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Professor Young-Suk Grace Kim (born YEAR in PLACE) is a psychologist and professor known for her research in the fields of development in language cognition and literacy acquisition and instruction across languages and writing systems, including dyslexia and dysgraphia. She has recieved multiple awards including an award from President Barrack Obama which was the Presidential early career award for scientists and engineers. She has also received multiple other awards in her field. She also holds degrees is English teaching, human development, and culture.

Biography
Professor Young-Suk Grace Kim Received her Ed.D at Harvard University in 2007 in human development and psychology, with a concentration on Language and Literacy, and a minor concentration on Quantitative Policy Analysis in Education. Professor kim also holds multiple masters degrees in teaching english to speakers of a different language as well as in human development and culture. She worked at Florida State University from 2013-2016.

Kim as an editor for the Journal of Educational Psychology, and editorial board for several journals including Reading Research Quarterly, Journal of School Psychology, School Psychology Review, Educational Researcher, and AERA Open.

Professor Kim's study is to analyze the development of language, cognition, and literacy acquisition and instruction across languages, including dyslexia and dysgraphia.

Kim has reviewed multiple awards including her greatest achievement which is the presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. This was presented by president Barrack Obama himself. Other awards include the University teaching award and the developing scholar award.

Research
Young-Suk Kim is best known for her research with language, examining how different factors relate to one another while developing language.

-She has done a study on cognitive skills, and the attention span on first graders. Her experiment showed that over 201 first graders skills are pointed towards grammatical knowledge, working memory, attention span, vocabulary, inference, theory of mind, and comprehension. -She has done a study on "The contributions of vocabulary and letter writing automaticity to word reading and spelling for kindergartners." Her findings were that letter writings are related to alphabet fluency. -She has done a study on "Is academic language use a separate dimension in begining writing? Evidence from Korean children." Her findings were that children's writing and spelling were linked to how they write in composition. -She has done a study on "Considering word characteristics for spelling accuracy: Evidence from Korean-speaking children. Learning and Individual Differences." The findings on this study resulted as that the word types varies depending on the children.

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 * Yeo, E. J., Chun, Y. S., Cho, Y. S., Kim, J., Lee, J. C., Kim, M. S., & Park, J. W. (2003). YC-1: a potential anticancer drug targeting hypoxia-inducible factor 1. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 95(7), 516-525.
 * Kim, Y. S. (1991). Phase space picture of quantum mechanics: group theoretical approach (Vol. 40). World Scientific.
 * J73. Coker, D. L., & Kim, Y.-S. G. (in press). Critical issues in the understanding of young elementary school students at risk for problems in written expression: Introduction to the special issue. Journal of Learning Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022219417708168
 * J72. Kim, Y.-S. G., Gatlin*, B., Al Otaiba, S., & Wanzek, J. (in press). Theorization and an empirical investigation of the component-based and developmental writing fluency construct. Journal of Learning Disabilities. NIHMS #828746. doi/pdf/10.1177/0022219417712016.
 * Snow, C. E., & Kim, Y.-S. (2007). Large problem spaces: The challenge of vocabulary for English language learners. In R. K. Wagner, A. E. Muse, & K. R. Tannenbaum (Eds.), Vocabulary acquisition: Implications for reading comprehension (pp. 123-139). New York, NY, US: Guilford Press.
 * Kim, Y.-S. G., Cho, J.-R., Park, S.-G. (in press). Unpacking direct and indirect relations of short term memory, RAN, phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and orthographic awareness to word reading. Journal of Learning Disabilities.
 * Barnes, A., Kim, Y.-S. G., Tighe*, L., Vorstius, C. (in press). Readers in adult basic education: Component skills, eye movements, and fluency. Journal of Learning Disabilities. DOI: 10.1177/0022219415609187
 * Silverman, R. D., Kim, Y.-S. G., Hartranft, A. M., Nunn, S. J., & McNeish, D. (in press). Effects of a multimedia enhanced reading buddies program in kindergarten and fourth grade. Journal of Educational Research.
 * Silverman, R. D., Kim, Y.-S. G., Hartranft, A. M., Nunn, S. J., & McNeish, D. (in press). Effects of a multimedia enhanced reading buddies program in kindergarten and fourth grade. Journal of Educational Research.