Kim Carmelite Metcalfe, PhD

Dr. Kim is a passionate expert, and instructor on the impact of parent’s and teacher’s principles and practices on youth intellectual, creative, emotional, social, and physical development. In her work as a tenured college associate professor of Early Childhood Education and Psychology Dr. Kim has prepared over 8,000 professionals.

Currently Dr. Kim holds the title of Professor Emeritus at Moreno Valley College of Riverside Community College District, Riverside, California. During her 15 years before retirement Dr. Kim always showed her dedication to young adults. She served as an advisor for Future Teachers of America and the Moreno Valley Dance club. Her professional roles at the college included serving on the District Academic Standards Committee, Academic Senator, Faculty Development, Assistant Chair for the Department of Health, Human, and Public Services, Governance, Administrator of California’s Welfare to Work Program, and represented her college at the Great American Teachers Conference of California.

In retirement, Dr. Kim’s goals include delivering programs that support youth to discover their identity, purpose, and sense of belonging. These programs are critical because too many of today’s youth are experiencing adversity and trauma in their homes and communities— leaving them mentally and emotionally scared and impeding them from reaching their goals and dreams during adulthood. There is also a huge cost to society, because these youth self-harm, harm others, and also have health care costs far greater than youth who do not experience adversity and trauma.

Dr. Kim earned a baccalaureate and master’s degree in Psychology and Child Development from California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), and a PhD in Educational Psychology, with an emphasis on Human Development Across the Lifespan from Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota.