Judson University Faculty Information; Sharon Kim - Professor of English

Faculty Profile

Sharon Kim

SKTitle: Professor
skim@JudsonU.edu
Phone: 847-628-1067
Department: English
Office: Lindner Center
Year Started: 2002

 

Degrees

Ph.D., Yale University
MA, Yale University
MPhil, Yale University
BA, Yale College

Biography

Dr. Kim devoted her life to the Lord Jesus during her freshman year in college. Prior to coming to Judson, Dr. Kim taught literature and writing at Wheaton College for three years.

Interests, Expertise, and Involvements

Nineteenth and early twentieth-century literature; Christianity and literature.

Publications

  • "Literary Epiphany in the Novel, 1850-1950: Constellations of the Soul" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).
  • "Literary Epiphany and the Theology of Grace." Journal for the Study of Christian Culture. Spring, 2009.
  • "Lost in Inculturation." Christianity and Literature. Winter, 2009.
  • Statement on Collegiality (Profession 2006).
  • "Edith Wharton's Dialogue with Susan Warner" (The Hudson River Valley Review, 2006).
  • "Edith Wharton and Modern Epiphany" (The Journal of Modern Literature, 2006).
  • "Lamarckism and the Construction of Transcendence in the House of Mirth" (Studies in the Novel, 2006).
  • "Puritan Realism: Robinson Crusoe and The Wide, Wide World." (December 2003 in American Literature).
  • "Beyond the Men in Black: Jonathan Edwards and Nineteenth-Century Woman's Fiction." (in Jonathan Edwards at Home and Abroad, 2003).

Professional Societies

Member of Edith Wharton Society; the Conference on Christianity and Literature; and the Modern Language Association.

Life Verse

"Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume." (John 12:3)