Miryung Kim, professor of computer science in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, is this year's recipient of the Robert M. Stevenson Faculty-in-Residence Award. The award, created by UCLA Residential Life in order to recognize current professors who live in the residence halls and provide outstanding contributions to the residence hall communities.
Kim has held programs to help give back to the student community, including Thanksgiving dinners for students who were unable to travel home for Thanksgiving, de-stress cookie decorating events, picnics with her family and graduate students and Dinner for Eight Strangers. In addition to her existing programs and events, Kim also hopes to shift her focus towards creating a program about gender equality and imposter syndrome.
“Many capable young women often struggle with self-doubt as a minority in their fields,” Kim explained. “I’m currently talking with resident director Monica Shanna to co-design a Fiat Lux seminar [to address this issue of] imposter syndrome.”
While Kim has only been faculty-in-residence for two years, she has been recognized both years for her service to the residential community.
