She is interested in using collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches to understand interrelationships between cognition, emotion, and decision-making and the way informal knowledge systems interact with policy to impact human behavior. Currently, Kim is focused on two main research programs: one investigates the perceptions of and responses to climate change in the Eastern Sierra and Los Angeles. The other explores the relationship between spirituality and sustainable behavior in contemporary nature-centered movements. Kim also maintains a consulting business in program design, evaluation, and organizational development for non-profit and local government organizations. When not working, she can often be found wandering in wild places.