Kiwoong Park

Assistant Professor

Education: 

Ph.D., Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York (2019)

Research Interests: 

Sociology of Health and Medicine, Quantitative Methods, Social Stratification

Life Course Perspective

Recent/Select Publications: 

• Park, Kiwoong and Jinho Kim. 2025. “The Timing of Police Encounters in Adolescence and Adult Cognitive Function: Heterogeneity by Race/Ethnicity.” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40615-025-02470-1

• Park, Kiwoong and Jinho Kim. 2023. “Longitudinal association between perceived discrimination and sleep problems among young adults in the United States: Tests of moderation by race/ethnicity and educational attainment.” Social Science & Medicine 321: 115773.Read here.

• Park, Kiwoong and Ning Hsieh. 2023. “A National Study on Religiosity and Suicide Risk by Sexual Orientation.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 64(2): 235-243. Read here.

• Kim, Jinho and Kiwoong Park. 2022. “Longitudinal Evidence on Adolescent Social Network Position and Cardiometabolic Risk in Adulthood.” Social Science & Medicine 301. Read here.

• Park, Kiwoong. 2021. “Adolescents’ Relative Position in School and Educational Attainment: The Mediating Role of Educational Expectations,” Social Science Research 94:102520.

Courses:

Sociological Data Analysis (SOC 381L)

Sociology of the Aging and the Aged (SOC 310)

Advanced Social Statistics (SOC 581L)