Victim Researcher Profile
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
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