Victim Researcher Profile

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Y. Joon Choi

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STATE

Guam

INSTITUTION

University of Georgia, School of Social Work

TITLE

Associate Professor & Ph.D. Program Director

EDUCATION

PhD

DISCIPLINE

Social Work

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

11-20 years

BIO

Dr. Choi Choi has worked in the field of domestic violence for more than 20 years, first as a counselor/advocate for Asian immigrant women in New York City and later as a founding member of New Visions, where she oversaw the design, implementation, and evaluation of a CDC-funded prevention-focused Coordinated Community Response (CCR) to domestic violence in Asian communities in Michigan. Her current research focuses on developing and evaluating an online domestic violence virtual case simulation training curriculum for Korean American clergy to enable them to better recognize and address domestic violence and its prevention in their congregations, in partnership with two community agencies, KAN-WIN in Chicago and KCSC in Virginia.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Dating Violence (Teen), Domestic and Family Violence, Trafficking in Persons

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Immigrants and refugees

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Community-based participatory research, Data collection, Descriptive studies, Needs assessment, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Randomized controlled trial

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Community-based participatory research, Data collection, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies, Randomized controlled trial, Training and/or technical assistance