Yanghee Kim

Dr. Yanghee Kim has been committed to promoting women’s status and gender equality throughout her professional career. Yanghee, trained in Applied Social Psychology at Loyola University Chicago(1986), has been fascinated by applying theories and methodologies of social psychology to various social issues such as gender, leadership, media and environment. For 19 years, she worked for the Korean Women’s Development Institute(KWDI), a government-funded research institute specializing in gender policy-related research. One of her major contributions at KWDI had to do with developing gender mainstreaming tools and having them (such as Gender Impact Assessment and Gender Budget) institutionalized in Korea. Even before she got involved with KWSE, she had carried out several research projects on women in the field of S&T, including (funded by UNESCO, 2001), (funded by UNDP, 2000), etc. Currently, she is the CEO of Gender & Leadership, a research and training center she established in 2009. Gender & Leadership specializes in women’s and gender-inclusive leadership for which Yanghee wrote two books and numerous articles. Yanghee has been active in social movement as well, holding membership of and supporting several women’s as well as environmental NGOs. At present, she is a co-representative of the Korean Women’s Environmental Network(KWEN, a NGO rooted in theories of ecofeminism) for which she was one of founding members 19 years ago.

Education

Ph.D. Loyola University Chicago (1981 — 1986)

Companies

• Director Gender and Leadership (2009)
• Adjunct Professor, lecturer Korean Institute for Gender Equality Promotion and Education (2006)
• Adjunct Professor, Lecturer Sookmyung Women's University (2010 — 2016)
• Adjunct Professor Ewha Institute for Leadership Development (2010 — 2011)
• Adjunct Professor Catholic University (2007 — 2009)
• Senior Research Fellow, Director of Gender Mainstreaming Department Korean Women's Development Institute(KWDI) (1989 — 2008)
• Visiting Senior Research Fellow Center for Creative Leadership (2005 — 2005)