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Sacramento State Faculty

Kisun Nam, Ph.D., Professor

Kisun Nam, Ph.D.

Contact Information

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Kisun Nam, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Division of Social Work

Office Location: Mariposa Hall 5029
Phone: +1 (916) 278-7096

Education

  • Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008
  • MSSW, Univerisity of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003
  • MA, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, 2001
  • BA, Seoul National Univerisity, Republic of Korea, 1996

Additional Experience

  • Affiliated Faculty The Asian Studies Program 2011 – present
    California State University, Sacramento
  • Associate Professor Division of Social Work 2008 – present California State University, Sacramento

  • Reviewer 2009 – present. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research (JSSWR)
  • Reviewer 2009 – present. Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation (JSWDR)
  • Reviewer for the conference papers, Phase I 2010. The 56th Annual Program Meeting (October 14-17, 2010), the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE)
  • Reviewer for the conference papers, Phase I 2012. The 58th Annual Program Meeting (November 9-12, 2012), the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE)
  • Reviewer for the conference papers, Phase I 2013. The 59th Annual Program Meeting (October 31-November 3, 2012), the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE)

Research Fellow 2011. Faculty Fellows Program 2010 – 2011, Institute for Social Research, California State University, Sacramento

Research

Nam, Kisun. “A Comparison of Blended Learning and Face-to-Face Learning with Regard to Academic Achievement, Attitudes, and Perceptions among Undergraduate Students.” Journal
of Online Learning and Teaching. (under review)

Nam, Kisun, Maria Cancian, & Daniel R. Meyer. 2009. “How Program Participants Learn Program Rules: Implications for Implementation and Evaluation.” Social Service Review
83(1):53-78.

Meyer, Daniel R., Maria Cancian, & Kisun Nam. 2007. “Welfare and Child Support Program Knowledge Gaps Reduce Program Effectiveness.” Journal of Policy Analysis and

Bartfeld, Judi & Kisun Nam. 2007. “The Impact of Child Support on Food Security Among Low-Income Single-Mother Households.” Report to Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, December. Institute for Research on Poverty, Madison, WI.

Nam, Kisun, Maria Cancian, & Daniel R. Meyer. 2006. “Knowledge about Child Support Policy in a Changing Environment.” Report to Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. Institute for Research on Poverty, Madison, WI.

Cancian, Maria, Daniel R. Meyer, & Kisun Nam. 2005. “Knowledge of Child Support Policy Rules: How Little We Know.” Discussion Paper no. 1297-05. Institute for Research on Poverty, Madison, WI. [developed from a 2004 report to Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development]

Nam, Kisun. Factors Associated with the Usage of Post-Adoption Service by the International Adoptive Families. Manuscript in Progress.

Nam, Kisun. Social network sites (SNS) and the transmission of knowledge about social service programs. Grant Proposal in Progress.

Nam, Kisun. Noncustodial Parents’ Child Support Payments. Manuscript in Progress.

Nam, Kisun. Do They Know Welfare as We Know It Has Ended?: Welfare Participants’ Knowledge about Time Limits. Manuscript in progress.

Nam, Kisun. Impact of Child Support Receipts on Poverty among Single Mothers without Welfare. Manuscript in progress.

Nam, Kisun. 2013. “Childhood Bully Experiences and Their Long-Term Effect on Adulthood.” The 59th Annual Program Meeting of Council on Social Work Education, November, 2013,
Dallas, TX.

Nam, Kisun. 2012. “Effectiveness of Blended Learning on Undergraduate Research Methods Course: Empirical Evaluation.” The 58th Annual Program Meeting of Council on Social
Work Education, November, 2012, Washington, D.C.

Nam, Kisun. 2010. “Noncustodial Fathers’ Knowledge about Child Support Rules and Its Impact on Child Support Payments.” The 14th Annual Conference of Society for Social Work and Research, January, San Francisco, CA.

Nam, Kisun. 2009. “Holt Adoptees and Post-Adoption Services.” The 2009 Joint Symposium on Leadership of Korean Immigration community for Social Work Educators, Administrators,
and Service Providers, in conjunction with the 55th Annual Program Meeting of Council on Social Work Education. November, San Antonio, TX.

Nam, Kisun. 2009. “The Impact of Child Support on Food Security among Low-Income SingleMother Households.” The 13th Annual Conference of Society for Social Work and Research, January, New Orleans, LA.

Nam, Kisun. 2008. “Do They Know Welfare as We Know It Has Ended?: Welfare Participants’ Knowledge about Time Limits.” The 12th Annual Conference of Society for Social Work and Research, January, Washington DC.

Cancian, Maria, Daniel R. Meyer, David J. Pate, Jr., & Kisun Nam. [Session Organizer] 2007.“Custodial and Noncustodial Parents’ Knowledge about Child Support Policy in Wisconsin.” 33rd Annual Conference of the NASW Wisconsin Chapter, May, Oconomowoc, WI.

Nam, Kisun. 2008. “Noncustodial Fathers’ Knowledge of Rules and Child Support Payments.” The 30th Annual APPAM Research Conference, November, Los Angeles, CA.

Nam, Kisun. 2007. “Do They Know Welfare as We Know It Has Ended?: Welfare Participants’ Knowledge about Time Limits.” The 2007 Annual Program Meeting of Council on Social Work Education, October, San Francisco, CA.

Research Interests

  • Poverty
  • Welfare, child support, and single-mother families
  • Public assistance programs
  • Food insecurity
  • Program participants’ knowledge about the rules
  • Public policy analysis
  • Program evaluation

Courses That I Teach

  • SWRK110 Statistics and Research for Social Workers (undergraduate)
  • SWRK111 Introduction to Research Methods and Program Evaluation (undergraduate)
  • SWRK210 Methods of Social Research (MSW)

Professional Associations

  • Council on Social Work Education 2007 – present
  • Society for Social Work and Research 2007 – present

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