Nadia Y. Kim

Nadia Y. Kim is Professor of Sociology at Loyola Marymount University and held the distinguished 2018 Thomas Tam Professorship at City University of New York Graduate Center. Her scholarly work bridges sociology with American Studies, Ethnic Studies, and Indigenous Studies paradigms through critical examinations of racial and citizenship inequalities.

Her research investigates:

• Transnational race dynamics affecting Korean/Asian Americans and South Koreans
• Grassroots activism among Asian/Latinx immigrants for Environmental Justice in LA
• Intersectional analyses of race, gender, class, and citizenship
• Cultural globalization and resistance to nativist racism under neoliberal capitalism

Professor Kim has received significant honors including:

• Two American Sociological Association book awards for Imperial Citizens
• Multiple best article awards
• Early career recognitions
• Teaching excellence awards

Her current book project We the Polluted People examines how immigrant activists redefine citizenship through embodied politics confronting environmental racism and systemic marginalization.