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Dr. Mijin Choi

  • Associate Professor - School of Social Work
  • 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.
  • Lee, S.-Y., & Choi, M. (2025). Changes in Aggressive Behaviors over Time in Children with Adverse Childhood Experiences: Focusing on the Role of School Connectedness. Social Sciences, 14, 385. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14060385
  • 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. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894251321867
  • 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.
  • 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
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  • 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
  1. Member

    HBSE Teaching Cluster Team

  2. Member

    Search Committee

  3. Reviewer / Referee

    Child Welfare

  4. Member

    Personal Committee

  5. Member

    Scholarship Committee

  6. Reviewer / Referee

    Child Maltreatment

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