Hyunkag Cho, Ph.D

Title: Assistant Professor
Office Location: 254 Baker Hall
Phone: 517/432.3732
Fax: 517/353-3038
E-mail: chohyu12@msu.edu

Education

• Ph.D, Florida State University
• MSW(Social Welfare), Seongkonghoe (Korea) University
• BA, Seoul (Korea) National University Department of Asian History

Professional Interests

• Social policy in the intersection of domestic violence and criminal justice system
• Cross-national comparisons of social policy
• Community development
• Community organization

Research/Grants

• Program evaluation of the Charlotte, Florida Alliance for a Safe & Drug Free Community. 2006.

Teaching

• SW 310 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment
• SW 441 - Social Work Practice with Task Groups, Organizations, and Communities
• SW 810 - Theories of Groups, Organizations, and Communities

Articles & Publications

• Cho, H., & Wilke, D. (2005). How has the Violence Against Women Act affected the response of the criminal justice system to domestic violence? Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 32(4), 125-139.
• Chang, H., & Cho, H. (2001). The prevalence and risk factors of dating violence among university students. Korean Journal of Family Social Work, 8, 177-201.

Presentations

• Effects of arrest of domestic violence batterers on reducing victims' revictimization: An analysis of the national crime victimization survey from 1987 to 2003. Paper, 11th Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference: San Francisco, CA. January 2007.
• Effects of arrest of batterers on reducing domestic violence incidence: Time series analysis of National Crime Victimization Survey from 1987 to 2003. Poster, 11th Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference: San Francisco, CA. January 2007.
• Effects of the Violence Against Women Act on responses of victims and the police: Interrupted time series analysis of the National Crime Victimization Survey from 1992 to 2003. Poster, 11th Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference: San Francisco, CA. January 2007.
• An effect of active police intervention in domestic violence in reducing victims' revictimization. Poster,14th Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting: San Antonio, TX. May 2006.
• Effects of arrest on the victim's future safety. Paper, 18th Southeast Evaluation Association Annual Conference: Tallahassee, FL. February 2006.
• Do the feminist batterer treatment programs work? An historical and philosophical examination. Poster, 13th Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting: Washington, DC. May 2005.
• An analysis of federal, state and local homelessness policies: From benevolence to criminalization. Paper, State Policy Conference: Charleston, SC. August 2004.

Other

• 2006. Abstract reviewer. Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting.