Young-Suk Grace Kim, EdD, is Professor and former Senior Associate Dean at the School of Education, University of California, Irvine. Previously she taught at Florida State University, where she served as Associate Director of the Florida Center for Reading Research. A former classroom teacher in San Francisco and in South Korea, Dr. Kim focuses her research on language and literacy development and effective instruction for racially, ethnically, economically, and linguistically diverse children. She is a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association and a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Dr. Kim currently serves as Editor of both the Journal of Educational Psychology and Scientific Studies of Reading, and has held leadership roles within national and international organizations.