2017 - Present | Full Professor, San Jose State University ‐ School of Social Work | |
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2012 - 2017 | Associate Professor, San Jose State University ‐ School of Social Work | |
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2006 - 2012 | Assistant Professor, San Jose State University ‐ School of Social Work | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2016 | Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities |
Academic Affairs Division, San Jose State University | |
$5,000 | |
2006 | Lottery Professional Development Grant |
College of Applied Sciences and Arts, San Jose State University | |
$1,270 | |
2006 | Professional Development Grant |
School of Social Work, San Jose State University | |
$5,000 | |
2004 | UCLA Conference Travel Support Grant |
UCLA | |
$500 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2013 - Present | Editorial Board Member, Clinical Gerontologist | 2016 - 2019 | Editorial Board Member, Journal of Gerontological Social Work | 2018 | Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), annual conference abstracts | 2015 | Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Gerontological Social Work | 2015 | Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Mental Health, Religion & Culture | 2014 | Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Alzheimer’s Disease & Associated Disorders – An International Journal | 2014 | Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Aging and Health | 2014 | Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) | 2014 | Editorial Board Member, Mental Health and Social Work (the official journal of Korea Academy of Mental Health Social Work) | 2013 | Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Gerontological Society of America, conference abstracts | 2013 | Evaluator, Request for Proposals FY 2014 - Disabled and Dependent Adult Services (ADDAS), Santa Clara County | 2013 | Reviewer, prospectus of textbook publication, Oxford University Press | 2012 | Ad-Hoc Reviewer, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry | 2010 | Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Gerontological Social Work | 2009 - 2010 | Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Gerontological Society of America, conference abstracts |
Honors and Awards
- 2015 RACA Infusion Funding
- 2015 Outstanding Professor, National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Silicon Valley Chapter
- 2008 – 2009 Stanford Geriatric Education Center (SGEC) Mini-Fellowship in Ethnogeriatrics, School of Medicine, Stanford University
- 2002 UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research Advisory Board Fellowship
- 2000 & 2001 Leon and Tobby Gold Endowed Fellowship in Care of the Elderly Award
- 1992, 1993 & 1995 Seoul Women’s University Department of Social Work Scholarship for Excellent Academic Achievements
Courses
- Introductory Social Work Practice
- Introduction to Community Service (Pre-field course)
- Social Welfare Policy Analysis
- Research Methods
2006 | PhD, University of California, Los Angeles ‐ Department of Social Welfare, School of Public Affairs | |
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1998 | M.S.W., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor ‐ School of Social Work | |
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1996 | B.A., Seoul Women's University ‐ Department of Social Work | |
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