Su Yeong Kim

1.  Kim, S. Y., Shen, J., Yávar Calderón, M. P., Zhang, T., Wen, W., Lo, A. Y. H., Coulter, K. M., Yan, J. & Kim-Guzman, E. (2025). Parenting of Asian adolescents: A systematic review of the past decade. Adolescent Research Review.

2.  Kim, S. Y., Song, J., Wen, W., Yan, J., Tse, H. W., Chen, S., López, B. G., Shen, Y., & Hou, Y. (2024). Language brokering profiles of Mexican-origin adolescents in immigrant communities: Socio-cultural contributors and developmental outcomes. Child Development, 95(4), 1237-1253. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14078 PMID: 38303138

3.  Kim, S. Y., Yan, J., Wen, W., Song, J., Chen, S., Zhang, M., López, B. G., Arredondo, M., Gleason, M. E. J., & Ip, K. (2024). Daily and ethnic discriminatory experiences and cognitive control in Mexican-origin bilingual language brokers. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 27(7), 978-992. http://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2024.2308663. PMCID: PMC11299872

4.  Kim, S. Y., Wen, W., Coulter, K. M., Du, Y., Tse, H. W., Hou, Y., Chen, S., & Shen, Y. (2024). Survival analysis and socio-cognitive factors in the timing of COVID-19 vaccination among Mexican-origin youth. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-01995-1 PMID: 38580808

5.  Kim, S. Y., Wen, W., Coulter, K. M., Tse, H. W., Du, Y., Chen, S., Hou, Y., & Shen, Y. (2024). Sociocultural antecedents and mechanisms of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Mexican-origin youth. Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2024.2355117 PMID: 38874131

6.  Kim, S. Y., Wen, W., Chen, S., Yan, J., Song, J., Zhang, M., & Zeiders, K. H. (2022). Mexican-origin youths’ language brokering for fathers and mothers: Daily experiences and youths’ diurnal cortisol slopes. Child Development, 93(4), 1106-1120. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13768  PMCID: PMC10371207

7.  Kim, S. Y., Matsui, E. C., Wen, W., Tse, H. W., & Chambliss, S. E. (2022). Demographic and psychosocial characteristics, air pollution exposure, and housing mobility of Mexican immigrant families. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 10(6), 2970-2985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01473-6 PMID: 36512313.

8.  Kim, S. Y., Song, J., Chen, S., Wen, W., Zhang, M., Yan, J., López, B. G., Arredondo, M., & Ip, K. (2021). Culturally relevant stressors as moderators of intergenerational transmission of mother-adolescent executive function in Mexican Immigrant Families. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 6, 70. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-021-00333-x PMCID: PMC8566615

9.  Kim, S. Y., Chen, S., Wen, W., Yan, J., Song., J., Hou, Y., Zhang, M., Schwartz, S. J., & Shen, Y. (2021). Language brokering-stress transition profiles and marijuana use in Mexican-origin adolescents. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 53(5), 384-393. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2021.1992046 PMCID: PMC9012145

10. Kim, S. Y., Zhang, M., Chen, S., Song, J., López, B. G., Rodriguez, E. M., Calzada, E. J., Hou, Y., Yan, J., & Shen, Y. (2020). Bilingual language broker profiles and academic competence in Mexican-origin adolescents. Developmental Psychology, 56(8), 1582-1595. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001010 PMCID: PMC8254578

Current Ph.D. Students

Tianlu Zhang

Wei Wang

Undergraduate Student Opportunities

Undergraduate research assistants are sought for various positions, including interviewing and calling participants, data management, data analysis, transcriptions, and general office tasks related to the research. Contact su.yeong.kim@utexas.edu for more information and to schedule an interview. Students with written and verbal proficiency in Spanish or Chinese (Cantonese) are encouraged to inquire about current research opportunities. Spanish/Chinese language fluency is desirable but not required.

My undergraduate students and I developed an after-school program for middle school students to become better and more efficient translators for their English-limited parents. We have a team of research assistants who develop and deliver a weekly curriculum at the middle school. As Editor of the journal Journal of Research on Adolescence, my main priority is to publish rigorous, cutting-edge science to advance the psychological science of adolescents in a global context.  My scholarly papers focus on ethnic minority and immigrant groups, and I pay special attention to the unique stressors facing these groups, as well as mechanisms to identify the modifiable mediators and moderators that may be leveraged to develop intervention programs to improve the health and well-being of minority populations. My undergraduate course and graduate seminar focus on the ecology of human development and the diverse experiences of ethnic minority and immigrant populations. As my research focus is on immigrant families, students who are bilingual and of ethnic minority backgrounds are naturally drawn to work with me. Other students appreciate the opportunity to work with a diverse team and to learn about the lived experiences of ethnic minorities and immigrants in the United States. Often, students tell me that I gave them an opportunity for their first research experience, and that they learned about themselves, their heritage culture, and language by working in my research lab. Students say they are proud to work on a research project that can positively impact the immigrant communities they represent.