  • General Education Curriculum Committee . Committee Member, 08/15/2014 - 06/2015. University service.
  • University Research Committee . Member, 07/2014 - 06/2017. University service.
  • Director of Undergraduate Research, Search Committee . Committee Member, 02/2014 - 04/2014. University service.
  • Visiting Assistant Professor Search Committee . Committee Member, 03/2013 - 04/2013. Department service.
  • Graduate School Dean Search Committee . Committee Member, 01/2013 - 05/2013. University service.
  • Asian Studies MA Admissions Committee and FLAS Committee . Committee Chair, 08/21/2012 - present. Other service.
  • Retention, Promotion and Tenure Committee. Member, 08/2012 - present. Department service.
  • Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy, Advisory Board . Member, 05/2012 - present. University service.
  • Fine Arts Area Committee. Member, 09/2011 - 04/2013. University service.
  • Peace and Conflict Studies Steering Committee. Member, 09/2010 - present. University service.

Community Partnership

  • Coalition of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers. 07/01/2014 - present

Outreach

  • “Sociological Perspectives for Understanding Immigrant Incorporation,” presentation at Tanner Humanities Center Gateway to Learning Educator Workshop on Understanding Utah’s Refugee Communities,” August 6, 2013. 08/06/2013 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Poster Session Award. Population Association of America, 04/2017
  • University Teaching Grant. Innovations in Promoting Student Access and Engagement in an Online General Education Diversity Course. University Teaching Committee, 04/21/2014
  • Superior Teaching Award. College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2009