Faculty Profiles
Sunny Hyuckun Shin
Assistant Professor
Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Phone: 617-353-7912
hshin@bu.edu
Education
B.A. (social work), Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea
M.S.W. University of Wisconsin at Madison
Ph.D. (social work), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Courses Taught
HB720 Human Behavior in the Social Environment I
HB721 Human Behavior in the Social Environment II
SR743 Introduction to Social Work Research
Scholarly and Practice Interests
Mental health services research; racial/ethnic disparities in mental health services use; child maltreatment; substance abuse; educational outcomes of maltreated children.
Selected Publications
Hahm, H., Lahiff, M., Barreto, R., Shin, S. H., &, Chen, W. (in press). Health care disparities and language use at home among Latino, Asian American and American Indian adolescents: Findings from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). Journal of Community Psychology.
Webb, M. B., Frome, P., Harden, B. J., Baxter, R., Dowd, K., & Shin, S. H. (2007). Addressing the educational needs of children in child welfare services. In R. Haskins, F. Wulczyn and M. B. Webb (Eds), Child protection: Using research to improve policy and practice. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
Shin, H. S., Lundgren, L., & Chassler, D. (2007). Examining drug treatment entry patterns among young injection drug users. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 33(2), 217-225.
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.
Shin, H. S., & Amodeo, M. (2007). Injection drug use among adolescents and young adults: Scope of the problems and recommendations. Families in Society, 88(1) 95-103.
Shin, H. S. (2005). Need for and actual use of mental health services by older foster youth. Children and Youth Service Review, 27(10), 1071-1083.
Shin, H. S. (2004). Developmental outcomes of vulnerable youth in the child welfare system. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 9(1/2), 39-56.
Shin, H. S. (2004). Developmental outcomes of vulnerable youth in the child welfare system. In C. Dulmus and K. Sowers (Eds.), For better or for worse: How institutions are shaping the future of our children. New York: The Haworth Press.
Wehrmann, K. C., Shin, S. H., & Poertner, J. (2003). Transfer of clinical practice training: An evaluative study. In K. Briar-Lawson & J. Zlotnik (Eds.), Evaluation research in child welfare (pp. 23-37). Binghamton: NY: The Haworth Press.
Shin, H. S. (2003). Building evidence to promote educational competence of foster youth. Child Welfare, 82(5), 615-632.
Wehrman, K., Shin, S. H., & Poertner, J. (2003). An evaluaton of clinical practice training for child welfare workers. Journal of Health and Social Policy, 15(3), 23-38.
Shin, S. H. (2002). A review of school-based drug-prevention program evaluations in the 1990s. American Journal of Health Education, May-June, 129-147.
Selected Presentations
Shin, S. H. (2007). Child maltreatment and adolescent alcohol problems: Examining the joint effect of the co-occurrence of multiple types of maltreatment on youth alcohol use. 15th Annual Meeting, Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC.
Shin, S. H. (2007). Parental social support and mental health services use by children involved with child protective services. 2007 Biannual Society for Research in Child Development Meeting, Boston, MA.
Hahm, H. C., Barreto, R., & Shin, S. H. (2007). Health care disparities and language use at home among Latino, Asian American, and American Indian adolescents: Findings from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). 11th Annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Shin, S. H. (2006). Relationship between multiple forms of childhood maltreatment and youth alcohol problems. 2006 ADD Health Users Conference, Bethesda, MD.
Hahm, H. C., & Shin, S. H. (2006). Language use at home, health status, and access to health care among ethnic minority adolescents: Findings from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). 134th Annual American Public Health Association Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA.
Shin, S. H. (2006). Developing effective preventive interventions for maltreated children at risk of mental health problems. 14th Annual Meeting, Society for Prevention Research, San Antonio, TX.
Shin, S. H. (2006). Acculturation and Asian-American adolescents' substance abuse: The role of parental and peer disapproval. 14th Annual Meeting, Society for Prevention Research, San Antonio, TX.
Shin, S. H., & Ung, T. (2006). Promoting social work practice with maltreated children in school. 100th Anniversary of School Social Work Conference, Boston, MA.
Shin, S. H., & Lee, J. (2006). Caregiver mental health services use, support networks, and utilization of mental health services by children involved with child welfare. 10th Annual Society for Social Work Research Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Shin, H. S. (July, 2005, Invited). What do we know about educational outcomes of child abuse and neglect? Child Protection Conference co-sponsored by the Brookings Institute, Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Washington, DC.
Shin, S. H. (2005). The role of child welfare system in preventing school failure among youth and children. 13th Annual Meeting, Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC.
Collins, M., Shin, S. H., Miranda, C., & Rheume, H. (2005). National evaluation of child welfare training: Findings from cross-site analysis of grantees. 15th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Boston, MA.
Shin, S. H. (2005). Comparing school engagement and educational performance of children with a history of foster care placement and children in contact with social services. 9th Annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Miami, FL.
Shin. S. H. (2004). Preventing young injection drug users (IDU) from evolving into chronic injection drug use. 12th Annual Meeting, Society for Prevention Research, Quebec City, Canada.
Shin, S. H. (2004). Need for mental health service and actual use of mental health service among adolescents in foster care. 8th Annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Shin, S. H., Lundgren, L., & Chassler, D. (2004). Comparing patterns of drug treatment entry for younger and older injection drug users. 8th Annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Selected Grant Activity
Principal Investigator. Explaining racial and ethnic disparities in access to mental health services by children involved with child welfare. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2007-2008.
Principal Investigator. Childhood maltreatment and youth alcohol problems study. BU SPH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Youth Alcohol Prevention Center Pilot Grant, 2006-2007.
Principal Investigator. Drug-free communities support programs. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration), 2004-2005.
Co-Investigator. (PI: Mary Collins). National evaluation of child welfare training grant. U. S. Department of Health and Human Service, Administration for Children and Families, 2003-2005.
Evaluator. (PI: Mary Collins). Professional education for current public child welfare agency staff. U. S. Department of Health and Human Service, Administration for Children and Families, 2003-2005.
Principal Investigator. Drug-free school and communities grant. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy/Town of Brookline, 2003-2004.
Consulting and Professional Activities
2003-present Consulting Editor, Families in Society, published by the Alliance for
Children and Families.
2003-present Consulting Editor, Children and School, published by the National
Association of Social Workers (NASW).
2003 Reviewer: Community, Work & Family: An International Journal.
Awards and Honors
2006 Marquis Who's Who
2005 Child Intervention, Prevention & Services (CHIPS) Fellow
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
2001 Korean-American Research Scholarship
Korean-American Research Foundation
2000 Ethics in Research Scholarship
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy
University of South Florida
1999 Daniel S. Sanders Fellow
School of Social Work
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Licensing and Certification
Wisconsin LSSW (Licensed School Social Worker), May 1998.
