Faculty Profile for Dr. Mijin Choi

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Dr. Mijin Choi
Associate Professor — School of Social Work
ENC 167
phone: (512) 245-2592
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Hong, J. S., Choi, M., Gomez, A., Padilla, Y., & Espelage, D. (2024). How receiving welfare assistance could be linked to children’s bullying victimization: Exploring the potential pathways. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 42, 371–384. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2663
  • Seng, T., Choi, M., & Lee, E. (2024). Examining the protective impact of peer relationships on negative self-esteem among high-risk adolescents: The interplay of gender and ethnicity. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-024-00978-9
  • Choi, M. J., Kim, J., LaBrenz, C., Ryan, S., Wildberger, M. S., Jenkins, L., & Mullan, S. (n.d.). Mediation effects of job autonomy on informational justice and child welfare workers’ intention to stay. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research.
  • Jenkins, L., Kim, J., Ryan, S. D., Wildberger, M. S., LaBrenz, C. A., & Choi, M. (n.d.). Shifting systems: child welfare practitioners’ adaptation to changing policies. Child Welfare.
  • Choi, M. J., Lee, S., Kim, J., & Lee, J. (2024). The interaction of race/ethnicity and school-connectedness in presenting internalizing and externalizing behaviors among adolescents. Children and Youth Services Review, 161, 107605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107605

Selected Awards

  • 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

Selected Grants

  • 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.

Selected Service Activities

Reviewer / Referee
Child Maltreatment
May 2023-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Youth & Service
February 2023-Present
Chair
Student Learning Outcome Assessment Committee
2022-Present
Data Collection/ Data Analysis
CSWE reaffirmation process
April 2022-Present
Chair
HBSE Teaching Cluster Team
2021-Present