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"When I was young, my parents has always thank I will become
a school teacher, a very good job for a female, but I was thinking
that may be I can do something better. I think I wanted to discover
more things, so I worked very hard then I entered the Science
and technology school university in Korea (KRIST), After that
I had an opportunity to attend one student exchange program in
France, where I should prove my ability by myself. I did my PhD
in Arts & Métiers ParisTech in Paris. After having
that experience, I think I have more charism for doing new thing.
Then I did a postdoc in the innovation design and engineering
department, at the Royal college of art, in London. It was very
special formation between designers and engineers - a good
challenge for me. Now I am the first female professor in a science
and technology graduate school, where they started a very new
department named « Industrial departement design »,so
my major was industrial design but it is an interdisciplinary
department, so we have more creativity and freedom to generate
new curriculum for the students.
It's
hard to manage research and teaching at the same time, we need
to give a lot of lectures during the week, so my resaerch is
only for winter or summer vacation. During the semester I put
100% for the teaching and also many administrative work. I should
also balance my work and private life !Now I move to medical
human/computer interaction research because in medical fields
they want more ICT integrated and programs for examining the
patients, and dealing with many complex informations and systems.
I would like to make these systems more accessible and usable.
We have 80% students from professional careers,taking the class
at night to get promotion. I have about 20% female students.
Female students often make a limit at their career, they miss
of ambition. So it is very important to understand that graduating
a Phd is not only for getting promotion. Studying continuously
improve the knowledge and bring to new opportunities. I always
want more female students and professors, and having a more vivid
community together. In Korea, people always need to mention that
someone is a « female professor ! ».
They did not announce a « male professor ».
That is always a big discrimination, norm is male. |
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Jieun
Kim,
Assistant Professor,
Graduate School of Technology & Innovation Management, Hanyang
University, Seoul |