Dongwook Kim
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411 N Central Ave, UCENT Bldg. #722L Phoenix, AZ 85004
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Mail code: 3520Campus: Phoenix
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Student Information
Graduate StudentSocial Work
Watts Col of Pub Ser & Com Sol
Dongwook Kim, MSW LGSW MA PMP currently serves as a Faculty Associate (Teaching Fellow) at Global Center for Applied Health Research at Arizona State University. He is also pursuing his Ph.D. in Social Work at ASU's Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions.
Before entering social work training, he spent over a decade working in global nonprofits and human service settings. His roles included Child Protection Officer, Program Coordinator, and Country Director with NGOs in South Sudan, South Korea, and Rwanda. He also led needs assessment and program evaluation efforts for various initiatives in Ethiopia and Tanzania.
His research interests primarily lie in the areas of behavioral health, particularly stigma reduction and resilience building in social work settings and within public health establishments in relation to HIV/AIDS.
- M.S.W. University of Minnesota Twin Cities
- M.A. Conflict, Security and Development (Merit), University of London, King's College
- B.A. English and Political Science, Korea University
*Additional Study: B.Sc. in Statistics and Data Science, Korea National Open University
- Etiology of stigma
- Post-traumatic growth
- Role shifts/Psychosocial adaptation/Transcendence
- HIV/AIDS & Chronic infectious diseases
- International/comparative social welfare
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SWG 623 | Program Evaluation |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SWU 432 | Social Policy and Services |
2025 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SWU 321 | Statistics for Social Workers |
2024
Karl A. Scott Scholarship, Council on Social Work Education, United States
Diversity Fellowship, Insitute for Social Research and Data Innovation, United States
2021–2023
Global Korea Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea
2020
Big Data Analytics Competition (1st place), Korea National Open Univ, Republic of Korea
2010–2011
Chevening Scholarship, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (reviewer)
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (reviewer)
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (reviewer)
Minnesota Board of Social Work (Licensure: LGSW)
Project Management Institute (PMP Certified)
- 2023 | Consultant, Center for Health Interprofessional Programs, University of Minnesota
- 2021 - 2023 | Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
- 2020 - 2021 | Research Program Coordinator, Child Welfare Research Center
- 2016 - 2018 | Country Manager, ChildFund Rwanda
- 2014 - 2020 | Overseas Development Program Coordinator, ChildFund Korea
- 2012 - 2013 | Protection Officer, Nonviolent Peaceforce South Sudan
- 2010 | Junior Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses