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Jinhee Kim, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
Family Science
1204 J Marie Mount Hall
College Park, MD 20742
College Park, MD 20742
Email:
jinkim@umd.edu
Phone:
301-405-3500
Education:
- Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic and State University, 2000
- M.S. Seoul National University, Korea, 1995
- B.S. Seoul National University, Korea, 1993
Biography:
Recent Accomplishments
- Member, National Initiative Management Team, Financial Security in Later Life, United States Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Research Education and Extension Service.
- Leader, Maryland Saves Coalition
- Director of Research, National Institute for Personal Finance Employee Education, Virginia Tech.
- Co-editior, Personal Finances and Worker Productivity, Virginia Tech.
- Conducted and published research in the area of workplace financial education and financial well-being.
- Outstanding Educational Program (National Initiative Mangement Team Member), 2004.
- ADEC Excellence in College and University Distance Education Honorable Mention Award (National Initiative Management Team member), 2004.
- Received General Research Board Summer Research Award in 2002.
- Conducted and published research in the area of workplace financial education and financial well-being.
Funded Research
- UMCP, General Research Board Summer Research Award: Impact of a Workplace Financial Education on Financial Well-Being
- Maryland State Department of Human Resources: Financial Counseling Program
- USDA/Maryland State Department of Human Resources: Food Resource Management Grant
- High School Financial Planning Program
Research Focus
Financial stress, health, and work outcome behaviors of employees; credit counseling and debt management; and food resource management of low income families