Cathy Kim

Associate Professor of Education

Phone: 253-535-7775

Email: kimck@plu.edu

Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 121

  • Professional
  • Biography

Education

  • Ph.D., Curriculum & Instruction: Technology Integration & Learning Sciences , University of Washington, 2017
  • M.A.T., University of Puget Sound, 1996
  • B.S., Western Washington University, 1995
  • Multiple endorsement areas STEM and Humanities, Washington State Continuing Teaching Certification, since 1996
  • National Board Certification, since 2002
  • Elluminate (Blackboard) Teacher Certification, 2009
  • 21st Century Digital Learning Design, 2014
  • Certificate in Mixed Methods Education Sciences, 2017

Areas of Emphasis or Expertise

  • Innovation and Technology in Education
  • Instructional Design, Learning Environments
  • Organizational Change
  • Curricular and Content Integration
  • Science and Engineering Practices
  • Programs: FYEP, BAE, MAE, ARC

Books

  • In C. Schlein & S. Crump (Eds.), Active and Engaging Classrooms: A Practical Exploration of Higher Education. Chapters Kim, C., & Menson, K., Expanding service-learning: Partnering with K12 schools in education. (Emerald Publishing Limited. 2024) : View Book

Selected Presentations

  • Kim, C., Harnessing AI to Enhance Student-Centered Learning: Elevating Agency and Sense-Making in Education, [Symposium Invited Panelist: Confronting Complex Educational Challenges in Instructional Design and Technology Research and Practice], AERA Annual Meeting, Research, Remedy, and Repair: Toward Just Educational Renewal. Denver, CO. (2025, April 26)
  • Query, N., & Kim, C., Integrating Generative AI into Instructional Design to Increase Accessibility, AERA Annual Meeting, Research, Remedy, and Repair: Toward Just Educational Renewal. Denver, CO. (2025, April 25)
  • Kim, C., & Query, N., Preservice Teachers Interpretations of Classroom Technology: Analyzing Technology Integration Over Time, 2024 AERA Annual Meeting, Dismantling Racial Injustice and Constructing Educational Possibilities: A Call to Action. Philadelphia, PA. (2024, April 14)

Selected Articles

  • Kim, C., Borda, E., Geary, E., Sorensen, J., Dehaine, J., Rios, J., Baldwin, K., Antilla-Garza, J., McMahon, A., Holmlund, T., & McNamara, J. "What if universities started collaborating more and competing less? An approach for statewide shared responsibility for STEM teacher education." Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning Vol. 56(3), 2024: 15-22.
  • Kim, C. "Toward more meaningful tech integration: Supporting preservice teachers to connect and ideate." Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice 2022: 22(14).

Biography

Dr. Kim has been involved with the work of teacher preparation at PLU since 2005 – teaching, mentoring, and designing programs and certificates. She joined as full-time faculty in 2018 and teaches math, science, technology integration/embedded instructional design, educational psychology, and multicultural education courses.

As the PLU Implementation Team Lead, she worked with universities across the state in NextGen-WA [NSF grant, Next Generation of STEM Teacher Preparation (NGSTP) in Washington State] to improve STEM teacher preparation and increase recruitment and retention of quality diverse teacher candidates.

Continuing to re-certify and sustain high standards as a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) since 2002, she combines 33 years of teaching and leading in Washington State with years of designing and facilitating university and K-12 traditional and hybrid professional development programs. She has been a soccer coach, peer-mentor, instructional coach, and elementary and secondary teacher in all core content areas (as well as art and music) in varied formal and informal settings: in-person classroom, online, homeschooling, and hyflex. Additionally, as an instructional designer, she’s engaged as part of multiple faculty technology task forces and advised 12+ university degree and certification programs. Her expertise lies in understanding educational systems and teacher development across all stages of the career-long teacher professional growth continuum, and she is passionate about technology integration for what she calls ‘in-process’ learning and elevating student agency and sense-making across content areas.

Please contact her (email, F2F, phone, text, etc.) if you would like to meet and chat – she will always work with you to find a time/date that fits your schedule. Don’t limit yourself to what is posted on her office door.