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Diplomas / Degrees

PhD, University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy & Practice (2009)
MA, Yonsei University, School of Social Welfare (2004)
BA, Yonsei University, Department of Social Welfare (1999)

Recent Courses

Social Work Research I
Social Work Research II

Teaching Specializations / Interests

Social Welfare Policy
Research Methodology
Applied Statistics

Research Interests

Economic Mobility and Income Security
Comparative Welfare Study
Political Ramification of Welfare State
Administration in Human Service Organization

Grants / Sponsored Research

University of Pennsylvania, Office of the Vice Provost for Research, YHP Fellowship. Income Security of the Working Poor: Impact of Social Income Transfers on Poverty Reduction. Awarded July 16, 2008 to Tae Kuen Kim, PI. $31,500.

JEHT Foundation. Parole release decisions: Effects of positive and negative victim and non-victim input. Awarded Sept 30, 2008 to Tae Kuen Kim, Statistics Consultation. $1,900.

Books

Tae Kuen Kim. (2006). Data analysis for social science: Regression analysis. Seoul: Human & Welfare.

Recent Articles

Kim, T. K., Solomon, P, & Zurlo, K. (2009, 8). A Primer for dealing with multi-level data: Analyzing multi-level data using hierarchical linear modeling. Administration in Social Work, 33(3)

Kim, T. K. (2009, 7). Three types of the poor: Poverty duration and poverty recidivism. Korean Social Welfare Research, 24

Kim T. K. (2009, 1). Globalization and state-supported welfare: A test of the curve-linear hypothesis in OECD countries. International Social Work, 52(2)

Kim, T. K., & Zurlo, K. (2008, 2). How economic globalization affects the welfare state? Focusing on the mediating effect of welfare regimes. International Journal of Social Welfare, 18(2)

Kim, T. K., & Zurlo, K. (2007, 12). Factors that influence workfare program participants: Focusing on South Korea¡¯s Self-Sufficiency Program. International Social Work, 50(6)

Invited Presentations and Lectures

Kim, T. K. (18 March 2009). A typology of the poor: Focusing on poverty duration and the number of poverty spells. Center for East Asian Study, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Kim, T. K. (07 September 2007). Asian economic crisis and welfare reform in Korea. Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Conference Presentations and Papers

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Rhodes, K., Cerulli, C., Kothari, C., Dichter, M, Kim, T. K., & Marcus, S. (07 November 2009). Does victim participation in intimate partner violence prosecution improve safety?. Paper presentation at the137th AHPA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

Kim, T. K., & Jang, S. (16 January 2009). A multilevel analysis of organizational justice and intention to leave in social work organizations. Paper presentation at the 13th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), New Orleans, LA

Kim, T. K., & Zurlo, K. (11 January 2009). The impact of organizational culture on the empowerment of social workers: Application of multilevel modeling to social work research. Paper presentation at the 12th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), Washington, DC

Kim, T. K. (29 October 2008). Globalization: Is it welfare crisis or opportunity? Empirical analysis of curve-linear hypothesis. Paper presentation at the 54th Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), Philadelphia, PA

Kim, T. K. (10 January 2008). How economic globalization affects the welfare state? Focusing on the mediating effect of welfare regimes. Paper presentation at the 12th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), Washington, DC