As an applied linguist and teacher, Dr. Kim works on pragmatics of foreign language in her research and teaching. Two major themes of her research include contextuality in L2 learning and the development of L2 intercultural communicative competence. Contextuality highlights learning and teaching contexts including foreign language policy and instructional technology. Her previous research projects have helped to build a shared understanding of the foreign language reforms of higher education between different stakeholders, including local and international members (Kim & Tatar, 2017, 2018; Kim, J., Kim, E. G., & Kweon, S-O., 2018, 2021; Kim, Kweon, & Kim, 2017; Kim, Tatar, & Choi, 2014). She has also worked on projects regarding intercultural communicative competence (ICC), greatly related to the internationalization of higher education (Kim, 2019; Kim, Choi, & Tatar, 2017).