Dr. Kee Jeong Kim is a tenured faculty member in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Virginia Tech in the United States, with two decades of experience in academia. She serves as the Director of The R³ Lab | Risk, Resilience & Recovery, where her research team examines risk and resilience factors shaping the developmental trajectories of children and adolescents impacted by both acute and chronic traumatic life events. Her work includes studying resilience in at-risk youth for antisocial behaviors, Syrian refugee children, first-generation college students, and currently, first responders who have experienced trauma and now play a key role in responding to others’ traumatic experiences, a research project funded by the American Psychological Foundation. Dr. Kim has been honored with the Sporn Award, the university’s highest distinction in teaching, and is a member of the Academy of Teaching Excellence.