Hye-Kyung Kang

Hye-Kyung Kang, MA, MSW, PhD, is Associate Professor at Seattle University. She received her MSW and PhD at the University of Washington. Dr. Kang’s research focuses on postcolonial social work practice, community organizing and mobilization in immigrant communities and communities of color, cultural citizenship, and critical pedagogy. In the recent years, she has been focusing on building community capacity and university-community partnership with marginalized communities through community-based participatory research. She is concerned with the interconnection between personal struggles, environmental problems and societal oppression and inequalities, and continues to teach clinical social work practice that integrates multiple contexts and narratives.

Education

• University of Washington - Ph. D., Social Welfare 1999 - 2006
• University of Washington - MSW, Social Work 2002 - 2004
• Antioch University Seattle - MA, Psychology 1993 - 1995
• University of Washington - B.S., Psychology 1986 - 1988

Companies

• Department Chair Seattle University (2018)
• Director of MSW Program/Associate Professor Seattle University (2015)
• Independent Consultant/Trainer (Social Justice, Diversity & Inclusion, Higher Education, Teaching) Private Practice (1990)
• Associate Professor Smith College (2008 — 2015)
• Assistant Professor Smith Collge (2008 — 2014)
• Advisory Board Member KABHA (2006 — 2013)
• Consultant/Researcher The Beautiful Foundation, USA (2006 — 2008)
• Assistant Professor Fordham University (2005 — 2008)
• Lecturer University of Washington School of Social Work (2002 — 2004)