Kim Dramer

Kim Dramer is New Yorker who has been cultivating her relationship with China for nearly four decades. A specialist in Chinese archaeology, Kim is helping to lay the foundation for the future of Sino-American relations by mixing up China’s past and present. Kim’s love of Chinese culture and history brought her to Columbia University. Here, she studied Chinese art and archaeology. She received her Ph.D. in these subjects in 2002. Kim has shared her love of Chinese culture with students at some of New York City’s top educational institutions. She has taught Chinese art and archaeology at New York University, Cooper Union and Fordham University. Kim has also curated exhibitions in New York cultural institutions. Working with JesuitNET, Kim has also created a course specifically designed to help American professionals doing business in China. The course, Chinese Culture for Marketing, offered at the Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, integrated her knowledge of Chinese culture and with American marketing concepts. This hybrid course combined online content with face-to-face lectures. The result was a dynamic and interactive blended learning experience that she would like to develop further with her writing for the Huffington Post. Kim is interested in educating all segments of American society about China. She has written many articles and books on China for children and young adults published by Scholastic Inc. and Marshall Cavendish Benchmark. Kim has also written educational material on China for elementary, middle school and high school teachers. She has served on the advisory board of arts organizations promoting Asian art. Kim lives in New York City and lectures frequently on China. Having struggled to learn Mandarin Chinese, her advice to those studying the language: “It is not necessary to speak Chinese in order to understand China. Literacy in Chinese culture is, however, essential for all Americans in the twenty-first century.”