Suk-Kyung Kim

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Adjunct Professor, Interior Design
School of Planning, Design and Construction

Degrees:
Bachelor: Bachelor of Science in housing and interior design from Yonsei University.
Master: Master of Science in housing and interior design from Yonsei University.
PhD: PhD in architecture from Texas A&M University.

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2017 MSU Academy for Global Engagement Fellow.

Affiliated Programs/Initiatives/Projects:

Autonomous Futures.
Student Parks Project.
Principal Investigator: A Regional Affordable Housing Study funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (Tri-County Regional Planning Commission), the program title is “Mid-Michigan Program for Greater Sustainability.”
Co-Principal Investigator: DNR-MSU Sustainability Partnership Program.
Journal of Architectural and Planning Research Board of Editors.
Housing and Society Publication Committee Chair.
Journal of The Korea Housing Association Editorial Advisory Committee Member.

Suk-Kyung Kim is an associate professor interior design at SPDC. She received her PhD in Architecture from Texas A&M University (TAMU), her Master of Science and BS degrees in Housing and Interior Design from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. Kim also achieved the Certificate in Health System and Design from the TAMU College of Architecture. She is teaching various Contemporary Design Issues (IDES 440), Green Building and Housing (IDES 458), and Interior Design Programming (IDES 442) that includes evidence-based design, design research and space planning contents. Kim’s research topics for funded research and publications include environmental behaviors and perceptions, green and affordable housing for low-income people, occupant satisfaction in green healthcare facilities, supportive design theory and its implications, New Urbanism and building design implications, accessibility and sustainability assessment of Michigan park buildings, and design for the elderly. Currently, she is involved in two federally funded research projects. The first is for creating taxonomies of MI housing types and determining dominant archetypes that can be the major targets of future energy-efficient retrofit activities in these regions. The second is titled, “A Regional Affordable Housing Study” which was funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. This project is to analyze current housing stock in the Tri-County Region (Clinton, Eaton and Ingham counties in MI) through census data, housing expert and urban planner interviews, and resident surveys. Kim is an active board member of several scholarly journals, including the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research (board of editors), Housing and Society(publication committee chair), and the Journal of Korea Housing Association (editorial advisory committee member).