Texas Tech University

Haram Kim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Counseling

Email: haram.kim@ttu.edu

Phone: (806) 834-5625

Office: 452D; Lab: B12 & B14

Website: https://haramjuliakim.wixsite.com/haram-j-1

CV: https://haramjuliakim.wixsite.com/haram-j-1/c-v

*Dr. Haram Kim will be reviewing applications for the incoming 2025-2026 class.

Haram Kim

Research Interests

Intersection between work and well-being, work of marginalized populations in society, systemic and structural inequalities and work, school-to-work transition, and career interventions.

 

Education

Ph.D., University of Florida, Counseling Psychology

M.A., Yonsei University, Counseling Psychology, School and Career Counseling Lab

B.A., Yonsei University, Psychology

Selected Research

Garrison, Y. K., Her, J. E, Kim, T., & Kim, H.J. (2024). Vocational experiences of Korean women with a high school diploma: Insights into work precarity and social marginalization. Journal of Career Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072724126693

 

Kim, J.H., Kim, H.J., Duffy, R.D., & Lee, K-H. (2024). Relative importance of work need satisfaction among working adults in the United States and South Korea: A cross-cultural study. Journal of Career Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727231205300

 

Kim, H.J., Buyukgoze-Kavas, A., Duffy, R.D., Perez, G. (2023). A cross-cultural validation of Psychology of Working Theory with Turkish working adults. Journal of Career Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727231210815

 

Duffy, R.D., Kim, H.J., Perez, G., Prieto, C., Torgal, C., Kenny, M. E. (2022). Decent education as a precursor to decent work: An overview and construct conceptualization. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 138, 103771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2022.103771

 

Duffy, R.D, Kim, H.J., Allan, B. A., Prieto, C. G., & Perez, G. (2022). Structural predictors of underemployment during COVID-19 pandemic: A psychology of working perspective. The Counseling Psychologist, 50, 477-505. https://doi.org/10.1177/00110000221078819

 

Kim, H.J., Mcneil, V. A., Wang, D, Duffy, R.D., & Underill, B. D. (2022) Women of Color and decent work: An examination of psychology of working theory. Career Development Quarterly, 70, 125-137. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12291

 

Duffy, R.D., Kim, H.J., Boren, S., Pendleton, L.H., & Perez, G. (2021). Lifetime experiences of economic constraints and marginalization among incoming college students: A latent profile analysis. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000344

 

Kim, H.J., Kang, J.,Kim, N-R. (2021). Development of short perceived social support through others scale (PSO-8): A Rasch analysis. Journal of Human Understanding and Counseling, 42, 51-70.https://doi.org/10.30593/jhuc.42.1.3 

 

Kim, H.J., Duffy, R.D., & Allan, B.A. (2021). Profiles of decent work: General trends and group differences. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 68(1), 54-66. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000434

 

Kim, H.J., Kim, S. Y., Duffy, R.D., Ngyuen, N.P., & Wang, D. (2020). A cross-cultural comparison of the psychology of working theory among US and Korean college students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 67(5), 568-579. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000408

 

Kim, H.J., Duffy, R.D., Lee, S., Lee, J., Lee, K-H. (2019). Application of the psychology of working theory with Korean emerging adults. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 66, 701-713. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000368

 

Kim, H. J., Praskova, A., & Lee, K-H. (2017). Cross-cultural validation of the career calling scale for Korean emerging adults, Journal of Career Assessment, 25, 434-449. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072716639852