Faculty Profile
Wooksoo Kim
Associate Professor
Social Work
wkim5@buffalo.edu
Education:
- PhD, Social Welfare, University of Washington, 2002
Professional experience:
- Faculty, Social Work, University at Buffalo
What mentoring means to me:
Mentoring is a critical component for success in graduate education and beyond. It is my hope to help students navigate academia while juggling non-academic demands in life.
Topics I am willing to discuss with students:
Minority Experiences
- Being a woman and related discrimination.
- Mental health and/or abilities and related discrimination.
- Racial, ethnic, cultural and/or religious minority status and related discrimination.
Personal Circumstances
- Caregiving for children.
- Non-U.S. citizen or immigrant experiences.
Academic Culture
- Dealing with politics and conflict with faculty or peers.
- Decoding and demystifying academic culture and norms.
- Taking a non-traditional path to grad school.
- Uncertainty about staying in grad school.