Seungjong Cho
Seungjong Cho
TEXSEC Associate Director
Texas Tech University, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Social Work
Email: Seungjong.Cho@ttu.edu
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Bio: Dr. Cho earned his BA and MSW from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, before obtaining his doctorate at Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Specialization: Dr. Cho designs, conducts, and evaluates surveys on various topics related to social work, such as mental health, poverty, and aging. As a gerontological social work researcher, he aims to find addressable solutions to depressive symptomatology among older adults.
Research Interests: Urban Poverty, Neighborhood Stressors, Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health.
Projects: Virtual Reality and Veterans' Health
Selected Publications
Cho, S., Lavender-Bratcher, D., & Okafor, F.* (in press). Fostering racial justice in social work education. Health & Social Work.
Rose, A. H., Skipper, A. D., & Cho, S. (in press). Relational sanctification, forgiveness, and family functioning in African American couples. Marriage & Family Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2025.2564993
Koo, B., Jung, H., & Cho, S. (2025). Bad caring: Reframing the role of empathy in the hospitality industry. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-01-2025-0113
Cho, S. (2025). Lost in translation: Addressing the sensitivity of cognitive functioning measures for nonEnglish-speaking social work clients. Health & Social Work, 50(3), 262-264. https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/hlaf020
Cho, S., & Townsend, A. L. (2025). Positive spousal interactions as a mediator between perceived neighborhood disorder and depressive symptoms among married/partnered adults. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus, 2(2), 100160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aggp.2025.100160
Cho, S. (2024). Navigating economic inequities: Neighborhood relative deprivation and depressive symptoms in later life. Journal of Ageing and Longevity, 4(4), 442-450. https://doi.org/10.3390/jal4040032