Kyung Yong Kim, Ph.D.
Education
- Ph.D. in Educational Measurement and Statistics, University of Iowa
- M.S. in Statistics, University of Iowa
- B.S. in Statistics, Korea University
Leadership & Professional Engagement
National Service & Leadership (Selected)
- National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)
- 2023-2024 | Chair of Contemporary Issues in Scaling, Linking, and Equating (SLE) SIGIMIE
- 2022-2023 | Vice Chair of Contemporary Issues in Scaling, Linking, and Equating (SLE) SIGIMIE
- 2022-2023 | Jason Millman Award Committee
- Journal Editorial Board
- 2025-present | Review of Communication
- 2021-present | Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Awards, & Recognition (Selected)
- Joe E. Covington Award, National Conference of Bar Examiners
- Bloomers/Hieronymus/Feldt Fellowship, College of Education, University of Iowa
Research & Publications
- Educational measurement and statistics
- Item response theory
- Classical test theory
- Equating
Kim, K. Y., Kim, S., & Lee, H. (2026). The impact of latent density misspecification on item response theory equating methods. Applied Psychological Measurement. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/01466216261425440
Lee, H., & Kim, K. Y. (2025). A comparison of anchor selection strategies for DIF analysis. Journal of Educational Measurement, 62(2), 311–344.
Kelly, S., Croucher, S. M., Kim, K. Y., Permyakova, T., Turdubaeva, E., et al. (2024). A multi-nation validation portfolio for a willingness to communicate measure. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 53(3–4), 121–142.