Updates

2024

Vote for Joyce Y. Lee, PhD, MS, MSW, LCSW for SSWR Director-At-Large to advance social work research that promotes a diverse, just & equitable society. Cast your vote in the 2025 SSWR election by 12/31 here: https://vote.associationvoting.com/sswr/ See here for more info!
PhD student Amy Xu was awarded third place at the Ohio State Translational Data Analytics Institute Fall Forum 2024 for her flash talk on broadband access data and unsupervised clustering methods! Congratulations Amy!
Missed Dr. Lee's presentation at the 2024 National Fatherhood Summit on critical lessons learned from the piloting of Daddy REAds with Me (DREAM)? Slides are now available thanks to the National Responsible Fathering Clearinghouse by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services!
Our lab is coming to Society for Social Work and Research 2025! Check us out at the following presentations:
- Chang, O., Ward, K., Pace, G., Lee, J. Y., & Lee, S. J. (2025, January). Investigating the lasting influence of pregnancy intendedness on mothers’ and fathers’ experiences of destructive conflict and intimate partner violence. Society for Social Work and Research, Seattle, WA. (accepted)
- Yoon, S., Wang, J., Chang, Y., Lee, J. Y., Nho, C. R., Chung, I. J., & Schoppe-Sullivan, S. (2025, January). Profiles of father involvement among unmarried Black fathers and child social-emotional functioning. Society for Social Work and Research, Seattle, WA. (accepted)
- Lee, J. Y., Yoon, S., Chang, Y., Cha, H., Radney, A., Xu, A., Landers, A., & Schoppe-Sullivan, S. S. (2025, January). Parental warmth of non-offending fathers raising children in the U.S. child welfare system: Associations with children’s socioemotional development. Society for Social Work and Research, Seattle, WA. (accepted)
- Lee, J. Y., Ahn, E., Ammari, T., Xu, A., Chang, Y., & Cha, H. (2025, January). Leveraging artificial intelligence as a tool for rendering family-centered services: A scoping review. Society for Social Work and Research, Seattle, WA. (accepted)
- Cha, H., Chang, Y., Lee, J. Y., Yoon, S., Harty, J., Steinke, H., & Xu, A. (2025, January). Role of fathers in the well-being of children involved in the child welfare system: Recommendations for practice and policy from a scoping review. Society for Social Work and Research, Seattle, WA. (accepted)
- Mendoza, N., Koh, E., Klein-Cox, A., Littleton, T., & Lee, J. Y. (2025, January). Understudied areas of kinship families: Implications for social work research, policy, and practice. Society for Social Work and Research, Seattle, WA. (accepted)
Dr. Lee's research on how fathers with low income remain emotionally resilient against multiple barriers to early father involvement was featured in an OSU College of Social Work Research Brief. The research brief can be read here.
PhD student Hunmin Cha is featured in the Ohio State College of Social Work Summer Stories! Read about Hunmin’s calligraphy journey here.
Dr. Lee will be talking about Leveraging Fathers to Promote Child Wellbeing within the Context of the US Child Welfare System at the Ohio State University Institute for Population Research on Tuesday, October 8 from 12:30-1:30pm. Read the flyer to learn more!
Our doctoral students have officially begun their Autumn 2024 semester at the College of Social Work! Hunmin Cha and Yujeong Chang are entering their second year, and Amy Xu is entering her first year.
Dr. Lee will be at the National Fatherhood Summit hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to co-present the following accepted conference abstract: Lee, J. Y., Yoon, S., Benavides, L., & Rivers, M. (2024, August). Critical lessons learned from the piloting of Daddy REAds with Me (DREAM). National Fatherhood Summit, Atlanta, GA. If you are in Atlanta, don't miss this critical presentation on August 14, 2024 from 2-3:15pm in the Chestnut Room (North Tower-M3 Level) of Omni Hotel! More details about the workshop and objectives can be found here.
Congratulations to our doctoral students Yujeong Chang and Hunmin Cha for their elections to the CSW Doctoral Student Organization this school year! Yujeong Chang will serve as President and Hunmin will serve as Treasurer.
Incoming PhD student Amy Xu will be presenting a poster at NCFR 2024: "Work Schedule Data and Child Behaviors Among Precariously Employed Families: A Scoping Review" on Saturday, November 23, 2024 from 8-9:15 am.
Dr. Lee, Dr. Yoon, and others in collaboration with OSU College of Social Work, Father Up, Ohio Department of Children & Youth, and Action for Children are hosting a free Reading with Dad event! Join them on Sunday 6/30/2024 from 3-5pm at Scioto Audubon Metro Park.
Angelise Radney, Dr. Lee, Amy Xu, Hannah Steinke, Dr. Mengo, and Dr. Johnson-Motoyama's research on Family Stress Processes Underlying COVID-19–Related Economic Insecurity for Mothers and Fathers and Children's Internalizing Behaviour Problems was featured in an OSU College of Social Work Research Brief. The research brief can be read here.
Dr. Lee, Dr. Oh, Amy Xu, and Angelise Radney's research on Family Stress Processes Underlying COVID-19–Related Economic Insecurity for Mothers and Fathers and Children's Internalizing Behaviour Problems was featured in an OSU College of Social Work Research Brief. The research brief can be read here.
Dr. Lee, Dr. Sehun Oh, Amy Xu, Angelise Radney, and Dr. Christina Rodriguez's research on how family economic insecurity can hurt child mental health was featured in Ohio State News! The press can be read here.
PhD candidate Angelise Radney successfully defended and completed her candidacy exam this week! Congratulations Angelise, as well as her co-chairs Dr. Lee and Dr. Mengo!
PhD student Yujeong Chang is Co-President of the newly formed OSU International Social Work Support Network! Please support and follow them here!
PhD students Yujeong Chang and Hunmin Cha have been accepted to the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study Summer Data Workshop! Congratulations, Yujeong and Hunmin!
Congratulations to Dr. Lee who presented at the OSU Crane Center for Early Childhood Research & Policy on shared parental responsiveness and child development, for which 67 people registered! Audience members came from OSU as well as state agencies, local school districts, and community partner organizations like the Buckeye Ranch, Center for Healthy Families, Action for Children, and YMCA.
Congratulations to Dr. Lee and Co-Investigator Dr. Mengo on their grant award from the Institute for Population Research at The Ohio State University in the amount of $40,000! The grant title is “Identifying Child Welfare System Processes Associated with Maternal and Child Health Disparities” from 6/1/2024-7/31/2025. See more details about the project here!
MSW student Hannah Steinke has accepted her offer of admission to the College of Social Work PhD Program! She will begin in Autumn 2024, and her publication on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and sex trafficked adult women is now in press. Congratulations Hannah!
Read more about KinCarolina on News19's coverage!
Dr. Lee will be presenting a Research Forum hosted by the OSU Crane Center for Early Childhood Research & Policy! Be sure to catch her research on how preschoolers' behavior and receptive language development are affected by shared parental responsiveness in low-income households. Register here for this in-person event on Wednesday, April 3 from 2:30 to 3:30pm!
Dr. Yoon, Dr. Lee, and PhD student Angelise Radney co-wrote a paper that has been accepted at Child Abuse & Neglect journal! Find the journal citation below:
- Yoon, S., Ploss, A., Hutzel, M., Webb, R., Hatfield, A., Lee, J. Y., Munshi, A., Radney, A., & McClellan, J. (accepted). Parenting attitudes and behaviors among parents involved with the child welfare system and affected by substance use disorders. Child Abuse & Neglect (*4.800).
PhD student Angelise Radney will be presenting a poster at SSWR 2024: "A Scoping Review on Therapeutic Interventions to Address Racial Trauma Healing Among Black Youth: Implications for Working with Justice System-Involved Black Youth"
Dr. Lee will be presenting a paper at SSWR 2024: "Racially and Ethnically Diverse Fathers: Shared Parental Responsiveness with Mothers and Early Child Outcomes in Families with Low Income, as part of the symposium entitled "Empowering Diverse Fathers: Transformative Anti-Racist, Anti-Oppressive, and Decolonizing Strategies for Optimal Child Outcomes in Marginalized Communities"
Dr. Lee will also present a poster at SSWR 2024: "Father-Mother Co-Involvement in Child Maltreatment: Associations of Parental Substance Use, Inadequate Housing, Medical Conditions, Intimate Partner Violence, and Prior Perpetration History with Different Maltreatment Types"
PhD student Yujeong Chang will be presenting a poster at SSWR 2024: "The Role of School Connectedness in the Relationship between Child Abuse and Child Behavior Problems: Exploring Protective Mechanisms and Pathways
Yujeong will also present a paper at SSWR 2024: "The Positive Early Childhood Education (PECE) Program: A Preliminary Program Evaluation in the State of Ohio"
Dr. Lee and PhD student Angelise Radney are presenting two papers at the 2024 Chadwick Center's Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment:
- Parental risk factors that predict father-mother co-involvement in child maltreatment. Chadwick Center’s Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment. San Diego, CA, January 20-25, 2024.
- Racial and ethnic disparities in the physical health outcomes of children in foster care. Chadwick Center’s Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment. San Diego, CA, January 20-25, 2024.

2023

Dr. Lee's research on shared parental responsiveness among mothers and fathers with low income and early child outcomes was featured in Ohio State News. The press can be read here.
PhD student Angelise Radney is presenting at next year's ResilienceCon! See her accepted poster submission below:
- Radney, A. (2024). Positive Changes in Parenting Attitudes Among Parents Involved in the Child Welfare System with Co-occurring Substance Use Disorders. ResilienceCon, Nashville, TN, April 14-16, 2024.
MSW student Hannah Steinke is the Erika, Andra, and Inara Brubaker Endowed Scholarship Fund for Academic Excellence in Domestic Violence and Child Welfare recipient in the College of Social Work! Congratulations, Hannah!
Ohio Sobriety Treatment and Reducing Trauma (Ohio START), a program that helps stabilize families struggling with substance use, is the first in the nation to receive national certification from Children and Family Futures! Ohio START is a collaboration among child protective services, peer mentors, the courts, and behavioral health and treatment providers who work closely to help parents achieve sobriety and children to heal from any trauma they may have experienced.
Dr. Yoon's, Dr. Lee's, and Dr. Schoppe-Sullivan's study on positive coparenting relationships among unmarried low-income couples was featured in New York Post! Read more here.
Dr. Yoon's, Dr. Lee's, and Dr. Schoppe-Sullivan's study on positive coparenting relationships among unmarried low-income couples was featured in Ohio State News! Read more here.
MSW student Amy Xu successfully defended her master's thesis this week! Congratulations Amy!
Thank you to Ohio State News for featuring Dr. Lee's research on shared parental responsiveness among mothers and fathers with low income in the onCampus Ohio State News publication! As a reminder, you can read the press here.
Dr. Lee's research on examining the relationship between child maltreatment referral sources and case outcomes in the United States from 2008-2018 was published in Child Abuse & Neglect! Read a copy here.
Dr. Lee was featured on the Child Well-Being Research Network July 2023 newsletter! Stay up to date on newsletters here.
Dr. Lee's research on shared parental responsiveness among mothers and fathers with low income and early child outcomes was featured in U-M Michigan News. The press can be read here.
Dr. Lee’s research on Shared Parental Responsiveness Among Fathers and Mothers with Low Income and Early Child Outcomes was featured in an OSU College of Social Work Research Brief. The Research Brief can be read here.
Dr. Lee’s research on Family Stress Processes Underlying Material Hardship and Parental Detachment and Warmth Amongst Racially Diverse Fathers and Mothers with Low Income was featured in an OSU College of Social Work Research Brief. The Research Brief can be read here.
Dr. Lee’s research on Child Welfare System-Level Factors Associated with All-Cause Mortality Among Children in Foster Care in the United States was featured in an OSU College of Social Work Research Brief. The Research Brief can be read here.
Dr. Lee’s research on implementing a text messaging intervention to engage fathers in home visiting was featured in an OSU College of Social Work Research Brief. The Research Brief can be read here.
Dr. Lee was featured on the Child Well-Being Research Network May 2023 newsletter! Stay up to date on newsletters here.
Congratulations to Dr. Lee for becoming an Editorial Fellow at the peer-reviewed journal Family Relations!
Dr. Lee’s and PhD student Angelise Radney’s research on father-mother co-involvement in child maltreatment was featured in an OSU College of Social Work Research Brief. The Research Brief can be read here.
Dr. Lee was awarded the Tony Tripodi Prize for Research Excellence from OSU's College of Social Work. The “Tony” Research Award is an endowed, monetary award made annually on a competitive basis to a full-time tenure track faculty member whose research productivity holds promise for making a significant contribution to social work knowledge and practice.
Dr. Lee was featured on the Child Well-Being Research Network April 2023 newsletter! Stay up to date on newsletters here.
Dr. Lee was featured on Spectrum News TV. The video interview is titled, "New study shows both biological parents involved in abuse, neglect".
Dr. Lee and PhD student Angelise Radney were featured in Ohio State News for their research published in Children. The article is titled, "When both mom and dad maltreat their child: Study finds key risk factors for both parents being involved".
Dr. Lee and Dr. Yoon presented at ResilienceCon 2023 in Nashville, TN on April 17! See their presentations below:
Yoon, S., & Lee, J. Y. (2023). Daddy REAds with Me (DREAM): Virtual dialogic reading intervention for Black non-resident fathers and their preschoolers. ResilienceCon, Nashville, TN, April 17, 2023, 9:00am-10:15am CT at the Scarritt Bennett Center A4.
Lee, J. Y., Lee, S. J., Yoon, S. H., Kirsch, J., Pace, G. T., & Schoppe-Sullivan, S. (2023). Economic stress, detachment, and warmth among fathers and mothers with low income. ResilienceCon, Nashville, TN, April 17, 2023, 1:00pm-2:15pm CT at the Scarritt Bennett Center C4.
Jaclyn Kirsch (former doctoral student/former graduate research assistant/current collaborator), successfully defended her dissertation and is officially Dr. Kirsch! Dr. Lee served on her dissertation committee as well. She has accepted an assistant professor position at University of Texas Arlington School of Social Work!
Sarah Presley (MSW student/graduate research assistant) passed her licensure test and is now a Licensed Social Worker in the state of Ohio. She also has accepted a position as a Clinical Assessor with Nationwide Children's Hospital in their Behavioral Health Juvenile Justice (BHJJ) program. BHJJ is responsible for completing diagnostic assessments for juveniles, developing recommendations for the level of care and evidence-based treatment programs, providing behavioral health consultation and training with juvenile court staff on mental health symptoms and resources, and advocating for families during the court process. To learn more about the success of the BHJJ program, read this infographic here.
Angelise Radney (doctoral student/graduate research assistant), will be presenting at NABSW Conference in Chicago, IL on April 7th. Her workshop is titled, "Exploring Use of Therapeutic Interventions to Address Racial Trauma Healing Among Black/African American Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth".
Dr. Lee will be presenting the Society for Research in Childhood Development Biennial Meeting, March 23rd-25th in Salt Lake City, UT. She will be charing the session titled, "F athering, Mothering, and Family Dynamics in Low-Income Families", as well as presenting the papers, "Family Processes Underlying Covid-19 Pandemic Related Economic Insecurity and Children's Internalizing Behaviors" and, "Economic Stress, Detachment, and Warmth Amongst Fathers and Mothers with Low Income".
Dr. Lee's research brief, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Physical Health Outcomes of Children in Foster Care: A Systematic Review, was published.
Dr. Lee was highlighted in the January 2023 Child Well-Being Research Network Newsletter, for her publication, "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Physical Health Outcomes of Children in Foster Care: A Systematic Review", in Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
Dr. Lee, along with Jaclyn Kirsch (doctoral student/former graduate research assistant), Sarah Presley (MSW student/graduate research assistant), Angelise Radney (doctoral student/ graduate research assistant) and additional co-authors, had their paper titled, "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Physical Heath Outcomes of Children in Foster Care: A Systematic Review" accepted and published in Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
Sarah Presley's (MSW student/graduate research assistant) brief report was published in the 2023 January ACJS Newsletter, based on her paper titled, “Not for the Weak”: The Lived Experience of Women in Romantic Relationships with Incarcerated Individuals".
Dr. Lee was featured on the Child Well-Being Research Network May 2023 newsletter! Stay up to date on newsletters here.

2022

Dr. Lee was highlighted in the December 2022 Child Well-Being Research Network Newsletter, for her publication, "Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander children in foster care: A descriptive study of an overlooked child welfare population", in Children and Youth Services Review.
Dr. Lee was selected to be a member of the Child Well-Being Research Network operated out of Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. This membership includes access to interdisciplinary connections; access to funding opportunities; participation in writing groups and retreats; and highlighting of published work in the networks’ website and newsletters among other benefits. Congratulations Dr. Lee!
Angelise Radney (doctoral student/graduate research assistant) presented at the Coalition for Juvenile Justice in Louisville, KY, Exploring Use of Therapeutic Interventions to Address Racial Trauma Healing Among Black / African American Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth: A Scoping Review on November 1st, 2022
Dr. Lee's symposium proposal titled, "Roles of fathers across the child welfare spectrum from child maltreatment prevention to foster care involvement," was accepted for presentation at the 2023 Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, scheduled to be held on January 11-15, 2023 at Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Lee is the chair of the symposium and will also present her paper titled, "Family stress processes underlying mothers' and fathers' parental detachment and warmth in families with low income."
Angelise Radney's (doctoral student/graduate research assistant) paper abstract titled, "Associations between child marriage and extreme weather events: A mixed methods systematic review" was accepted for presentation at the 2023 Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, scheduled to be held on January 11-15, 2023 at Phoenix, AZ.
Sarah Presley (MSW student/graduate research assistant) was selected as the recipient for the Council on Social Work Education's Minority Fellowship Program for Master's Students. The Minority Fellowship Program is designed to enhance the training of full-time, master’s-level social work students passionate about meeting the mental health needs of BIPOC communities, in their final year of study in social work.
Dr. Lee's research brief, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Children in Foster Care: A descriptive study of an overlooked child welfare population, was published.
Dr. Lee's article, Early childhood education and care policies in the U.S. And their impact on family violence was accepted and published in Children and Youth Services Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106653
Dr. Lee's article, Supporting fathers to prevent child maltreatment: How paid family leave and child care subsidies are part of a public health approach, was accepted and published in the International Journal on Child Maltreatment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-022-00124-x
Dr. Lee & Jaclyn Kirsch's (doctoral student/graduate research assistant) article, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander children in foster care: A descriptive study of an overlooked child welfare population was accepted and published in Children Youth Services Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106618
Dr. Lee's study was cited in a Washington Post article, "Study: Dads’ money woes can set stage for family conflict".
Dr. Lee & Dr. Susan Yoon, along with graduate students Lorenzo Benavides, Alexa Ploss, Anika Latelle and Sarah Presley had their abstract, "Fostering positive parenting and healthy child development through the Ohio Sobriety, Treatment, and Recovery Teams (START) program" accepted to present at the 2022 Kempe International Conference October 3rd-6th 2022.
Dr. Lee & Dr. Susan Yoon were listed on The Ohio State University 2022 Outreach and Engagement Funded Impact Grant Proposals.
The Child and Family Wellbeing Laboratory is on Twitter!
Dr. Lee was interviewed on WOSU radio station, discussing mental health of fathers as part of "Wellness Wednesday".
Dr. Lee's children book, Young, Proud, and Sung-jee, was included as one of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) resources for young children.
Dr. Lee's article, "Trouble paying bills can take a heavy toll on fathers' mental health, leading to family conflict" was published in The Conversation.
Dr. Lee, along with Dr. Susan Yoon and Action for Children, was awarded a grant in the amount of $20,000 from The Ohio State University to supplement the DREAM Project.
Dr. Lee's paper titled, "Examining Mechanisms Linking Economic Insecurity to Interparental Conflict Among Couples with Low Income" was recently published in Family Relations.
Dr. Lee, along with Dr. Susan Yoon and Action for Children, was awarded a grant in the amount of $29,774 from the CSW Community-Engaged Research Pilot grant program at The Ohio State University for her proposal, "Daddy Reads with Me: A Pilot Test of a Community-Based Participatory Virtual Dialogic Reading Intervention for Black Non-resident Fathers and Their Preschoolers”.
Dr. Lee was recently accepted to the Summer Research Institute as part of The National Data Archives on Child Abuse and Neglect, which is an online distance learning experience in the secondary analysis of child abuse and neglect data.
In an efforts to bring awareness to and stop Asian hate during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Lee lat year participated in an interview with the Huron Emery, a student produced newspaper at Huron High School, Ann Arbor, MI. Alison Mi, the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper cover the story titled, "The long road back home: Joyce Lee's journey." The story was recently featured in Best of SNO, which showcases some of the best student journalism from a selective network of high school students.
Dr. Lee was recently accepted as a trainee of the National Institute of Health funded Building a Multidisciplinary Pipeline of Researchers in Child Abuse and Neglect: Summer Training Institute for Early Career or Transitioning Scholars (R25HD082067). Through this opportunity, Dr. Lee will receive multidisciplinary training that will support her endeavors to better understand the etiology, epidemiology, and context of paternal child maltreatment.
Sarah Presley's (graduate student/graduate research assistant) paper titled, "Fear of the Unknown”: Coparenting with an incarcerated individual" was accepted for presentation at the the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference to be held at Las Vegas, NV, March 15-19, 2022.
Dr. Lee participated in the symposium titled, "Intersectionality in child welfare and justice involvement: The impact of race and gender for youth and families in child welfare and legal systems" and presented on a paper, "Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander children in foster care: A descriptive study of an overlooked child welfare population" at the Society for Research for Adolescents biennial conference, virtual, March 3-5, 2022.
Dr. Lee chaired a symposium titled, "Economic hardship and the parenting experiences of fathers from racially diverse or socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds" at the Society for Social Work and Research annual conference at Washington, DC, January 12-16, 2022.
Dr. Lee presented a paper titled, "Mechanisms linking economic insecurity to interparental conflict in unmarried residential father families with low income" at the Society for Social Work and Research annual conference, Washington, DC, January 12-16, 2022.

2021

Jaclyn Kirsch (graduate student/graduate research assistant) presented a paper titled, "Immigrant-Refugee Leadership During COVID-19: A Qualitative Exploration of Community-Based Ethnic Organizations" at the Council of Social Work Education annual conference, Orlando, FL, November 4-7, 2021.
Jaclyn Kirsch (graduate student/graduate research assistant) presented a paper titled, "Missing Counselor Project: Findings from a mental health capacity project in Nepal " at the Council of Social Work Education annual conference, Orlando, FL, November 4-7, 2021.
Dr. Lee presented a paper titled, "Testing the feasibility of an interactive, mentor-based text messaging program to increase fathers’ engagement in home visitation" at the National Council on Family Relations annual conference, virtual, November 2-5, 2021.
Dr. Lee chaired a symposium titled, "Fathers’ experiences, parental representations, and involvement during the prenatal period" at the Society for Social Work and Research annual conference, virtual, January 19-22, 2021.
Dr. Lee presented a paper titled, "Challenges and joys of becoming a father: A qualitative study of low-income men’s prenatal experiences" at the Society for Social Work and Research annual conference, virtual, January 19-22, 2021.
Dr. Lee presented a paper titled, "Most pressing concerns of foster families during COVID-19" at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial conference, Virtual, April 7-9, 2021.
Dr. Lee presented a paper titled, "Testing the father-child activation theory: A replication study with low-income unmarried parents" at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial conference, virtual, April 7-9, 2021.
Jaclyn Kirsch (graduate student/graduate research assistant) presented a paper titled, "Mental health & culturally responsive mental health interventions among the Bhutanese refugee population in the United States: a systemic scoping review" at the annual Society of Social Work Research conference, virtual, January 19-22, 2021.

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