School of Social Welfare, Chung-Ang University

School of Social Welfare, Chung-Ang University

Faculty introduction

Professor Kim Yeon-myung

professor - Tel : 02-820-5116
- E-mail : ymkim@cau.ac.kr Education

Education
- Department of Social Welfare Chung-Ang University College of Liberal Arts (Bachelor)
- Department of Social Welfare Chung-Ang University Graduate School (Master)
- Graduate School of Chung-Ang University Department of Social Welfare (Ph.D.)
Specialty
- Social Welfare Policy, Social Insurance (Pension, Medical Insurance), Welfare State, East Asia Social Welfare
Lab Location
- Chung-Ang University Building 305 (Professor Research Building) Room 507
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Biography
- Senior Secretary for Social Affairs at the Blue House
- Co-Chairman, Seoul Citizens' Welfare Standards Promotion Committee
- President of the Korean Society for Social Welfare Policy

Major achievements
- The South Korean Welfare State: Characteristics and Prospects. A Comparison with the Southern European Welfare Regime, Journal of the Korean Welfare State and Social Policy (2017)
- Is Public Welfare Investment by the Japanese Public Pension Fund a Failed Policy? Social Welfare Policy (2017)
- Evaluation of issues of public welfare infrastructure expansion of the National Pension Fund through bond purchase, critical social policy (2017)
- Setting policy goals for basic pension through poverty alleviation effect, Korean Social Policy (2017)
- Evaluation of the introduction (draft) of the ¡®Acquisition Committee¡¯ in relation to the National Pension Service, Social Welfare Policy (2013)
- Characteristics and Prospects of the Korean Welfare State: A Social Research Study (2013) 
- Focusing on Comparison with the Southern European Welfare System 
- Is it a Public Welfare? Private Welfare?: A Study on the Characteristics of Social Welfare Corporations, Critical Social Policy (2012)
- The Meaning and Tasks of the Universal Welfare State in Korea, A Study on Democratic Society and Policy (2011)
- Is it a Trust Fund? Is it social investment capital? Characteristics of the National Pension Fund and its implications for investment strategies, Social Welfare Policy (2011)

Professor Lee Seon-hye

professor - Tel : 02-820-5731
- E-mail : gsunlee@cau.ac.kr

Education
- Yonsei University Department of Social Welfare (Bachelor)
- Portland State University (MSW)
- University of California Berkeley (Ph.D)
Specialty
- Social Welfare Practice, Mental Health, Family Therapy
Lab Location
- Chung-Ang University Building 305 (Professor Research Building) Room 803
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Biography
- Director, President of the Korean Family Therapy Association
- Seoul Mental Health Welfare Center Steering Committee
- Asian Journal of Family Therapy, Editor-in-Chief

Major achievements
- Various methods of narrative supervision, implications for education and training in Korea, family and family therapy (2021)
- Basic research on the development of peer counseling curriculum for mental disorders: application of the philosophy and method of narrative approach, Korean Welfare of the Disabled (2021)
- Perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms: A study of Vietnamese women who migrated to South Korea due to marriage, Women & Health (2020)
- The Relationship between Social Participation and Subjective Health of Mental Disorders: Is the Health Behavior Mediation Model Useful, Journal of Health Education and Health Promotion (2020)
- ¡®Living like myself¡¯ of young people in the career transition period 
- Narrative exploration of crisis as a transfer experience and its aftermath, Eurasian Studies (2020)
- Mental health literacy and help request behavior of young people 
- Analysis of mediating effects of stigma, attitude, and intention on requesting help, Korean Social Welfare Studies (2020)
- Acculturation, acculturative stress, and depressive symptoms in international migrants: A study with Vietnamese women in South Korea, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2018)
- A study on the effectiveness of a group program for reducing self-stigma of mentally disabled people, Mental Health and Social Work (2018)
- Domestic Research Trend Analysis of Story Therapy: 1996-2018, Family and Family Therapy (2018)
- Development and pilot implementation of self-stigma reduction program for the mentally disabled: application of story therapy for identity reconstruction, family, and family therapy (2018)

Professor Choi Young

professor - Tel : 02-820-5154
- E-mail : yc01@cau.ac.kr

Education
- Department of Social Welfare Chung-Ang University (Bachelor)
- Department of Social Welfare Chung-Ang University Graduate School (Masters)
- Washington University in St . Louis Social Work (M.S.W)
- University of California at Berkeley Social Welfare (Ph.D)
Specialty
- Social Service Policy, Care Policy, Child (Family) Policy, Social Statistics
Lab Location
- Chung-Ang University Building 305 (Professor Research Building) Room 419
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Biography
- President of Critical Welfare Society
- Policy member of the Low Fertility and Aging Society Committee and Chairperson of the Child Care Subcommittee
- Member and Vice-Chairman of the Central Childcare Policy Committee
- Director of the Children's Rights Protection Agency
- Member of Seoul Social Security Committee

Major achievements
- Trajectories of changes in behavioral development in early childhood according to types of care in infancy, Korean Family Welfare Studies (2021)
- Exploring relationship among child maltreatment experience in childhood and behavior problems as young adults: Role of social support among college students in Hong Kong, International Social Work (2019)
- A study on the dynamic relationship between poverty and child abuse change trajectories, Korean Family Welfare Studies (2020)
- Development of social service quality measurement model, Korean Social Welfare Public Administration (2018)
- The relationship between cash aid policies for children and families in OECD countries and the fertility rate-Focused on child allowance, Korean Child Welfare Studies (2017)
- Qualitative study to explore the social quality of social services, Critical Social Policy (2017)
- Exploring the relationship between exposure to interparental violence and child physical abuse in childhood and the impacts on mental health problems in labor young adulthood among south Korean college students, International Social Work (2016)
- A Study on the Determinants of the Child Welfare Budget of Local Governments - Focusing on Metropolitan Autonomous Districts, Critical Social Policy (2016)
- Fiscal decentralization and social welfare (service) regional inequality, Korean Community Welfare Studies (2015)
- The relationship between activities of daily living(Lee A), chronic diseases, and depression among older Korean immigrant, Educational Gerontology (2015)

Professor Seongho Moon

professor - Tel : 02-820-5170
- E-mail : shmoon@cau.ac.kr

Education
- Department of Social Welfare Chung-Ang University College of Liberal Arts (Bachelor)
- Department of Social Welfare Chung-Ang University Graduate School of Social Development (Master)
- The University of Texas at Austin (Ph.D.)
Specialty
- Youth Welfare, Youth Policy, Social Welfare Administration, School Social Welfare, Correctional Welfare, Social Welfare Practice
Lab Location
- Chung-Ang University Building 305 (Professor Research Building) Room 504
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Biography
- Dean of the Graduate School of Social Welfare, Chung-Ang University
- Member of Youth Protection Committee, Ministry of Gender Equality and Family
- President of the Korean Youth Welfare Society

Major achievements
- Innovative strategies and key tasks for youth activity policies in preparation for the post-corona era, Youth Studies (2021)
- Introduced Youth Participation Income for Income Security and Social Integration, Youth Welfare Study (2021)
- Suggestion of practice guidelines for vitalizing child participation in the local community, Korean Community Welfare Studies (2021)
-A study on policy analysis and innovation methods for out-of-school youth applying a value-critical approach, Youth Studies (2020)
- The effect of social stigma of out-of-school adolescents on career barriers through self-esteem: the moderated mediating effect of parental attachment, Youth Culture Forum (2020)
- Analysis of burnout, emotional labor, and post-traumatic stress of social workers: Focusing on Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Korean Community Welfare Studies (2019)
- Analysis of policies to support self-reliance of adolescents who have been discharged from institutions, research on youth studies (2018)
- Analysis of youth career activities and programs, Youth Studies (2016)
- Local government youth policy budget analysis: Focusing on the Seoul 10-year (2006-2015) budget, Korean Community Welfare Studies (2016)
- A study on the re-establishment of youth activities, Journal of Future Youth (2016)

Professor Kyo-Seong Kim

professor - Tel : 02-820-5732
- E-mail : kyoseong@cau.ac.kr

Education
- Department of Social Welfare Chung-Ang University (Bachelor)
- Norfolk State University (MSW)
- University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D. )
Specialty
- Welfare State, Comparative Social Policy, Income Security, Poverty
Lab Location
- Chung-Ang University Building 303 (Law Building) Room 1405
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Biography
- President of the Korean Society for Social Policy
- President of the Korean Society for Social Welfare Policy
- Dean of Graduate School of Social Welfare, Chung-Ang University

Major achievements
- Re/Familiarization or De-familiarization: Differences in the Effects of Family Policies in terms of Stratification, Journal of Social Service Research (2020)
- Evaluating Basic Income, Basic Service, and Basic Voucher for Social and Ecological Sustainability, Sustainability (2020)
- Measures to regulate legal status to alleviate instability of platform workers, Korean Social Welfare Studies (2020)
- Individual multi-layered old-age income security system construction types and gender differences, Social Security Study (2019)
- Beyond the Gender Gorge to Gender Justice: Cracks in the Patriarchal Welfare System and Transformative Alternatives, Korean Social Welfare Studies (2018)
- 20 Years of the Foreign Exchange Crisis, Development and Limitations of Income Security Policy, Korean Social Policy (2017)
- Ideal Model and Transition Path of Basic Income, Korean Social Welfare Studies (2017)
- Exploring the 'feasibility' of basic income, critical social policy (2017)
- The usefulness of the ¡®welfare state¡¯ in this era?!: Suggestions for resolving the ¡®inequality¡¯ problem, critical social policy (2016)
- Duality of Welfare Attitudes: Numpu phenomenon and group differences, Korean Social Welfare Studies (2016)

Professor Seulgi Jeong

professor - Tel : 02-820-5152
- E-mail : chungs@cau.ac.kr

Education
- Sookmyung Women¡¯s University Department of Political Science and International Relations (Bachelor)
- Washington University in St. Louis Social Work (M.S.W)
- Washington University in St. Louis Social Work (Ph.D.)
Specialty
- Social Welfare Practice, Addiction and Social Welfare Practice
Lab Location
- Chung-Ang University Building 303 (Law Building) Room 1208
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Biography
- President of the Korean Association for Mental Health and Social Welfare
- Executive Director, Addiction Forum
- Advisory Committee member of the National Mental Health Center

Major achievements
- Social Determinants Predicting Depression in Korean Adults, Mental Health and Social Welfare (2021)
- Socioeconomic resources and quality of life in alcohol use disorder patients: the mediating effects of social support and depression, Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy (2020)
- Personal Factors, Internet Characteristics, and Environmental Factors Contributing to Adolescent Internet Addiction: A Public Health Perspective, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2019)
- Adolescents' perceived socioeconomic level and mental health: Mediating effects of social withdrawal, alcohol and health behavior study (2019)
- Verification of the longitudinal mutual causal relationship between socioeconomic deprivation and problem drinking, mental health and social work (2018)
- The Mutual Relationship Between Men¡¯s Drinking and Depression: A 4-Year Longitudinal Analysis, Alcohol and Alcoholism (2018)
- Effect of Internet game advertisement on adolescent Internet game addiction, Journal of Health Education and Health Promotion (2017)
- A study on the factors affecting Internet addiction based on the current situation of Internet addiction among Korean university students and a public health model, alcohol and health behavior study (2017)
- Effect of experience of economic deprivation on problem drinking: Mediating effects of income inequality perception and depression, Journal of the Korean Association for Alcohol Science (2016)
- The effect of subjective class consciousness on drinking problems, mental health and social work (2016)

Professor Young-eun Jang

professor - Tel : 02-820-5359
- E-mail : yechang@cau.ac.kr

Education
- Seoul National University Department of Child Studies (Bachelor)
- Seoul National University College of Life Sciences Department of Child and Family (Master)
- University of Texas at Austin Human Development and Family Studies (Ph. D)
Specialty
- Child Development and Child Welfare
Lab Location
- Chung-Ang University Building 303 (Law Building) Room 1324
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Biography
- Editor-in-Chief, Korean Association for the Rights of the Child
- Policy Advisory Committee, Ministry of Gender Equality and Family
- Committee member of Dongjak-gu Healthy Family Support Center

Major achievements
- Process model of parenting before parental transition - Mediating effect of psychological adaptation -, Family and culture (2016)
- Effect of family's cumulative risk factors on early childhood development: mediating home learning environment, Korean Child Welfare Studies (2016)
- Influence of childcare experience and home environment to predict vocabulary development in early childhood, Journal of the Korean Childcare Association (2016)
- The relationship between job-role quality and parenting behaviors among employed mothers in JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE FAMILY STUDIES (2016)
- Pathways from mothers' early social support to children's language development at age 3,INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (2017)
- Childcare experiences and early school outcomes: The mediating role of executive functions and emotionality, INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (2018)
- Analysis of academic research trends and contents related to language of children from multicultural families, Multiculturalism and Peace (2018)
- Development of a mobile learning system for Korean language education for children from multicultural families, Sungkyul University (2020)
- Changes in daily life and stress of single-person households due to COVID-19: Focusing on social support and family resilience, Korean Society for Family Relations (2020)
- Short-term and longitudinal effects and regulatory factors of the deterioration of the household economy due to the prolonged COVID-19 on family life and psychological well-being, Korean Society for Family Relations (2021)

Professor Sophia Seungyoon Lee

professor - Tel : 02-820-5173
- E-mail : leesophiasy@cau.ac.kr

Education
- Ewha Woman¡¯s University College of Social Sciences Department of Social Welfare
- Seoul National University Graduate School of Social Welfare Department of Social Welfare Policy (Master)
- University of Oxford Social Policy (Ph. D)
Specialty
- East Asian Welfare State and Labor Market, Precarious Labor, Income Security System, Institutionalism and Comparative Research Methodology
Lab Location
- Chung-Ang University Building 303 (Law Building) Room 1210
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Biography
- Vice Chairman of the Youth Policy Coordination Committee under the Prime Minister's Office
- Member of the 4th National Pension System Reform Committee
- Commendation from the Minister of Education for Outstanding Research Performance in 2018
- Advisory member of the Youth Committee

Major achievements
- Female outsiders in South Korea¡¯s dual labor market: Challenges of equal pay for work of equal value, Journal of Industrial Relations (2020)
- Labor process in the Korean platform labor market and the inconsistency of the social security system, Industrial Labor Study (2020)
- Evaluating Basic Income, Basic Service, and Basic Voucher for Social and Ecological Sustainability, Sustainability (2020)
- Why was the social investment strategy of the progressive government expanded under the conservative government? 
- Policy feedback function and policy visibility of the Korean political system- Social Welfare Policy (2020)
- A Qualitative Study on Work Styles and Social Security System Experiences of Young Freelancers in Korea, Critical Social Policy (2019)
- Dualization of Korea's Double Labor Market and Retirement Income Security System: Analysis of Public Pension Reform Scheme, Critical Social Policy (2019)
- Resolving the Basic Income Debate, Korean Social Policy (2018)
- International Comparative Study of Unemployment Safety Net - Institutional Association and Types of Unemployment Insurance, Social Assistance, and Active Labor Market Policy, Korean Social Policy (2018)
- Why do sick workers become poor? - Poverty process of sick workers and experience of income security system, Korean social policy (2017)
- Institutional legacy of state corporatism in de-industrial labor markets: a comparative study of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, Socio-Economic Review (2016)

Site
http://sophiasylee.com/

Professor Yeonjung Lee

professor - Tel : 02-820-5683
- E-mail : leeyj@cau.ac.kr

Education
- Department of Social Welfare Chung-Ang University(Bachelor)
- Department of Social Welfare Chung-Ang University(Master)
- University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work(Ph. D)
Specialty
- Gerontology, Caregiving, Aging in Place/Community, Age-Friendly Community
Lab Location
- Chung-Ang University Building 305 (Professor Research Building) Room 817
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Biography

- Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Gerontology
- Editorial Board, Journal of Gerontological Social Work
- Grant Review Committee, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Grant Review Committee, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Major achievements

- Mental health of employed family caregivers in Canada: A gender-based analysis on the role of workplace support. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development (2022)

- Evaluating the positive experience of caregiving: A systematic review of the Positive Aspect of Caregiving Scale. The Gerontologist (2021)

- Identifying communities of concerns for older adults using spatial analysis: Focusing on accessibility to health, social and daily services. Journal of Applied Gerontology (2021)

- Caregiving choice and caregiver-receiver relation: Effects on psychological wellbeing of family caregivers in Canada. Canadian Journal on Aging (2020)

- Psychological well-being among informal caregivers in Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging: Why the location of care matters. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences (2020)

-  Employment adjustment and mental health of employed family caregivers in Canada. Aging & Mental Health (2020)

-  Utilization of formal and informal home care: How do older Canadians¡¯ experiences vary by care arrangements? Journal of Applied Gerontology (2020)

-  Loneliness as mediator of perceived discrimination and depression: Examining education contingencies. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development (2019)

-  The determinants of informal, formal, and mixed in-home care in the Canadian Context. Journal of Aging and Health (2019)

-  A longitudinal assessment of perceived discrimination and maladaptive expressions of anger among older adults: Does subjective social power buffer the association? The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences (2018)