Teaching

The University of Oklahoma

PSY 2003: Understanding Statistics

Fall 2025

This course is an introductory applied statistics course that focuses on two aspects of one's statistics journey: (a) fostering one's statistical literacy (i.e., making sense of data and the statistics used to interpret them) and (b) learning about descriptive and inferential statistical methods. Topics include, but are not limited to, research design, measurement, sampling procedures, standard normal distribution, correlation, regression, probability, sampling distributions, and hypothesis testing/error/power.

PSY 3753: Introduction to Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Fall 2025; Spring 2026; Fall 2026

This course covers psychological theories and their practical applications to the workplace. The course covers issues of critical relevance to the well-being of individuals and organizational performance. Topics include, but are not limited to, history of I-O, research methods in I-O, criteria & job analysis, predictors (psychological assessments), personnel decisions, organizational learning/development, performance management, leadership, teams & teamwork, organizational change, affect, attitudes, and behavior at work, work motivation, and workplace psychological health.

PSY 6703: Work Motivation and Emotions

Fall 2026

This graduate seminar examines the two major engines of behavior at work: affect/emotion and motivation. The first half of the course covers topics on affect and emotions in the workplace (e.g., the fundamentals of emotion science, affective events, emotion regulation/emotional labor, and emotional contagion), and the second half covers topics on work motivation (e.g., goal setting, self-determination theory, incentives and rewards, and job design).

From Student Course Evaluations

“Professor Kim created a very welcoming environment and made it feel very comfortable.”
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“Professor Kim did an excellent job at making sure each student felt prepared for upcoming lessons as well as always making sure to offer his help in office hours.”
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“Dr. Kim explained things very well and the assignments were helpful.”
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“Having multiple reminders and announcements sent out in emails helped a ton.”
“Very engaging in the classroom with games that included example problems or research homework that tied to the material.”
“Feedback and comments made were adequate and appropriate which helped produce good thoughts and ideas. Having the feedback in a timely manner helped too as well which was nice of the professor.”
“I loved this course, and Dr. Kim was so helpful and kind.”