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Curriculum Vitae Yoonsook Ha
Boston University School of Social Work 264 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215
(617) 353-6637 [email protected]
EDUCATION 2008 Ph.D. Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Doctoral Dissertation: The Role of Child Care Subsidies in the Economic Well-Being of Low-Income Families. Committee: Drs. Daniel R. Meyer (Advisor), Maria Cancian, Katherine Magnuson, Kristen S. Slack, & Barbara Wolfe
2004 M.S.S.W. University of Wisconsin-Madison 1999 M.A. Social Welfare, Seoul National University, South Korea 1996 B.A. Social Welfare, Kyungpook National University, South Korea CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2011-present Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Boston University (Maternity Leave: 2014-2015, 2016-2017) PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2013-2014 Visiting Research Professor, Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston Summer 2010 Visiting Scholar, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison Summer 2009 Visiting Scholar, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2008-2011 Assistant Professor, College of Social Work, University of South Carolina 2008-2011 Research Affiliate, Institute for Families in Society, University of South Carolina RESEARCH FUNDING 2020-2021 Principal Investigator, Examining how state policy generosity in subsidizing child care
affects access to subsidies and the well-being of children in disadvantaged families. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $73,519. Project goals are: (1) to develop a child care subsidy generosity index by combining child care subsidy policies that affect access to child care subsidies among low-income families and (2) to examine how the generosity of state child care subsidy rules, individually and collectively, is associated with take-up of subsidies, particularly focusing on subgroups of vulnerable families and children (e.g., racial minorities, immigrants, rural residents).
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2019-2023 Principal Investigator, Quality of Subsidized Child Care Providers and Children’s Care Stability: Implications for Early Educational Outcomes. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. $1,589,505.
Project aims: 1) to examine the impact of licensing regulation changes under the 2014 Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) on the availability and quality of subsidized and non-subsidized care providers in MA; 2) to collect primary data on multiple dimensions of quality for subsidized child care providers and understand the relationship between quality of care and stability in subsidized care arrangement; and 3) to conduct a pilot study by linking child care provider quality and children’s stability in subsidized care to their early educational outcomes. I am responsible for the overall project management, research design of the study, leading the data analysis and dissemination of the study results.
2019 Co-Principal Investigator, Building Community and Health Equity through EITC and
Financial Services: Pilot Study. Boston University Initiatives on City Early State Urban Research Award. (PI: Lucy Marcil). $10,000.
Explores the need for and feasibility of offering financial services through a school setting, including exploring families’ perceptions of and barriers to accessing financial services; and explores the association between receipt of financial services and income, financial stability, and family health. I am responsible for co-designing and co-conducting the study implementation and will lead the data analysis.
2018-2022 Co-Principal Investigator and Principal Investigator on Boston University Subcontract.
Evaluation of Massachusetts’ Change in Child Care Subsidy Authorization. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Implementation Research and Evaluation Grant (PI: Pam Joshi, Brandeis University, $1,005,499). BU Subcontract $199,949.
Mixed methods evaluation of the implementation process and impact of Massachusetts’ change in the child care subsidy authorization policy, required under the 2014 Child Care and Development Block Grant, on the stability of the child care subsidy receipt and care arrangements among families and the stability of the enrollment of subsidized children among child care providers. I am leading the impact study, designing and conducting the administrative data analysis.
2017-2018 Co-Principal Investigator and Principal Investigator on Boston University Subcontract.
Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Implementation Research and Evaluation Planning Grant Partnership. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families via Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (PI: Pam Joshi, Brandeis University, $50,000). BU Subcontract $9,676.
Built a partnership with the state child care subsidy lead agency and planned evaluation of the CCDBG policy changes in Massachusetts. I co-led the assessment of current
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program rules and co-designed the evaluation of the policy change. 2015-2017 Principal Investigator. Designing Data Driven Directions for School Success of Students
Involved in Child Welfare Proceedings. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families via the Supreme Judicial Court/Massachusetts Court Improvement Program. $75,000.
Project aims: 1) to develop a research design to analyze administrative data (e.g., from child welfare, schools, juvenile justice), and 2) to identify barriers and facilitators to educational success among children in state custody and make action-oriented recommendations to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. I was responsible for the overall project management and led the data analysis and formulation of the recommendations.
2015-2016 Co-Investigator. Using Data to Inform Policy and Programmatic Responses to
Unaccompanied Adult Homelessness. Boston University Initiative on Cities (PI: Thomas Byrne, Boston University). $7,800.
Examined patterns of shelter use among unaccompanied homeless adults utilizing data from the emergency shelter system in the City of Boston to inform efforts to address homelessness within Boston and other urban cities in the U.S. I consulted on statistical modeling using administrative data and the writing of recommendations.
2014-2015 Principal Investigator. Homeless Youth Point-In-Time Count and Survey in
Houston/Harris County, TX. Greater Houston Community Foundation. Contract with the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work $130,850.
Conducted a Point-in-Time homeless youth count and a survey of health behaviors and social and health service utilization among homeless youth in Houston/Harries County. I developed the methodology for the youth count, designed the study, and obtained funding as PI. I led the early part of the data collection.
2013-2017 Co-Principal Investigator and Principal Investigator on Boston University Subcontract.
Evaluation of Child Care Voucher Eligibility Reassessment Policy Change in Massachusetts. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Child Care Policy Research Partnership Grant (PI: Pam Joshi, Brandeis University, $1,000,000). BU Subcontract $195,168.
Evaluated the implementation process (qualitative study) and the impact (quantitative study) of the changes in the child care voucher eligibility reassessment policy on the stability of the child care subsidy receipt and care arrangements among families and the stability of the enrollment of subsidized children among child care providers. I led the impact study, designed analytic methods and conducted the analysis using administrative data.
2012-2014 Co-Principal Investigator and Principal Investigator on Boston University Subcontract.
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Child Care Arrangements and Cognitive Outcomes among Children from Latino Immigrant Families. The Lois and Samuel Silberman Fund Faculty Grant Program. (PI: Marci Ybarra, University of Chicago, $40,000). BU Subcontract $18,650.
Study aims: (1) explored, by their documentation status, individual and neighborhood factors that shape child care choices among Latino immigrant families, and (2) examined the impact that the different types of child care used had on later math and reading outcomes of Latino immigrants’ children. I co-developed the design, analytic models and literature review. I led the empirical analysis and collaborated on writing manuscripts.
2012 Principal Investigator, Child Support and Equality. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Institute for Research on Poverty. $18,640.
Examined the relationship between child support transfer and family income inequality between resident- and nonresident-parent families. I designed the study, conducted the data analysis, and led the manuscript writing.
2009-2011 Principal Investigator, Child Care Subsidy, Quality of Child Care, and Employment
Outcomes among Low-Income Families in South Carolina, Research Opportunity Program grant, University of South Carolina, $20,000.
This study 1) explored the extent to which welfare recipients utilized child care subsidies and the types of care that families obtained, and 2) examined how and to what extent child care quality had an impact on the relationship between subsidy use and parents’ economic behaviors. I designed the study, conducted the data analysis using administrative data from South Carolina’s integrated administrative data systems, and wrote a manuscript.
2009-2010 Researcher, South Carolina Child Care State Research Capacity Building Project. U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Child Care Research Partnership Grant (PI: Leigh Bolick, South Carolina Department of Social Services, $1,000,000). $190,000.
Developed an integrated administrative data system across state agencies to build
capacity for child care research for the states. I consulted on the structure of the data system and analyzed data for the data crosswalk and quality check.
2007-2008 Principal Investigator. The Role of Child Care Subsidies in the Economic Well-being of
Low-Income Families. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Child Care Research Scholar Grant. $40,000.
Examined the patterns of child care subsidy use and the relationship between subsidy use
and parents’ earnings. I designed the study, conducted the data analysis utilizing administrative data in Wisconsin, and wrote my dissertation and manuscripts.
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FELLOWSHIPS/SCHOLARSHIPS 2007-2008 Child Care Research Scholar, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Children and Families 2007-2008 Dissertation Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Institute for Research on
Poverty AWARDS 2009 National Household Education Survey Database Training Award, U.S. Department of Education, 2006 Graduate Fellow Research Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Institute for Research on
Poverty 2006 Vilas Travel Grant Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison PUBLICATIONS * Denotes mentored masters or Ph.D. student co-author. Peer Reviewed Journal Articles 28. Ha, Y., Joshi, P., Hardy, E., & Schneider, K. G. (in press). Can administrative changes improve child
care subsidy stability? Social Service Review. 27. Ha, Y., *Thomas, M., Byrne, T., Miller, D. P. (in press). Patterns of multiple instability among low-
income families with children. Social Service Review. 26. Ybarra, M., *Stanczyk, A. B., & Ha, Y. (2019). Paid leave, welfare, and material hardship after a birth.
Family Relations, 68(1), 85-103. 25. Ha, Y., *Thomas, M. M. C., Narendorf, S. C., & Santa Maria, D. (2018). Correlates of shelter use
among homeless youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 94, 477-484. 24. Ha, Y., Cancian, M., & Meyer, D. R. (2018). Child support and income inequality. Poverty & Public
Policy, 10(2), 147-158. 23. Miller, D. P., *Chang, J., Ha, Y., & Sprague-Martinez, L. (2018). Longitudinal trajectories of food
insecurity among children of immigrants. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 20(1), 194-202. 22. Ha, Y., Ybarra, M., & Johnson, A. (2017). Variation in early cognitive development by maternal
immigrant documentation status. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 41(4), 184-195. 21. Ybarra, M., Ha, Y., & *Chang, J. (2017). Health insurance coverage and routine health care use among
children by family immigration status. Children and Youth Services Review, 79, 97-106.
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20. *King, B., *Abrego, D., Narendorf, S. C., Ha, Y., Santa Maria, D. (2017). Representations of homelessness, home environments, and authority in the context of runaway behaviors by foster care youth residing in an emergency shelter. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 26(2), 138-147.
19. *Schneider, K. G., Warfield, M. E., Joshi, P., & Ha, Y., Hodgkin, D. (2017). Insights into the black box
of child care supply: Predictors of provider participation in the Massachusetts child care subsidy system. Children and Youth Services Review, 79, 148-159.
18. Ryu, Y. & Ha, Y. (2017). A comparative study on the effect of work-family balance policies and gender
role attitudes on mothers’ economic participation, Social Science Research Review, 33(1), 71-105. 17. Narendorf, S. C., Santa Maria, D. M., Ha, Y., *Cooper, J. & Schieszler, C. (2016). Counting and
surveying homeless youth: Recommendations from YouthCount 2.0!, a Community/Academic Partnership. Journal of Community Health, 41(6), 1234-1241.
* Featured at the National Clearinghouse on Homeless Youth and Families (NCHYF) from the Family & Youth Services Bureau, at http://ncfy.acf.hhs.gov/news/2016/10/recommendations-counting-homeless-youth-and-surveying-their-needs (a NCHYF is a federal agency that provide resources for policymakers and social service providers who support runaway and homeless youth and their families).
16. Ha, Y. & Miller, D. (2015). Child care subsidies and economic outcomes for low-income families.
Children and Youth Services Review, 60, 139-148. 15. Ha, Y., Collins, M., & *Martino, D. (2015). Child care burden and the risk of child maltreatment
among low-income working families. Children and Youth Services Review, 59. 19-27. 14. Santa Maria, D., Narendorf, S., Ha, Y., & Bezette-Flores, N. (2015). Exploring contextual factors of
youth homelessness and sexual risk behaviors: A qualitative study. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 47(4), 195-201.
13. Santa Maria, D., Narendorf, S., Bezette-Flores, N., & Ha, Y. (2015). Then you fall off: Experiences and
responses to transitioning to homelessness in youth and young adults: A qualitative study. Journal of Family Strengths, 15(1), Article 5.
12. Santa Maria, D., Narendorf, S., Bezette-Flores, N., & Ha, Y. (2015). Experience of homelessness and
HIV risk behaviors in homeless youth: A mixed methods study. Journal of Adolescent Health, 5692, S55-S56.
11. Ha, Y., Narendorf, S., & Santa Maria, D., & Bezette-Flores, N. (2015). Barriers and facilitators to
shelter utilization among homeless youth. Evaluation and Program Planning, 53, 25-33. 10. Ha, Y. & Ybarra, M. (2014). The role of parental immigration status in Latino families’ child care
selection. Children and Youth Services Review, 47(3), 342-351. 9. Ha, Y. & Ybarra, M. (2013). Are strong work-first welfare policies aligned with generous child care
provisions? What states are doing and the implications for Social Work. Families in Society, 94(1), 5-13.
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* Featured in OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire (a weekly newsletter sent out to multiple levels of government policymakers and social service professionals by OPEN MINDS, a marketing firm that disseminates information on and to the health and human services industry.)
8. Ha, Y., Magnuson, K., & Ybarra, M. (2012). The patterns of child care subsidy receipt and the stability
of care. Children and Youth Services Review, 34(9), 1834-1844. 7. Ha, Y., Cancian, M., & Meyer, D. R. (2011). The regularity of child support and its contribution to the
regularity of income. Social Service Review, 85(3), 401-419. 6. Lavenda, O., Hunter, B., Noelle, M., Bolick, L., Haselden, C., Tester, D., Knopf H., & Ha, Y. (2011).
Administrative data as children’s well-being indicators: The South Carolina data bridge project. Child Indicator Research, 4(3), 439-451.
5. Ha, Y., Meyer, D. R., & Cancian, M. (2010). Unchanging child support orders in the face of unstable
earnings. Journal of Public Policy and Management, 29(4), 799-820. 4. Ha, Y. & Meyer, M. R. (2010). Child care subsidy patterns: Are exits related to economic setbacks or
economic successes? Children and Youth Services Review, 32(3), 346-355. 3. Ha, Y. (2009). Stability of child care subsidy use and earnings of low-income working families. Social
Service Review, 83(4), 495-525. * Featured on “Green, W. & Simon, L. (2012). The Columbia Guide to Social Work Writing. New York,
NY: Columbia University Press.” (page 21) as a writing example. 2. Meyer, D. R., Ha, Y., & Hu, M. (2008). Do high child support orders discourage child support
payments? Social Service Review, 82(1), 93-118. 1. Phang, H. & Ha, Y. (2000). The effect of unemployment benefits on displaced workers’ reemployment.
Social Security Research, 16(1), 25-50. Non Peer Reviewed Journal Articles 1. Ybarra, M., Stanczyk, A. B., Ha, Y. (2018). How do paid leave and TANF generosity affect welfare
participation and material hardship around a birth? Focus, 34(1), 10-14. Working Papers and Reports (Working papers are used by policymakers and researchers in academic and/or research institutions
nationwide prior to their publication in professional journals. State reports are primarily used by state agencies for strategic planning related to policies and practices.)
17. Schneider, K. G., Hull, R., Huber, R., Joshi, P., & Ha, Y. (2019). Evaluation of Massachusetts’ Change
in Child Care Subsidy Authorization Policy, Year 1 Implementation, Submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Early Education & Care.
16. Ha, Y., Joshi, P., & Schneider, K. G. (2019). Evaluation of Massachusetts’ Change in Child Care
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Subsidy Authorization Policy, Impact Study Technical Report Year1: Data Exploration and Implication for Impact Analysis, Submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Early Education & Care.
15. Hardy, E., Joshi, P., Ha, Y., & Giapponi, K. (2018). Subsidized Child Care in Massachusetts: Exploring
Geography, Access, and Equity, Waltham, MA: Institute for Child, Youth, and Family Policy, Brandeis University, Massachusetts Child Care Research Partnership, and diversitydatakids.org., Submitted to Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care.
14. Joshi, P. & Ha, Y. (2018). Reducing Child Poverty by Improving Child Care Subsidy Stability through
State Policy and Administrative Practices, Submitted to National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Building on Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by Half in 10 Years.
13. Joshi, P., Hardy, E., Schneider, K. G., *Serrano, D., Ha, Y., & Louis, J. (2017). Family
Recommendations for Improvements to the Massachusetts Subsidy System: Massachusetts Child Care Partnership, Submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Early Education & Care. (Authorship reflects the order of the participating institutions)
12. Schneider, K. G., Joshi, P., & Hardy, E., & Ha, Y. (2017). Project Brief 1: Pilot Analyses on Indicators
of Provider Quality and Caseload Stability in Massachusetts, Submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Early Education & Care. (Authorship reflects the order of the participating institutions)
11. Ha, Y., Byrne, T., & *Thomas, M. (2017). Designing Data Driven Directions for School Success of
Students in Child Welfare Proceedings, Submitted to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Court Improvement Program.
10. Joshi, P., Hardy, E., Giapponi, K., Serrano, D., Geronimo, K., Ha, Y., & Louis, J. (2017). Provider
Recommendations for Improvements to the Massachusetts Child Care Subsidy System: Massachusetts Child Care Research Partnership, Submitted to Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. (Authorship reflects the order of the participating institutions)
9. Ha, Y. & Johnson, A. (2012). Studying Child Care Subsidies with Secondary Data Sources.
Methodological Brief, OPRE 2012-54, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/studying_child_care_subsidies.pdf
8. Ha, Y., Cancian, M., & Meyer, D. R. (2012). Child Support and Income Inequality, Madison, WI:
Institute for Research on Poverty. 7. Ha, Y., Cancian, M., Meyer, D. R., & Han, E. (2008). Factors Associated with Nonpayment of Child
Support. Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. 6. Ha, Y., Cancian, M., & Meyer, D. R. (2007). The Regularity of Child Support and Its Contribution to the
Regularity of Income. Report to the Wisconsin Workforce Development. 5. Ha, Y., Meyer, D. R., & Cancian, M. (2006). The Stability of Child Support Orders. Report to the
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Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. Institute for Research on Poverty, Madison, WI. 4. Ha, Y., Meyer, D. R., & Hu, M. (2005). Do Higher Child Support Orders Discourage Fathers from
Paying Child Support? Report to the Wisconsin Workforce Development Program. Institute for Research on Poverty, Madison, WI.
3. Rothe, I., Ha, Y., & Sosulski, M. (2004). Selected Child Support Administrative Tools: How are they
used in Wisconsin? Report to the Wisconsin Workforce Development Program?. Institute for Research on Poverty, Madison, WI.
2. Phang, H., Kim, D., Choi, J., & Ha, Y. (1999). A Critical Review of the Retirement Allowance System in
the Public Sector and Its Reform Options. Report to the Korean Ministry of Planning and Budget. Seoul: Korea Labor Institute. (In Korean)
1. Phang, H., Kim, D., & Ha, Y. (1999). The Profiles of the Unemployment Insurance Benefit Recipients.
Seoul: Korea Labor Institute. (In Korean) Work in Process Ha, Y., Schneider, K. G., Joshi, P., & Hardy, E. Patterns of subsidized children’s enrollment instability
among child care providers. Ha, Y., & Kim, J. State-level variations in child care subsidy policy choices and take-up of subsidies. Ha, Y., Byrne, T., *Thomas, M. M. C., & Yao, A. Correlates of school success among dually-involved
youth. Miller, D., Byrne, T., Ha, Y., & *Thomas, M. M. C. The impact of public transfer programs on income
instability among low-income families. Yao, M., Ha, Y., & Hahm, H. Parental Incarceration and Substance Use of Young Adult Children. NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS Invited 15. Ha, Y. (2018, February). Measuring median spell length in child care subsidy data, Presented at the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation, Child Care and Early Education Policy Research Consortium Grantee & Continuity of Care Affinity Group meeting, Washington, D.C.
14. Ha, Y., Joshi, P., Hardy, E., Schneider, K. G., Louis, J. (2018, February). Child care subsidy eligibility
reassessment and its impact on the stability of child care subsidy receipt, Presented at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation, Child Care and Early Education Policy Research Consortium, Washington, D.C.
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13. Ha, Y., & Joshi, P. (2017, November). MA child care research partnership: Generating research and
evaluation infrastructure and evidence to inform child care subsidy policy and practice, Presented at the Early Care and Education Access and Choice Work Group, the Instability in the ECE and Family Context Webinar. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation.
12. Hardy, E., Giapponi, K., Ha, Y., & Joshi, P. (2017, March). Lessons from Massachusetts’ “dual-
mechanism” subsidy delivery system: Learning from mapping and examining local variation. Paper presented at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation, Child Care and Early Education Policy Research Consortium, Washington, DC.
11. Ha, Y. (2016, June). Child care subsidy use and earnings of TANF participating families, Presented at
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation, Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency, Washington, D.C.
10. Hardy, E., Ha, Y., Crisan, U., Giapponi, K., Geronimo, K. & Joshi, P. (2015, December). Variation in
Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) administrative practices: What varies and why and how it matters for families and children. Paper presented at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation, Child Care Policy Research Consortium. Washington, D.C.
9. Ha, Y., Crisan, U., Giapponi, K., *Geronimo, K., Hardy, E., & Joshi, P. (2015, December). Delivering
child care subsidies through contracts: the family perspective, Presented at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation, Child Care Policy Research Consortium, Washington, D.C.
8. Ha, Y. (2015, August). Child care search and decision-making among Hispanic families: New findings
and new horizons. Presented at the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families webinar. 7. Joshi, P., Ha, Y., Hardy, E., Giapponi, K., Geronimo, K. & Crisan, U. (2014, November). Developing
and evaluating promising practices to reduce instability and improve family friendliness of the child care subsidy system. Plenary presentation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation, Child Care Policy and Research Consortium, Washington, DC.
6. Ha, Y. (2013, July). Emerging findings related to child care choices and child care subsidies. Session
facilitator at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation, State and Territory Administrators Meeting, Washington, D.C.
5. Ha, Y. (2012, August). A framework for future child care subsidy research. Session facilitator at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation, Child Care Policy Research Consortium, Washington, D.C.
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4. Ha, Y. (2012, November). Child care subsidies, access and choice: Emerging insights and unanswered
questions. Session facilitator at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation, Child Care Policy Research Consortium, Washington, D.C.
3. Ha, Y., Magnuson, K., & Ybarra, M. (2011, November). The relationship between child care subsidies
and child care arrangements: Do family characteristics matter? Presented at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation, Child Care Policy Research Consortium, Washington, D.C.
2. Ha, Y. & Magnuson, K. (2010, October). The patterns of child care subsidy use and its relationship with
child care arrangements. Presented at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation, Child Care Policy Research Consortium, Washington, D.C.
1. Ha, Y. & Magnuson, K. (2009, October). The relationship between child care subsidy use and the
stability of care. Presented at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation, Child Care Policy Research Consortium, Washington, D.C.
Peer Reviewed Conference Presentations 63. Ha. Y. (2020, January). Session Discussant. Intended and Unintended Consequences of Child Support
Policy in the United States, Session presented at the 2020 Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.
62. *Yao, A. M., Ha, Y., & Hahm, H. (2020, January). Parental Incarceration and Substance Use of Young
Adult Children, Updated version presented at the 2020 Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.
61. Ha, Y. & Kim, J. (2020, January). State-level Policy Impacts on Child Care Subsidy Take-up, Presented
at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC. 60. *Yao, A. M., Ha, Y., & Hahm, H. (2019, Movember). Parental Incarceration and Substance Use of
Young Adult Children, Presented at the 2019 Annual Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Denver, CO.
59. Ha, Y., Joshi, P., Schneider, K. G., (2019, November). Licensing Regulation Changes and the Supply of
Child Care, Presented at the 2019 Annual Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Denver, CO.
58. Hahm, H. C., Ha, Y., *Hsi, J., *John, R., & *Lei G. (2019, January). Chinese-, Korean-, Vietnamese-
American women with traumatic event history do not seek mental, physical, and sexual healthcare, Presented at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.
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57. *Thomas, M. M. C., Ha, Y., Byrne, T., & *Yao, A. (2019, January). Stakeholder perception of barriers
and facilitators to foster care students’ school success, Presented at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.
56. Miller, D. P., Byrne, T., Ha, Y., *Thomas, M. M. C., (2019, January). Relationship between public
program participation and income instability among low-income families, Presented at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.
55. Ha, Y., Byrne, T., *Thomas, M. M. C., & *Yao, A. (2019, January). Correlates of school outcomes
among dually involved youth, Presented at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.
54. Ha, Y., Joshi, P., Schneider, K. G., & Bowne, J. B., (2018, November). Patterns of subsidized children’s
enrollment instability among child care providers, Presented at the 40th Annual Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC.
53. Ha, Y., Byrne, T., Miller, D. P., & *Thomas, M. M. C., (2018, November). The impact of public
transfer programs on income instability among low-income families, Presented at the 40th Annual Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC.
52. Joshi, P., Ha, Y., Giapponi, K. & Hardy, E. (2018, January). Multiple and interacting sources of child
care subsidy stability: Complexities of administrative and family-level factors. Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research annual meeting, Washington, DC.
51. *Thomas, M. M. C., Byrne, T., & Ha, Y. (2018, January). School district and individual predictors of
foster care students’ academic proficiency, Presented at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.
50. Ha, Y., *Thomas, M. M. C., Byrne, T., & Miller, D. (2018, January). Understanding the complexity of
instability experienced by children of low-income families: Patterns of multiple instability among low-income families with children, Presented at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.
49. Ha, Y., *Thomas, M. M. C., Byrne, T., Miller, D. (2017, November). Patterns of multiple instability
among low-income families with children, Presented at the 39th Annual Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Analysis & Management, Chicago, IL.
48. Ha, Y., Miller, D., *Thomas, M. C. C., & Ybarra, M. (2017, November). Variation in state child care
subsidy policies and its impacts on subsidy receipt and child care arrangements, Presented at the 39th Annual Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Analysis & Management, Chicago, IL.
47. Joshi, P., Schneider, K. G., Ha, Y., Bowne, J., Hardy, E. (2017, November). Assessing program quality
and turnover: Using a collaborative research partnership to look at CCDBG reauthorization from the provider perspective, Presented at the 39th Annual Fall Research Conference of the Association for
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Public Policy and Analysis & Management, Chicago, IL. 46. Ha, Y., *Thomas, M. M. C., Byrne, T., & Miller, D. (2017, April). Patterns of multiple instability
among low-income families with children, Presented at the 2017 Annual Conference of Population Association of America, Chicago, IL.
45. Joshi, P., Ha, Y., Giapponi, K., Hardy, K., & *Serrano, D. (2017, April). Digging into policy
implementation to improve child care subsidy stability: Complexities of administrative and family-level factors, Presented at the 2017 Biennial Conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
44. Ha, Y., Joshi, P., Hardy, E., Giapponi, K., & Louis, J. (2017, April). Child care subsidy eligibility
reassessment and its impact on the stability of child care subsidy receipt, Presented at the 2017 Biennial Conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
43. Byrne, T., Ha, Y., & Miller, D. P. (2017, March). Using data to inform policy and programmatic
responses to unaccompanied adult homelessness in Boston, BARI’s Spring Conference, Boston, MA. 42. Hardy, E., Ha, Y., Crisan, U. Giapponi, K., Joshi, P., & *Geronimo, K., (2016, November). Mapping
local child care subsidy delivery systems in Massachusetts, Presented at the 38th Annual Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Analysis & Management, Washington, D.C.
41. Joshi, P., Hardy, E., Ha, Y., Giapponi, K. & Louis, J. (2016, November). Advancing university-state
research partnerships to generate evidence-based child care subsidy policy and family-friendly practices. Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy and Management annual meeting, Washington, DC.
40. West, A., Shdaimah, C., Ahn, H., Ha, Y., Houser, L., Kahn, J., & Pilarz, A. R., (2016, January).
Research and advocacy in early education and child care: Where is Social Work? Roundtable presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.
39. Narendorf, S., Santa Maria, D., & Ha, Y. (2015, November). Mental health problems, stress, and
substance use among homeless youth. Presented at the 143rd annual meeting of American Public Health Association, Chicago, IL.
38. Narendorf, S., Santa Maria, D., & Ha, Y. (2015, November). Relation between stress and sexual risk
behaviors in homeless youth. Presented at the 143rd annual meeting of American Public Health Association, Chicago, IL.
37. Narendorf, S., *Copper, J., Santa Maria, D., & Ha, Y. (2015, October) Counting and surveying
homeless youths: lessons learned from a community-wide initiative, Presented at the 61st annual meeting of Council on Social Work Education, Denver, CO
36. Santa Maria, D., Ha, Y., Narendorf, S., & Bezette-Flores, N. (2015, March). Experience of
homelessness and HIV risk behaviors in homeless youth: A mixed-methods study. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
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35. Ha, Y., Narendorf, S., Santa Maria, D., & Bezette-Flores, N. (2015, January). Barriers and facilitators
to use of shelter services among homeless youth. Presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, New Orleans, LA.
34. Santa Maria, D., Ha, Y., Bezette-Flores, N. (2014, November). The Influence of contextual and
environmental factors on HIV and substance use behaviors in homeless youth. Presented at the American Public Health Association, New Orleans, LA.
33. Ha, Y., Joshi, P., Hardy, E., & Giapponi, K. (2014, November). The impact of the eligibility
reassessment process on the stability of child care subsidy receipt and child care arrangement. Presented at the 36th Annual Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Management, Albuquerque, NM.
32. *Giapponi, K., Joshi, P., Ha, Y., Hardy, E., Geronomo, K., & Crisan, U. (2014, August). Insights into
child care providers’ decisions to accept subsidies: A preliminary analysis of provider recruitment strategies and participation rates in Massachusetts. Presented at the 54th Annual Workshop of National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics, Providence, RI.
31. Ybarra, M., *Stanczyk, A., & Ha, Y. (2014, August). Temporary Disability Insurance and TANF use
among poor single new mothers: Complement or substitute? Presented at the 36th Annual Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Management, Albuquerque, NM.
30. Ybarra, M., *Stanczyk, A., & Ha, Y. (2014, May). TANF generosity, state-provided maternity leave and
the material wellbeing of low-income families with infants. Presented at the 17th Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference, Washington, D.C.
29. Bezette-Flores, N., Santa Maria, D., & Ha, Y. (2014, May). Familial factors that influence youth
homelessness. Presented at the Title IV-E National Roundtable Conference, Galveston, TX 28. Santa Maria, D., Ha, Y., Bezette-Flores, N., & Narendorf, S. (2014, April). “Ten Toes Down”: Self-care
practices of homeless youth. Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of Society of Behavioral Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
27. Ha, Y., Ybarra, M., & *Chang, J. (2014, January). The developmental outcomes of children and
parental immigration status. Presented at the 35th Annual Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Management, Washington, D.C.
26. Ybarra, M., Ha, Y., & *Chang, J. (2014, January). Health insurance coverage and routine health care
use among the children of immigrant families. Presented at the 35th Annual Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Management, Washington, D.C.
25. Ha, Y., Ybarra, M., & *Chang, J. (2013, November). The developmental outcomes of children and
parental immigration status. Presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Antonio, TX.
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24. Ybarra, M., Ha, Y., & Chang, J. (2013, November). Dental and medical care access among the children of immigrant and undocumented families. Presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Antonio, TX.
23. Moreno, C. L., Cross-Denny, B., Maschi, T., Lee, K. K., & Ha, Y. (2013, October). Intersectionality
and the immigrant experience. Connect Session presented at the 59th Annual Conference of the Council on Social Work Education, Dallas, TX
22. Ha, Y. & Ybarra, M. (2013, January). Neighborhood effects on child-care decision making among low-
income families. Presented at the 17th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.
21. Miller, D., Ha, Y., & *Chang, J. (2012, November). Child care subsidies and child obesity. Presented at
the 34th Annual Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Management, Baltimore, MD. 20. Ha, Y. (2012, June). Who benefits most from using child care subsidies? Focusing on low-income
working families. Presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.
19. Ha, Y. (2012, January). Who benefits from using child care subsidies? Presented at the 1st Work and
Family Researchers Network Conference, New York, NY. 18. Ha, Y. & Ybarra, M. (2012, January). The relationship between state-level characteristics and child
care subsidy policy choices. Presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.
17. Ha, Y., Magnuson, K., & Ybarra, M. (2011, November). The relationship between child care subsidies
and child care arrangements: Do family characteristics matter? Presented at the 33rd Annual Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Management, Washington, D.C.
16. Ha, Y. & Ybarra, M. (2011, November). Are stringent work-first policies aligned with generous child
care subsidy provisions? Presented at the 33rd Annual Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Management, Washington, D.C.
15. Ha, Y. (2011, January). Child care subsidies, use of quality care, and earnings among low-income
families in South Carolina. Presented at the 15th annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Tampa, FL.
14. Cancian, M., Ha, Y., Garfinkel, I., & Meyer, D. R. (2011, June). Robin Hood or Reverse: Does child
support take from poor fathers to pay non-poor mothers? Presented at the 14th Welfare Research & Evaluation Conference, Washington, DC.
13. Ha, Y. & Magnuson, K. (2010, November). The relationship between child care subsidy use and the
stability of care. Presented at the 32nd Annual Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Boston, MA.
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12. Cancian, M., Ha, Y., Garfinkel, I., & Meyer, D. R. (2010, November). Robin Hood or Reverse: Does child support take from poor fathers to pay non-poor mothers? Presented at the 32nd Annual Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Boston, MA.
11. Ha, Y. & Ybarra, M. (2010, November). State-level variations in child care subsidy policy and its
relation to the well-being of children and families. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Boston, MA.
10. Ha, Y. & Meyer, D. R. (2009, November). Are exits related to economic setbacks or economic
successes? Paper presented at the 31th Annual Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC.
9. Ha, Y. (2009, January). Why do they leave the child care subsidy program? Paper presented at the 13th
Annual Conference of Society for Social Work and Research, New Orleans, LA. 8. Ha, Y. (2008, November). Do child care subsidies increase earnings of low-income single-mother
families? Paper presented at the 30th Annual Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Los Angeles, CA.
7. Ha, Y., Meyer, D. R., & Cancian, M. (2007, November). The stability of child support orders. Paper
presented at the 29th Annual Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, D.C.
6. Ha, Y. (2007, October). Changing roles of child care subsidies in the work-oriented welfare policy
context. Paper presented at the Council on Social Work Education, San Francisco, CA. 5. Ha, Y. & Meyer, D. R. (2006, November). Do higher child support orders discourage paying child
support? Presented at the 45th Annual Workshop of National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics, Madison, WI.
4. Ha, Y. (2006, November). Stability of child care subsidy use and earnings of low-income families.
Presented at the 28th Annual Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Madison, WI.
3. Ha, Y. (2006, August). How do child care subsidies work for low-income families under TANF?
Presented at the 46th National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics, Jackson Hole, WY. 2. Ha, Y. & Meyer, D. R. (2005, August). Do higher child support orders discourage paying child support?
Presented at the 28th Annual Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Madison, WI.
1. Ha, Y. (2005, January). The effects of work hours of low-income single mothers on preschool children’s
development. Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Miami, FL. REGIONAL PRESENTATIONS
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Invited 10. Ha, Y., Byrne, T., & *Thomas, M. M. C. (2017, October). School and academic outcomes of children in
foster care in Massachusetts, Presented at Boston University School of Social Work Research Luncheon Colloquium.
9. Ryu, Y. & Ha, Y. (2017, April). A comparative study on the impact of family-friendly policies and gender
role attitudes on single mothers’ labor force participation, Presented at Boston University School of Social Work Research Luncheon Colloquium.
8. Byrne, T., Ha, Y., & Miller, D. (2017, March). Using data to inform policy and programmatic responses
to unaccompanied adult homelessness in Boston, Presented at Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) Spring Conference.
7. Byrne, T., Ha, Y., & Miller, D. (2015, December). The Social Policy Analysis Working Group, Presented
at Boston University School of Social Work Research Luncheon Colloquium. 6. Ha, Y., Joshi, P., Hardy, E. (2015, April). Evaluation of the child care voucher eligibility reassessment
administrative changes in Massachusetts, Presented at Boston University School of Social Work Research Luncheon Colloquium.
5. Ha, Y., Santa Maria, D., & Bezette_Flores (2014). Exploring youth homelessness, Presented at the
Community Forum organized by Homeless Youth Network of Houston/Harris County, Houston, TX. 4. Ha, Y. (2013, October). Studying child care subsidy policy using administrative data. Presented at
Brandeis University Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Institute on Children, Youth, and Families.
3. Ha, Y. (2013, December). Counting homeless youth in Houston/Harris County. Presented at the Graduate
College of Social Work Conference. 2. Ha, Y., Cancian, M., & Meyer, D. R. (2007, May). The regularity of child support and its contribution to
the regularity of income. Presented to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. 1. Ha, Y. (2007, April). Discussant. USDA Small Grant Workshop, Institute for Research on Poverty,
University of Wisconsin-Madison TEACHING Courses Taught Boston University 2011 – present Conception, Scope, and History of Social Welfare in the United States (Masters course) 2012 – present Contemporary Social Policy Analysis (Masters course)
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University of South Carolina 2011 Analysis of Social Work Data (Doctoral course) 2009-2011 Social Welfare Policy Analysis (Masters course) 2008-2010 Social Welfare Problems and Policies (Masters course) Doctoral Student Dissertation Committees 2017-present Maggie C. C. Thomas, Third Reader, Boston University School of Social Work Topic: Material Hardship, Public Assistance, and Child Wellbeing: A Panel Data Study 2013-2017 Kate Giapponi Schneider, Third Reader, Brandeis University, Heller School for Social
Policy and Management Topic: Insights into the Black Box of Child Care Supply: An Examination of Provider
Participation in the Child Care Subsidy System 2009-2011 Ronald J. Whalden, Second Reader, University of South Carolina, College of Social
Work Topic: An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship between Stop Loss Policy and Mental
Health Problems among U.S. Soldiers Serving in Iraq Doctoral Student Research Assistants Mentored on Research Methods and Data Analysis 2020-present Juliann Nicholson, PhD Student, Boston University School of Social Work 2018-present Amy Mengni Yao, PhD Student, Boston University School of Social Work 2015-2017 Maggie Thomas, PhD Student, Boston University School of Social Work 2012-2014 Jina Chang, PhD Student, Boston University School of Social Work Undergraduate & Masters Research Mentorship Summer 2016 Stella Park, Undergraduate Student, Research Practicum, Boston University Project: Relationship between child care burden and psychological well-being among
immigrant families with young children Summer 2016 Melanie A. Sauer, Masters Student, Directed Study, Boston University
Project: Federal and State Policy and Youth Homelessness 2012-2013 David Martino, Masters Student, Research Assistant, Boston University
Project: Child care burden and the risk of child maltreatment among low-income working families
Other Research Mentorship 2019 Mentor, National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families
(Serving as a mentor to Sunah Hyun from Tufts University and Jessica Gagliardi from National Center for Data and Processing)
2015 Mentor, National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families (Served as a mentor to doctoral students from Tufts, Harvard, and Boston College who were interested in child care and early education research)
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Teaching Mentorship Spring 2013 Jina Chang, PhD Student, Teaching Assistant for WP701 Contemporary Social Policy
Analysis, Boston University School of Social Work SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION Advisory Role National 2008-present Member, Steering Committee, Child Care Policy Research Consortium, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation
2013 Consultant, Refining and Expanding a Child Care Subsidy Research Agenda, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation
2012-2015 Councilor, Council on Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Diversity, Council on Social Work Education
Regional 2012-2015 Member, Legislative Advocacy Committee, National Association of Social Workers -
MA Chapter (worked with the legislative committee to review legislation for which the organization was going to advocate and to plan advocacy activities at the state house)
Ad-hoc Reviewer – Peer-review Journals Journal of Family History Journal of Orthopsychiatry Child and Family Social Work Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless Social Problem Journal of Poverty Child Development Social Service Review Journal of Public Policy and Management Journal of Community Practice Journal of Family Issues Children and Youth Services Review Early Childhood Research Quarterly Sloan Work-Family Encyclopedia Work and Occupations Book & Report Reviewer 2018 Child Care Subsidy Stability Literature Review, Child Trends 2009 A New History of Social Welfare. Pearson Press
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2008 Research Methods for Research Consumers. Sage Publication Conference Abstract Reviewer 2010-2013, 2016 Society for Social Work and Research annual conference 2009, 2014 National Research Conference on Early Childhood, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation
Grant Proposal Reviewer 2018 Early Care and Education Research Scholar grant, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation. 2016 Early Care and Education Research Scholar grant, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation. 2007 Vilas Travel Fellowship Competition, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2006 Healthy Marriage Promotion Initiative grant, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance. UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE Boston University School of Social Work Acting Chair of Social Welfare Policy Department 2018-2019 Curriculum Committee member Fall 2018 Faculty Meeting co-facilitator 2017-2018 Doctoral Committee member 2015-2019 Student Award Committee 2014-2015 Status Review Committee 2012-2013, 2014-2015, Spring 2018 Diversity Committee 2012-2013 Online Program Advisory Committee 2011-2013 University of South Carolina Curriculum Committee Member 2010-2011 Social Policy Department Coordinator 2009-2011 University Senator 2009-2010 Doctoral Committee Member 2009-2011 Research Committee Member 2009-2011 MSW Program Committee Member 2009-2011 Part-Time Task Force Committee Member 2008-2009 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Professional post-doctoral training 9/2010 Hierarchical Linear Modeling, SSI Scientific Software
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9/2009 Structural Equation Modeling with LISREL: A First Course, SSI Scientific Software 8/2009 National Household Education Survey database training PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Population Association of America Society for Research on Child Development National Association of Social Workers Council on Social Work Education Society for Social Work and Research Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Child Care and Early Education Policy Research Consortium