Oral History Master of Arts

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Eunice Kim (2018)

Eunice Kim has a BA in History and a MA in Oral History. Before OHMA, she worked at the Richard B. Russell Libraries in Athens, Georgia and General Federation of Women’s Clubs in Washington D.C. for Public History. In 2018, she wrote, “Southern Women and the Anti-Lynching Movement, 1930-1942,” which won the Alf Andrew Heggoy Award for Best Senior Thesis Paper. It explores the stories of Southern women activists who helped prevent racial violence in the Jim Crow South and influenced women’s and civil rights history. 

At Columbia, she wrote an oral history thesis, “Healing: A Bridge with a View (Sexual Violence & Trauma Survivors’ Stories from Oral History Interviews).” It highlights the narratives of sexual assault survivors. The project also covers how institutions abuse Title IX and the Clery Act. Since writing the project, Kim has worked with victims, survivors, and activists to collect and listen to unspoken stories of gender-based violence. She believes that storytelling can make a difference in changing policies and for cultivating empathy and healing from trauma.

She currently serves on the board of Atlanta Women for Equality.