Sam Choi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Courses Taught:

Social Work and Social Welfare Policies and Programs (SW 510)

Research Interests:

Child Welfare; Substance Abuse; Outcomes of Service Responses to Substance Abusing Families with Co-Occurring Problems and Multiple Social Service Systems Involvement; Service Integration.

Selected Publications:

Ryan, J., Choi, S., Hong, J. S., & Larrison, C. (in press). Recovery Coaches and substance exposed births: An experiment in child welfare. Child Abuse and Neglect

Choi, S. & Ryan. J. (2007). Co-occurring problems for substance abusing mothers in child welfare: Matching services to improve family reunification. Children and Youth Services Review, 29, 1395-1410.

Shin, S. H., & Choi, S. (2007). State response to substance abusing TANF recipients: The challenge of welfare policy. Journal of Policy Practice, 6(1), 65-83.

Choi, S. & Ryan, J. (2006). Completing substance abuse treatment in child welfare: The role of co-occurring problems and primary drug of choice. Child Maltreatment, 11, 313-325.

Marsh, J. C., Ryan, J., & Choi, S., & Testa, M. (2006). Integrated services for families with multiple problems: Obstacles to family reunification. Children and Youth Service Review, 28, 1074-1087.

Research Projects, Funded Research, Grants and Awards:

An Honorable Mention Certificate of Outstanding Dissertation Award, Society for Social Work and Research, 2008

Doctoral Fellows Award, Society for Social Work and Research, 2006

 

193 Polk Avenue, Suite E.
Nashville, TN 37210
Phone: (615) 782-5191
schoi9@utk.edu

B.A., Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea
M.S.W., The Ohio State University
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign