Misun "Sunny" Kim
Visiting Assistant Professor
Hospitality & Tourism Management
Education
BA in Hospitality and Restaurant Management, Sookmyung Women’s University, South Korea, 2014
BA in International Hospitality Management, Le Cordon Bleu, South Korea, 2014
MS in Hospitality Management, Kansas State University, 2020
Ph.D. in Management (Focus: Hospitality and Tourism Management), University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2024
Research Interests
Employee Well-Being
Technology Mediation (mobile orders)
Employee-Customer Interaction
Work-family dynamic
Teaching Interests
Food Management
Human Resource Management
Service Marketing
Honors / Awards
Isenberg Outstanding Doctoral Student Teaching Award, 2024
Isenberg Outstanding Doctoral Student Research Award, 2023
Best Poster Award, International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education Conference, 2023
Best Paper Award, 92nd TOSOK International Tourism Conference, 2022
Finalist, Best Paper Award, 27th Annual Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism, 2022
Selected Publications
Kim, M. S., Baker, M. A. (2024). Sustainable tourism employment: A comprehensive overview of tourism employees’ experience from a tourist-employee interaction perspective. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 60, 228-238.