Social Welfare

Department of Social Welfare

PHONE +82-32-835-8311
FAX +82-32-835-0768
OFFICE 13-406

Introduction

Welcome to the Department of Social Welfare at Incheon National University! With an aim to play a role in advancing the society and improve quality of life for all, our department is dedicated to education, research, and service to both students and the community. We seek to provide an excellent education to future social workers and social welfare experts enabled to meet the various needs of clients with specialized knowledge and skills. It is our mission to train the future leaders of our society with a broad and balanced curriculum, encompassing critical elements of social welfare from basic philosophy, practice theories and models, to research methods and policy development.

Faculty

Faculty Information


Name	Position	Academic Area	E-mail
JEONGHO KWON	Professor	SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL WELFARE ADMINISTRATION	kjean@inu.ac.kr
DAYOUNG SONG	Professor	GENDER POLICY, FAMILY WELFARE POLICY, ANTI-POVERTY & INDEPENDENCE	dsong@inu.ac.kr
SUNYOUNG JUNG	Professor	CHILD WELFARE, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION	sunyjung@inu.ac.kr
HYEMEE KIM	Professor	SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WITH MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES, MENTAL HEALTH	hkim@inu.ac.kr
YUNGSOO LEE	Professor	COMPARATIVE SOCIAL POLICY, ASSET-BASED POLICY, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND VOLUNTEERING, POVERTY AND INEQUALITY	yslee@inu.ac.kr
YONGHO CHON	Professor	AGING, LONG-TERM CARE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC DISEASES, COMPARATIVE SOCIAL POLICY, QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS	chamgil@inu.ac.kr
JIHYE JEON	Associate Professor	DISABILITY POLICY, DISABILITY IDENTITY, INDEPENDENCE LIVING OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, DISABILITY RIGHTS AND DISABILITY AWARENESS	ikwwjh@inu.ac.kr
EUNJI NAM	Assistant Professor	MENTAL HEALTH: RECOVERY; STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE; CO-OCCURRING MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH; EMERGING ADULTS	enam@inu.ac.kr

Principles

Students are to choose their within Department of Social Welfare and take courses accordingly.
Credits of courses previously taken at other universities or graduate programs may be counted towards graduation requirement with the approval of the department chair.
In addition to coursework and qualifying exam, students are required to (1) publish articles (2) present a paper (oral or poster) at academic conference in the field of social welfare. One published article is required for students in master’s program and two(or three)* are required for students in Ph. D. program.

For those who received master’s degree in social work/welfare without thesis, three publications (at least one article in KCI journals) are required.

Contacts

Prof. Jung, Sunyoung (Department Chair)
- Phone: +82-32-835-8314(Office)
- E-mail: sunyjung@inu.ac.kr
Ms. Lee, Kyoungsun (Academic Affairs and Administration)
- TEL: +82-32-835-8311
- E-mail: sw@inu.ac.kr