Julie Kim, PhD

Education:
PhD, Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology, Boston College

MA, Applied Developmental Psychology, New York University

BA, Psychology, Smith College

Bio:

Julie Kim is a developmental psychologist and a researcher with expertise in early childhood development. Her broad research interests include: (1) fostering early learning and development within children’s proximal contexts (e.g., family, school, and community) with a strengths-based lens, and (2) translating research to practice for building greater equity in early learning opportunities.

Julie has extensive applied research experience, ranging from research planning (e.g., co-designing research through research-to-practice partnerships with family-facing practitioners) to data collection and analyses (e.g., mixed methods).

She joined the Brazelton Touchpoints Center in 2024 as a postdoctoral research fellow.

Areas of Interest:
Family engagement
Early childhood development
Early math development
Quality early child care

Selected Publications:
Kim, J.J., Henry, D.A., & Dearing, E. (2023). Early childhood predictors of black children’s achievement: Home, early care and education, and neighborhood contexts. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 63(1), 337–351.

Borowiec, K., Kim, D., Wang, L., Kim, J., & Wortham, S. (2021). Supporting holistic student development through online community building. Online Learning, 25(4), 125–155.