Dr. Jin Young Choi

Department of Sociology

Sam Houston State University, USA

Email: jyc002@shsu.edu

Qualifications

2006  Ph.D., Sociology, University of Hawaii at Manoa

2003  M.A., Sociology, University of Hawaii at Manoa

1999  M.P.H., School of Public Health, University of Hawaii at Manoa

1995  M.S., Health Education, Ewha Women’s University, Korea

1993  B.S., Health Education, Ewha Women’s University, Korea

Publications (selected)

1. Choi, J., Hwang, J. & Yi, J. Nativity, Acculturation, 2011. Body Perception and Weight Status among Vietnamese American College Students. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (Forthcoming).
2. Lee, SH., Sukrakarn, N. & Choi, J. 2011. Motivation to Go Home, Motivation to Remit: Evidence from Thai Migrant Workers. Journal of Asian Economics, 22, 142-151.
3. Bonanno, A. & Choi, J. 2011. Psychosocial Aspects of Orbitofacial Disfigurement in Cancer Patients. Pp. 311-318 in Bita Esmaeli (ed.), Ophthalmic Oncology. Norwell, MA: Springer.
4. Choi, J. 2011. Community Resources for Families Related to Health. Vol. I, Pp. 216-217. In Craft-Rosenberg, M. and Pehler, SR (eds.), Encyclopedia of Family Health, Los Angeles, CA: SAGE.
5. Bonanno, A. & Choi, J. 2010. Mapping out the Social Experience of Cancer Patients with Facial Disfigurement. Health, 2(5): 418-428.
6. Constance, D. & Choi, J. 2010. Overcoming the Barriers to Organic Adoption in the United States: A Look at Pragmatic Conventional Producers in Texas. Sustainability, 2(1), 163-188.
7. Choi, J. 2009. Contextual Effects on Health Care Access among Immigrants: Lessons from Three Ethnic Communities in Hawaii. Social Science and Medicine, 69: 1261-1271.
8. Choi, J. & Davis, MA. 2009. Adolescent Suicides in Korea: Risk Factors and Intervention. Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion, 10(1): 61-85.
9. Choi, J. 2008. Seeking Health Care: Marshallese Migrants in Hawaii, Ethnicity and Health, 13:77-98.
10. Constance, D., Choi, J. & Lyke-Ho-Gland, H. 2008. Conventionalization, Bifurcation, and Quality of Life: A look at Certified and Non-certified Organic Farmers in Texas. Southern Rural Sociology, 23(1): 208-234.
11. Choi, J. & Lee, SH. 2006. Does Prenatal Care Increase Access to Child Immunization? Gender Bias among Children in India. Social Science and Medicine, 63(1):107-117.