Janet Kim
College of Education Recruitment Specialist
Dean’s Office
Areas of Expertise
- Special Education and Disability Studies
- Teacher Education
Keywords
Teacher Education, Teacher Shortage and Recruitment
Research Methodologies
- Mixed Methods
- Survey Research
Research Levels
- Adult Learning
Research Overview
Dr. Janet Kim’s research focuses on integrating the fields of marketing, enrollment management, and education as a strategy for addressing teacher workforce shortages. Specific interests include understanding motivations for teaching, how to best support underrepresented populations across the enrollment funnel lifecycle, and engaging in data collection systems and measures to best inform recruitment practices and state workforce initiatives.
- Ray, A., Chamberlin-Kim, J., & Barcarse, T. (2025). Write to Teach: Reducing entrance barriers for special education teacher applicants through SRSD writing. Teacher Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/13664530.2025.2458041
- Mason-Williams, L., Chamberlin-Kim, J., Peyton, D., & Korducavic, M. (2023). Still puzzling: Over a century of shortages and unmet demand. In Sindelar, McCray, and Bettini (2nd ed.), Handbook of Research on Special Education Teacher Preparation, 2nd ed. Routledge.
- Chamberlin-Kim, J., Tarnay, J., & Wells, J. C. (2019). Alternative teacher preparation programs: Examination through a marketing lens [Special Topics Edition: Alternative Teacher Preparation]. Rural Special Education Quarterly, 38 (3), 137-150. doi:10.1177/8756870519860737
- Kim, J., Yogi, K. (2025, April 23-26). A SMASching way to recruit and showcase your programs through social media ambassador scholarships (SMASch). 2025 Graduate Enrollment Management (NAGAP) Summit. San Francisco, April 23-26, 2025
- Kim, J. (2022, April 22). Understanding non-traditional and underrepresented student populations: Analyzing differences in teacher preparation program preferences and needs by gender, ethnicity, and age. 2022 Graduate Enrollment Management (NAGAP) Virtual Summit. April 20 – 23, 2022.
- Govin, D., Sandoval, N., Ford, J., Nuesca-Ganer, C., Brogon, K., & Kim, J. (2023, March 2). SPEDucator Project: Building community as a recruitment to retention strategy. CEC 2023 Convention and Expo. Louisville, Kentucky. March 1-4, 2023Wells, J. & Kim, J. (2020, March 6). Using one-way online recorded interviews in the admissions process: Applicant and faculty perspectives. ACRES Annual Conference. San Antonio, Texas. March 3-7, 2020.
- Wells, J. & Kim, J. (2020, March 6). Using one-way online recorded interviews in the admissions process: Applicant and faculty perspectives. ACRES Annual Conference. San Antonio, Texas. March 3-7, 2020.
- Wells, J., Kim, J., & Oshita, L. (2022). Project Equal Access, Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence (Hawkins) Program, CFDA #84.116K. $1,598,794, PI & Project Director – Funded 12/15/22 As the co-PI, Dr. Kim leads the recruitment and pipeline building, website and dissemination, and reporting and fiscal management outcomes for this grant. Key initiatives includes partnering with local high schools to provide EdRising and other recruitment events, providing a Cooperating Teacher academy for pre-service candidate mentor teachers, and funding scholarships to underrepresented students pursuing special education licensure programs.
- Kim, J. & Govin, D. Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Grant (2021, July). SPEDucator Project. $315,600, PI. Dr. Kim led a group of 15-20 high-quality special education teachers in Hawai‘i as a recruitment and retention initiative during SY 2020-2021 and SY 2021-2023. Project was a collaborative effort between the UHM COE, Department of Special Education and Hawai‘i Department of Education to support current special education teachers and engage in activities and initiatives to support recruitment efforts to bringing more individuals into the profession.
- Association for Graduate Enrollment Management (NAGAP)
- Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
- Hawai‘i Scholars for Education and Social Justice (HSESJ)
- ATE Inquiry Initiative II: Teacher Retention
- Waipahu High School Teacher Academy Board, Chair