Esther Chihye Kim is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at Yale University. Her dissertation is on undocumented immigrants living and working in the U.S. Her research interests include ethnographic methods, undocumented labor, deviance, and urban sociology. From her dissertation research, she has articles published in Ethnography (2009), ANNALS (2012) and Symbolic Interaction (2012).
Experience
–present
Researcher, Department of Sociology, Yale University
Education
2005
University of Pennsylvania, MA
2003
University of California, Los Angeles, BA
Publications
2012
“Call me Mama”: An Ethnographic Portrait of an Employer of Undocumented Workers.” , The American Academy of Political and Social Science
2012
“Nonsocial Transient Behavior: Social Disengagement on the Greyhound Bus.” , Symbolic Interaction
2010
Foods and Foodways in Korean American Families and Communities. , Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife