Communication Sciences and Disorders

Biography

Dr. Sojung Kim earned a B.A. in child psychology and education from Seung Kyun Kwan University in Seoul, Korea, an M.A. in speech-language pathology from Ohio University, and a Ph.D. in speech, language, and hearing science from Arizona State University.  Before she entered into academia, Dr. Kim worked as an early intervention provider for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and a statistician and clinical supervisor in Infant Child Research Programs at Arizona State University.  Her research and clinical expertise includes Augmentative and Alternative Communication, quantitative analyses, early intervention, and scholarship of teaching and learning.  Her work has been disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and presentations at local, state, and national conferences.  Dr. Kim serves as the chairperson for the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. 

Education

Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Science
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; August 2010

 

M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology
Ohio University, Athens, OH; August 2002

 

B.A. in Child Psychology and Education
Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea; February 1996 

Courses

 

Course Number	Course Name
FYE 100D	First Year Experience
CSD 106	Anatomy of Speech and Hearing Mechanisms (online and in-person)
CSD 270	Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication (online)
SLP 501	Foundations of Research in Speech-Language Pathology
SLP 521	Assistive Technologies for Communication and Participation (online)
SLP 545	Augmentative and Alternative Communication
SLP 551	Clinical Practicum
SLP 553	School-Based Affiliation Practicum

Certifications/Awards/Grants

Certifications

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (2003 - present)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of State Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, Speech-Language Pathology (2011 - present)

New York State Board for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology (2003 - present)

Arizona Bureau of Special Licensing, Department of Health Services, Speech-Language Pathology (2006 - present)

Grants Received

Provost Research Grant ($9,971, 1/2022) Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, West Chester University: “Augmentative and Alternative Communication Social Club for Nonverbal Adults with Developmental Disabilities” Investigator: Sojung Kim
Role: Primary Investigator

Student-Faculty Research Award ($1500, 4/2019) College of Health Sciences, West Chester University: “Critical Period for Phonological Development in Second Language Acquisition”
Investigators: Sojung Kim, Patricia Swasey Washington, and Alyssa Zimmerman
Role: Primary Investigator

Student-Faculty Research Award ($1,000, 2/2014) College of Health Sciences, West Chester University: “Critical Period for Phonological Development in Second Language Acquisition”
Investigators: Sojung Kim, Patricia Swasey Washington, and Alyssa Zimmerman
Role: P.I.

Summer Undergraduate Research Institute ($2000, 6/2014) Office of Sponsored Research, West Chester University: “Melodic Intonation Therapy: Exploring the Sum of Its Parts”
Investigators: Sojung Kim and Emily Deeves
Role: P.I.

Student-Faculty Research Award ($1,000, 2/2014) College of Health Sciences, West Chester University: “Melodic Intonation Therapy: Exploring the Sum of Its Parts”
Investigators: Sojung Kim, Taiwo Whetstone, and Emily Deeves
Role: P.I.

Scholarship of Teaching Award ($600, 4/2013) College of Health Sciences, West Chester University: “Enhancing the Writing Skills of CSD Students: Assessing Technical Skills”
Investigators: Sojung Kim, Elizabeth Grillo, Cheryl Gunter, and Mareile Koenig
Role: Co-Investigator

Faculty Grants Development Award ($6,209, 11/2012) Office of Sponsored Research, West Chester University: “Child-Directed Speech, Socioeconomic status, and Knowledge of Child Development in Korean- and Spanish-Speaking Bilingual Mothers”
Investigators: Sojung Kim and Patricia Swasey Washington
Role: P.I.

Student-Faculty Research Award ($1,000, 2/2012) College of Health Sciences, West Chester University: “The Effect of the iPad on Turn-Taking Behaviors in Children with Autism”
Investigators: Sojung Kim, Elizabeth Clarke, and Nicole Cremia
Role: P.I.

Award

Advising Excellence Award (Fall 2021) The Committee for Advising Excellence, West Chester University

Selected Presentations at National Conferences

*Clarke, E., *Cremia, N., *Nygren, L., *Miller, J., & Kim, S. (2012, November 15-17). The effect of the iPad on turn-taking behaviors [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Atlanta, GA. https://convention.asha.org 

Hallowell, B., Kim, S., Franko, N., Reid, A., Evans, A., & Jackson, C. (2002, November 21-24). How well do we control for vision in neurogenic language disorders research [Poster presentation]? American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Atlanta, GA. https://convention.asha.org 

Grillo, E. U., Koenig, M. A., Gunter, C. D., & Kim, S. (2014, November 20-22). Teaching students to think critically, apply evidence, and write professionally [Conference session]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Orlando, FL. https://convention.asha.org  

Gunter, C. D., Koenig, M. A., Kim, S., & Grillo, E. U. (2016, November 17-19). How to analyze CSD student’s critical thinking and professional writing [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Philadelphia, PA. https://convention.asha.org  

Kim, S. (2011, November 16-19). Children’s vocabulary, code-related skills, and parental book-reading [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, San Diego, CA. https://convention.asha.org  

Kim, S., Cardon, T., & Wilcox. M. J. (2009, November 19-21). Home versus center EI visits: Strategies to encourage caregiver participation [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA. https://convention.asha.org  

Kim, S., Carnahan, C. L., & Wilcox, M. J. (2009, April 2-4). Does caregiver verbal responsivity interact with treatment to predict child word Learning [Poster presentation]? Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Denver, CO. https://www.srcd.org/event/srcd-2009-biennial-meeting   

Kim, S., Carnahan, C. L., & Wilcox, M. J. (2008, November 19-21). Caregiver verbal responsivity to prelinguistic versus symbolic communication [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL. https://convention.asha.org  

Kim, S., Gunter, C. D., Koenig, M. A., & Grillo, E. U. (2015, November 12-14). Analysis of written expository text produced by undergraduate SLP students: Critical thinking skills [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Denver, CO. https://convention.asha.org     

Kim, S., & Ingram, D. (2009, November 19-21). A user’s guide to the computer programs for language transcripts [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA. https://convention.asha.org  

Kim, S., & *Liebenberg, H. (2019, November 21-23). Linking clinic with classroom in preservice AAC training: Pedagogical approach [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA. https://convention.asha.org    

Kim, S., Robinson, L., *Quick, C., & *Lee, J. (2018, November 15-17). Preservice training of AAC for undergraduate and graduate CSD students: AAC summer camp [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston, MA. https://convention.asha.org  

Kim, S., Roman, A. M., *Moore, A., & *Julian, K. (2021, November 18-20). Patients’ and caregivers’ satisfaction regarding telepractice versus in-person services at a university speech, language, and hearing clinic [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Washington, D.C. https://convention.asha.org  

Kim, S., & Wilcox, M. J. (2007, November 15-17). Does maternal verbal responsivity predict word learning of children with language delay [Poster presentation]? American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston, MA. https://convention.asha.org  

Koenig, M. A., Gunter, C. D., Grillo, E. U., & Kim, S. (2012, November 15-17). Analysis of written expository text produced by undergraduate SLP students [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Atlanta, GA. https://convention.asha.org 

Koenig, M. A., Kim, S., Grillo, E. U., & Gunter, C. D. (2013, November 14-16). Analysis of written expository text produced by undergraduate SLP students: A second look. [Poster session]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL. https://convention.asha.org 

Koenig, M. A., Kim, S., & *Laudermilch, E. (2012, November 15-17). Selecting applicants for graduate studies in SLP: What predicts success [Poster presentation]? American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Atlanta, GA. https://convention.asha.org 

Marinellie, S., Kim, S., & Owens, A. (2002, November 21-24). Beyond –ing and –ed: Advanced syntactic structures used by school-age children with specific language impairment [Poster session]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Atlanta, GA. https://convention.asha.org 

*Whetstone, T., Kim, S., Reynolds, C., & *Deeves, E. (2014, November 20-22). Melodic intonation therapy: Exploring the sum of its parts [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Orlando, FL. https://convention.asha.org  

Wilcox, M. J., Guimond, A. B., & Kim, S. (2010, February 26-27). The relationship between home visiting practices focused on teaching caregivers and children's outcomes [Poser presentation]. Conference on Research Innovations in Early Intervention, San Diego, CA. https://www.education.uw.edu/criei/about-criei

*Zimmerman, A., Swasey Washington, P., Kim, S., & Gunter, C. D. (2019, November 21-23). Relation of speaker variables to listener perception of non-native accented speech [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Orlando, FL. https://convention.asha.org  

* Denotes student author

Publications

Publications in Peer-Revised Journals

Kim, S., & Choe, Y. (2023). Linking clinic with classroom in intensive focused preservice education on augmentative and alternative communication training. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(6), 2922-2939. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00020

Kim, S., Roman, A., & *Moore, A. (2022). Patients' and caregivers' satisfaction regarding the telepractice versus face-to-face services in a university speech, language, and hearing clinic. Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders, 7(3), 83-93. https://doi.org/10.21849/cacd.2021.00598

Roman, A., Kim, S., & Means, J. W. (2021). First-year graduate clinicians' perceptions of synchronous telepractice delivery. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups 10 Issues in Higher Education, 6(4), 867-875. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_PERSP-20-00208

*Whetstone, T., Kim, S., Reynolds, C., & *Deeves, E. (2018). Case study: Differential effects of melody and rhythm in melodic intonation therapy. Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders, 3(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.21849/cacd.2018.00325

Kim, S., & *Clarke, E. (2015). Case study: An iPad-based intervention on turn-taking behaviors in preschoolers with autism. Behavioral Development Bulletin, 20(2), 253-264. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0101314

Kim, S., *Im, H., & Kwon, K. (2015). The role of home literacy environment in toddlerhood in development of vocabulary and decoding skills. Child and Youth Care Forum, 44(1), 835-852. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-015-9309-y

Grillo, E. U., Koenig, M. A., Gunter, C. D., & Kim, S. (2014). Teaching CSD graduate students to think critically, apply evidence, and write professionally. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 36(4), 241-251. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525740114549014

Kim, S., & Koenig, M. (2014). Selecting applicants for master's degree SLP programs: What predicts success? PSHA Journal, 5-10.

* Denotes student author