Miyoun Yang, PhD

Betty J. Stewart Associate Professor in Social Work Practice with Children

Office: 2163 Pleasant Hall
Phone: 225-578-6641
E-mail: myang@lsu.edu 

 

Education

PhD, Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2012
MSW, Social Work, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, 2005
MA, Sociology, Pusan National University, South Korea, 2000
BA, International Trade, Pukyong National University, South Korea, 1998

Brief Biography

Dr. Yang's primary research focuses on etiology of child maltreatment, poverty, and the effects of social policies on child safety and child well-being. Risk factors for school suspension and bullying are another issues of her interest.

Selected Publications

Yang, M., Hirsch, B., Slack, K. S., & Berger, L. M. (in press). Strategies for packaging income and benefit sources among WIC program participants. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research.

Yang, M., Maguire-Jack, K., Showalter, K., Kim, Y., & Slack, K. S. (2019). Child care subsidy and child maltreatment. Child and Family Social Work. doi:10.1111/cfs.12635

Page, F. T., & Yang, M. (2019). Brief in-home assessments of low-income mothers and children using a new affection subscale of the HOME inventory. Child and Youth Services. doi:10.1080/0145935X.2019.1605895

Kim, Y, Lim, Y., Maleku, A., Kagotho, N., & Yang, M. (2019). Financial stress and depression among African refugees in the southern United States: A serial multiple mediation analysis of financial self-efficacy and financial anxiety. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies.  doi:10.1080/15562948.2019.1593571

Showalter, K., Maguire-Jack, K., Yang, M., & Purtell, K. M. (2019). Work outcomes and intimate partner violence: The moderation of child care subsidy. Journal of Family Violence, 34(4), 299-308.

Maguire-Jack, K., Purtell, K. M., Showalter, K., Barnhart, S., & Yang, M. (2019). The preventive benefits of child care subsidy in child neglect. Children and Society, 33(2), 185-194.

Lim, Y., Yang, M., Maccio, E., & Bickham, T. (2018). Engaging graduate students in policy practice: Evaluation of service-learning outcomes. Advances in Social Work, 18(4), 1187-1205.

Yang, M., Harmeyer, E., Chen, Z., & Lofaso, B. (2018). Predictors of early elementary school suspension by gender: A longitudinal multilevel analysis. Children and Youth Services Review, 93, 331-338.

Yang, M., Font, S. A., Ketchum, M. M., & Kim, Y. (2018). Intergenerational transmission of child abuse and neglect: Effects of maltreatment type and depressive symptoms. Children and Youth Services Review, 91, 364-371.

Kim, Y., Yang, M., Barthelemy, J., & Lofaso, B. (2018). A binary gender analysis to bullying, dating violence, and attempted suicide: The disproportionate effect of depression and psychological harm. Children and Youth Services Review, 90,141-148.

Yang, M., Chen, Z., Rhodes, J., & Orooji, M. (2018). A longitudinal study on the risk factors of grade retention for elementary school students using a multilevel analysis: Focusing on material hardship and school disengagement. Children and Youth Services Review, 88, 25-32.

Yang, M., & Maguire-Jack, K. (2018). Individual and cumulative risks for child abuse and neglect. Family Relations, 67(2), 287-301.

Selected Presentations

Yang, M., Moles, A., Chen Z., Lim, Y., & Rhodes, J. (2019). Environmental toxic release and school suspension: A longitudinal multilevel analysis. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, January 16-20, San Francisco, CA.

Yang, M., Harmeyer, E., Chen, Z., & Lofaso, B. (2019). Risk factors for suspension for early elementary students by gender: A longitudinal multilevel analysis. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, January 16-20, San Francisco, CA.

Kim, Y., Yu, M., Cronley, C., & Yang, M. (2019). A gender-based approach to peer victimization, depression, and sexual risk behaviors among high school youth in United States. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, January 16-20, San Francisco, CA.

Yang, M., Maguire-Jack, K., Showalter, K., & Slack, K. S. (2018). Child care subsidy and child maltreatment. Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, November 8-11, Orlando, FL.

Kim, Y., Lim, Y., Yang, M., & Arati, M. (2018). Financial stressors and depression among new refugees: A case of Southern US. Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, November 8-11, Orlando, FL.

Showalter, K., Maguire-Jack, K., Purtell, K. M., & Yang, M. (2018). Work outcomes for mothers experiencing intimate partner violence: The buffering effect of child care subsidy. Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education, and Social Development, July 4-7, Dublin, Ireland.

Lim, Y., Maccio E., Yang, M., & Bickham, T. (2018). Engaging students in policy practice: Evaluation of civic and academic outcomes. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, January 10-14, Washington, DC.

Kim, Y., Yang, M., Barthelemy J., & Lofaso, B. (2018). Peer victimization, depression, and suicide attempts: A gender-based approach. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, January 10-14, Washington, DC.

Selected Grants/Funded Projects

Yang, M. (2015). Resilience following child neglect: Protective factors for mental health and academic achievement. CHSE Peabody Society Dean’s Circle, Louisiana State University. ($1,500).

Yang, M. (2013). Duration of material hardship, social support, and child maltreatment. Research Summer Stipend, Office of Research and Economic Development, Louisiana State University. ($5,000).