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Hi! I am Nari. I am a PhD Candidate in the Silver School of Social Work at New York University.
In Fall 2025, I will start as an Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research aims to advance behavioral health equity and promote well-being in digital contexts among immigrant and ethnic minority communities through the application of data-driven and computational methods. I further investigate how culturally and linguistically responsive and accessible models of care can be implemented through digital technology.

Broadly, my scholarship focuses on three interconnected areas:
(1) macro- and meso-level factors that contribute to mental health disparities and service utilization among immigrant and ethnic minority populations;
(2) the potential of technology to enhance access to and delivery of mental health services for underserved communities; and
(3) the application of data science methodologies to social work and mental health services research, including natural language processing, geospatial analytics, and the use of large-scale administrative and digital trace data.

My first-authored papers have been published in journals such as Psychiatric Services, Social Science & Medicine, Journal of Affective Disorders, and Digital Health. My dissertation research has been awarded and funded by Grand Challenges for Social Workthe American Psychological Association, and the NYU Migration Network. I have received national awards and scholarships in Korea from the Migration Research and Training Centre, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Ministry of Education.

Methodologically, I am interested in multilevel modeling, geospatial approaches, and computational social science methods tailored to social work research. At NYU, I was selected as the inaugural predoctoral fellow at the Constance and Martin Silver Center on Data Science and Social Equity. I also co-organized the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS)–NYU Silver, focusing on data science for social good.

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