#  Karen Jung Won Chai 

 

 



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 laptop\_windows [Karen Chai Kim's Website](https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-chai-kim-5b99195/) 

 

 



 

 (Sociology, June 2000)  
*Thesis Title:* Protestant-Catholic-Buddhist: Korean-Americans and Religious Adaptation in Greater Boston  
*Committee:* Mary Waters (chair), Peter V. Marsden, Diana Eck  
*Initial Placement:* Post-doc in Sociology, Rice University  
*Current Position:* [Research Affiliate, Population Research Center at University of Texas](http://www.linkedin.com/pub/karen-chai-kim/5/919/5b9)



 

 

 





 

 

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     [Research Institution](/alumni-position-type/research-institution)
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