Jung Min Park
Assistant Professor
Office location: 2113
Phone number: 217-244-5243
Email: parkjm@illinois.edu
Educational Background
Professor Park received his PhD in Social Welfare from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002. He joined the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2005. Before joining the School, he was a research assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice. He is currently a faculty associate at the Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research at Penn School of Medicine. His areas of interest are children and families in poverty, including those experiencing residential instability and homelessness, and their healthcare, social service needs and service utilization. His primary interests revolve around the intersections of the multiple social welfare systems serving these children and families.
Research and Practice Interests
Children and families in poverty, health care and social service needs and service utilization, residential instability and homelessness, intersections among multiple social welfare systems, and intergenerational cycle of social service use
Current Research
Dr. Park’s research looks at the intersection between child welfare and the public mental health systems, as well as homelessness and continuity of health care for children.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Park, J. M., Jordan, N., Epstein, R., Mandell, D. S., & Lyons, J. S. (in press) “Predictors of residential placement following a psychiatric crisis among children and youth in state custody.” American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
Park, J. M. & Ryan, J. P. (2009) “Placement and permanency outcomes for children in out-of-home care by prior inpatient mental health treatment.” Research on Social Work Practice, 19, 42-51.
Presentation
Park, J. M. & Lyons, J. S. (2008, October). “Predicting residential care placement among youth in state custody who experienced psychiatric crisis.” 135th Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA.
Park, J. M. & Culhane, D. P. (2008, July). “The use of integrated public service databases for service systems change.” International Conference on Business and Information, Seoul, Korea. (accepted)
Park, J. M. (2008, February). “Predicting recurrent psychiatric crisis among children and adolescents in state custody.” 21th Annual Research Conference, A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base, Tampa, FL.
Park, J. M., Lyons, J. S., Jordan, N., & Nieto, M. (2008, January). “Residential care placement among children and adolescents in state custody who experienced mental health crisis.” 12th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.