About

Kim is an award-winning writer with more than 35 years of experience, including as a longform narrative writer, daily newspaper reporter and editor, magazine editor, and speechwriter.

 

Her upcoming book, The Last Full Measure: An American Family and How the United States Brought Home the Dead of World War II, will be published July 7, 2026 by Stackpole Books, an imprint of Globe Pequot. It explores the stories of those who gave their lives during World War II, including her grandfather, and the unacknowledged heroes who brought them home. Her research and writing has been featured in World War II magazine.

 

She manages the University of Michigan Heritage Project, a nationally recognized storytelling site that explores the university’s past. The Heritage Project earned top honors in the 2020 Circle of Excellence Awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), with judges noting, “Each story in this series reads like a novella that we could not put down, thanks to meticulous research and perfect pacing.”

 

She was was co-editor of Our Michigan (University of Michigan Press, 2024) and editor of Always Leading, Forever Valiant: Stories of the University of Michigan, 1817-2017 (University of Michigan Press, 2017). She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Central Michigan University and a master’s degree in social science and American culture from Eastern Michigan University.