Faculty Profiles

Dr. Mijin Choi

PhD in Social Welfare

University at Albany, SUNY, 2016

MSW in Social Work

Ewha Womans University, 2010

BA in Social Welfare

Ewha Womans University, 2008

Choi, Mijin. Title IV-E Child Welfare Partnership Grant, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), State, $2470353.95. (Funded: July 2022 - June 2027). Grant.
Choi, Mijin. Examining associations among child maltreatment, Alternative Response, and out-of-home placement in the Texas child welfare system, Research Enhancement Program (REP), Texas State University, $7556. (Funded: November 2018 - May 2020). Grant.

Choi, M. J., Trahan, M. H., & Kim, J. (2025). The actor-partner interdependence effects of harsh parenting and coparenting on parenting engagement. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services. https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894251321867
Kim, J., Zhou, Q., Semanchin Jones, A., Choi, M., & He, A. (2026). Beyond case characteristics: Moderating roles of job demand, control, and support in reducing secondary traumatic stress among child welfare workers. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/15555240.2026.2699833
Choi, M. J., Kim, J., LaBrenz, C., Ryan, S., Wildberger, M. S., Jenkins, L., & Mullan, S. (2025). Informational justice, job autonomy, and child welfare workers’ intention to stay. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. https://doi.org/10.1086/733495
Hong, J. S., & Choi, M. (n.d.). Child maltreatment in immigrant families. In Violence and Trauma without Borders: Perspectives of Immigrants, Migrants, and Refugees Post-migration. Palgrave Macmillan.
Jenkins, L., Ryan, S. D., LaBrenz, C. A., Wildberger, M. S., Choi, M., & Kim, J. (2025). Shifting systems: child welfare practitioners’ adaptation to changing policies. Child Welfare, 102(4), 1–28.

Award / Honor Recipient: 2025 College Achievement for Excellence in Service, College of Applied Arts, Texas State University. August 2025 - Present
Award / Honor Recipient: Junior Career Achievement Award, The Korean American Social Work Educators Association. October 2023
Award / Honor Recipient: William Reid Scholarship, School of Social Welfare, University at Albany. 2015
Award / Honor Recipient: South Korean Scholarship, School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, State University of New York. 2013