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Nadia Y. Kim is the George Sumey Jr. Professor in Liberal Arts and Claudius M. Easley Jr. Faculty Fellow at Texas A&M University's Department of Sociology. Her work focuses on race, citizenship, environmental justice, and transnationalism, particularly among Korean/Asian Americans and South Koreans. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Key research areas include comparative racialization of Latinx, Black, and Asian Americans; intersectionality; and imperialism's impact on marginalized communities.
Kim’s influential books include Imperial Citizens: Koreans and Race from Seoul to LA (2008) and Refusing Death: Immigrant Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice in LA (2021), both award-winning. Her edited volume Disciplinary Futures (2023) critiques and reimagines sociological frameworks through decolonial and intersectional lenses. She actively engages in public discourse via media appearances (e.g., NPR, Red Table Talk) and policy advocacy.
Her awards span over two decades, including multiple book prizes for Refusing Death and recognition for early career contributions to Asian American and race studies. Kim’s research bridges academia and activism, emphasizing grassroots movements and embodied resistance against systemic injustices.
