Dr. Jaymelee Kim is an American anthropologist whose research focuses on forensic intervention for both the living and dead in the aftermath of mass violence and disasters. Since 2014 she has been employed in the Department of Justice Sciences at the University of Findlay. With over 12 years of project management experience, Jaymelee founded and supervises the Kim Research Lab.
Dr. Kim also consults as a forensic anthropologist for the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Detroit Police Department in Michigan.
Jaymelee Kim is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, earning her BS in packaging (materials) science. She completed her MA and PhD in anthropology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She also earned a graduate certificate in linguistics, with a focus on sign language linguistics and a graduate certificate in disasters, displacement, and human rights. In her career, she has practiced North American and Greek archaeology, provided forensic consultation both domestically and abroad, and advised nonprofit and non-governmental organizations in diversity, grant-writing, survivor services, and organizational behavior.
Dr. Kim has served on the board of the NW Ohio anti-human trafficking Rescue and Restore Coalition of Hancock County; acted as human rights delegate for the American Anthropological Association; sat on the board of the Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group; sat on the American Anthropological Association Committee for Human Rights; and is an associate fellow in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. She has taught college courses at Lincoln Memorial University, the University of Tennessee, and The University of Findlay.