Colloquium in Apr. 2022 Kim, Kwanwook (Professor, Dept. of Cultural Anthropology at Duksung Women’s Univ., South Korea) The primary goal of this study is to address changes in the working environment of call center during the COVID–19 crisis. Furthermore, it intends to discuss that the health of counselors in this Read more…
Colloquium in Mar. 2022 Kim, Harris Hyun-Soo (Professor, Dept. of Sociology at Ewha Womans Univ., South Korea) and Yool Choi (Professor, Dept. of Sociology at Chung-Ang Univ., South Korea) This study examines the role of environmental contexts in mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. By using multilevel models, the study Read more…
Colloquium in Oct. 2021 Jang, Sou Hyun (Professor, Department of Sociology at Sungkyunkwan Univ., South Korea) There has been a plethora of research to reduce health disparities with various research methods. In the current presentation, I introduce community-based participatory research (CBPR) and how it differs from the traditional research methods. Read more…
Colloquium in May 2021 Choi, Seung-won Emily (Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Texas Tech Univ.) This study examines the relationship between caring for grandchildren (i.e., grandparenting) and mortality risk and how the link differs by race-ethnicity in the United States. Drawing from the Health and Retirement Read more…
Colloquium in May 2020 Lee, Min-Ah (Professor, Department of Sociology at Chung-Ang University) This study analyzes how subjective well-being is associated with gender and fear of crime in South Korea, with multi-variate regression analysis of 2016 Korean General Social Survey data. According to the analysis, Koreans’ subjective well-being is negatively Read more…
Colloquium in Aug. 2018 Kim, Yujin (Professor, Dept. of Sociology at Kangwon National Univ.) This study analyzes whether and how cognitive aging patterns vary across cohorts in Korea, especially with a focus on their gender differences. The analysis is based on a 5,270 sample from Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging data which biannually surveyed Koreans aged 45 or Read more…
Inequality and Social Risks: Applications of the Index of Health and Social Problems Health and Social Welfare Review. Hwang Sun-Jae (2015) This study examines the relationship between income inequality and various social problems or social risks from a theoretical, empirical, and comparative perspective. Based on the theoretical framework that rising Read more…