Jinhyung Kim
Sogang University, KOR
Jinhyung Kim is assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Sogang University, South Korea, and the director of the Authenticity and Self-Knowledge (ASK) Laboratory. Jinhyung earned his B.A. in psychology at Sungkyunkwan University and M.A. in social psychology at Seoul National University, South Korea. After receiving his Ph.D. in social and personality psychology at Texas A&M University in 2018, Jinhyung did his postdoctoral fellowship in the Marketing Department at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College for 2 years.
Jinhyung’s research is primarily guided by existential ideas and topics, including but not limited to: true self, authenticity, meaning in life, belief in free will, and hope. He is particularly interested in how people understand the true self (e.g., the true-self-as-guide lay theory) and what they think, feel, and do when they search for their existential meaning (e.g., meaning-augmenting purchasing behavior). Jinhyung’s research has been recently funded by the Plato Academy Foundation, and he is currently a co-principal investigator of the Institute for Hope Research, sponsored by the Plato Academy Foundation, at Sogang University.
Jinhyung has published dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles at various journal outlets in psychology, such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Social Psychological and Personality Science, Journal of Positive Psychology, Self and Identity, and Nature Human Behaviour. He also serves as an associate editor at Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology and consulting editor at Journal of Research in Personality. Jinhyung received the Heritage Dissertation Award from the Foundation of Personality and Social Psychology, Saul Sells Research Excellence Award from Texas A&M University, and Young Scholar Award from the Korean Psychological Association. Some of the research findings from Jinhyung’s work have been featured in diverse news outlets and research organizations, including Scientific American, Washington Post, Huffington Post, and Greater Good.