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Education:

B.A. (Social Work/Sociology), Tunghai University, Taiwan; MSSA (Social Work), Case Western Reserve University; PhD (Social Welfare), Case Western Reserve University.

Areas of specialization: Community practice, service delivery, urban poverty.

Courses Taught:

Community Practice (SW251); Immigrants & Refugees (SW274); Social Welfare Research Seminar (SW282A, SW282B).

Research Interests:

Community practice and service delivery in urban poverty, ethnic, and immigrant neighborhoods; community analysis and needs assessment; program planning and development; cultural competency services.

Selected Publications:

Chow, J., Yoo, G., & Vu, C. (2007). Welfare reform and the delivery of welfare-to-work programs to AAPIs: What Works? AAPI Nexus: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Policy, Practice and Community, 5 (2), 77-97.

Chow, J. (2006). Professionalization of community services. In M. Yan & J. Gao (eds.). Community social work: An insider-outsider exchange of perspectives (pp.239-244). Beijing, China: Chinese Social Science Press. (in Chinese)

Freisthler, B., Lery, B., Gruenewald, P. & Chow, J. (2006). Methods and challenges of analyzing spatial data for social work problems: The case of examining child maltreatment geographically. Social Work Research, 30 (4), 198-210.

Johnson, M., Chow, J., Ketch, V., Austin, M. (2006). Implementing welfare to work services: A study of staff decision-making. Families in Society, 87 (3), 317-328.

Xu, Q. & Chow, J. (2006). Urban community in China: Service, participation, and development. International Journal of Social Welfare, 15 (3), 199-208.

Chow, J. & Crowe, K. (2005). Community-based research and methods in community practice. In Marie Weil (Ed.) Handbook of Community Practice, (pp. 604-619). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Chow, J., Johnson, M., Austin, M. (2005). The status of low-income neighborhoods in the post-welfare reform environment: Mapping the relationship between poverty and place. Journal of Health and Social Policy, 21 (1), 1-32.

Chow, J., Osterling, K. & Xu, Q. (2005). The risk of timing out: Welfare-to-Work services to Asian immigrants and refugees. AAPI Nexus: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Policy, Practice and Community, 3 (2), 85-104.

Giunta, N., Chow, J., Scharlach, A., & Dal Santo, T. (2004). Racial and ethnic differences in family caregiving in California. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 9 (4), 85-107. Reprinted in Cummings, S. & Galambos, C. (eds.) Diversity and Aging in the Social Environment. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, Inc.

Lou, V., Chow, J., & Chan, C. (2004). Impact of expectation fulfillment on post-migration marital happiness among Mainland Chinese wives with Hong Kong husbands. Journal of Social Work Research and Evaluation: An International Publication, 5 (1), 99-112.

Chow, J. & Wyatt, P. (2003). Ethnicity, language capacity, and perception of ethnic-specific services in Asian American communities. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Services, 1 (3/4), 41-60.

Guan, X., & Chow, J. (2003/2004). The development of urban community services in China. Social Development Issues, 25 (3), 51-61.

Midgley, J. & Chow, J. (Guest Eds.). (2003/2004). Introduction: East Asian welfare systems: Theories and applications. Social Development Issues, 25 (3), 1-5.

Chow, J., Jaffee, K., & Snowden, L. (2003). Racial/ethnic disparities in mental health service use in poverty areas. American Journal of Public Health, 93 (5), 792-797.

Chow, J. (2002). Asian American and Pacific Islander mental health and substance abuse agencies. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 30 (1), 79-86.