Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Kim, J., Yoon, Y., Kim, D., Lee, J., & Lee, H. Y. (in press). Associations between social technology use and social engagement: A race- and ethnicity-stratified analysis among older adults. Journal of Social Service Research.

Jung, W., Kim, S., Kim, D., Sihombing, A., Tabar, M., & Lee, D. (in press). From crowdsourced data to policy design: Monitoring and forecasting homeless tents. EPJ Data Science.

Lee, H. Y., Lee, L. H., Kim, D., Yoon, Y. J., Noh, H., Gong, J., & Jones, S. (2026). Does gender moderate the relationship between depressive symptoms and non-household transportation use? Findings from a cross sectional study in rural Alabama. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspective. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2026.101893

Kim, D., Peri, A., & Marker, N. (2025). Leveraging clinical decision support to improve depression screening and follow-up: Insights from a quality improvement case study. BMJ Family Medicine and Community Health, 13, e003426. https://doi.org/10.1136/fmch-2025-003426

Yoon, Y., Shin, S., Kim, D., & Lee, H. Y. (2025). Comparing media and law enforcement reports on anti-Asian hate incidents during COVID-19: Data visualization approach. JMIR Formative Research, 9, Article e70881. https://doi.org/10.2196/70881

Lee, H. Y., Kim, J., Yoon, Y. J., Kim, D., & Chipalo, E. (2025). Internet use and depressive symptoms among older adults in the U.S.: Unraveling the differences by gender. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 44(9), 1472–1482. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648241311651

Kim, D., Yoon, Y. J., Cosenzo, L. G., & Lee, H. Y. (2024). Rural Alabamians’ unmet medical needs: Rethinking the roles of online health information seeking behavior. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 12(6), 4134–4143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-02207-6

Lee, L. H., Yoon, Y. J., Kim, D., Noh, H., Jones, S., & Lee, H. Y. (2023). Perceived transportation barriers moderate the association between depressive symptoms and household transportation use. Journal of Transport & Health, 33, 101713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2023.101713

Lim, J., & Kim, D. (2020). Measuring the professional development needs for technical and vocational education and training staff in Nepal: A look at teachers’ perspectives. Journal of Practical Engineering Education, 12, 163-176. https://dx.doi.org/10.14702/JPEE.2020.163 (Corresponding)

Lim, J., Kim, D., & Mukama, E. (2019). A study on the impact of teacher education programme on career preference and job satisfaction: Evidence from Rwanda schoolteachers. The Journal of Korea Teacher Education, 36, 151-177. https://dx.doi.org/10.24211/tjkte.2019.36.4.151 (Corresponding)

Manuscripts under Review

Kim, D., Ismail, R., Roberts, F., & Tarr, GAM. Racial and ethnic differences in the determinants of antibiotic use for acute gastroenteritis in the United States. Manuscript under review at Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Lee, H. Y., Lee, L., Yoon, Y. J., Kim, D., Gong, J., & Jones, S. Determinants of perceived transportation barriers in accessing opioid-related services among residents of Alabama’s Black Belt. Manuscript under review at Community Mental Health Journal.

Lee, L. H., Yoon, Y. J., Kim, D., Jones, S., & Lee, H. Y. Social determinants of health and community needs for opioid-related services among rural Alabama residents. Manuscript under review at Social Work Research.

Kim, D., Beltran, R., Sevillano, L., Cordero, L., Hong, C., Garner, A., Howell, S., & Holloway, I. Freedom of movement, social support, and psychological wellbeing: Resilience against COVID-19 related loneliness among sexual minority men living in high versus low LGBT acceptance countries. Manuscript under review at Journal of Sexual and Gender Diversity in Social Services.

Selected Conference Proceedings

Kim, D., & Marsiglia, F. (2026, Apr). Stigma dynamics in HIV care: A SEM exploration of uncertainty, self-efficacy, and life-course empowerment. Oral presentation at the European Conference for Social Work Research 2026, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Kim, D., Coleman, J., Buraik, L., Lowery, C., & Blakey, J. (2026, Jan). Advancing anti-racist social work practice: Racial identity processing groups as a promising tool for transforming the profession. Oral presentation at the Society for Social Work and Research 30th Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

Ogbonnaya, I., Messing, J., Harty, J., & Kim, D. (2026, Jan). Responding to intimate partner violence within child protective services: Potential barriers and facilitators to implementing the myPlan intervention. Oral presentation at the Society for Social Work and Research 30th Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

Kim, D., Peri, A., & Marker, N. (2025, Nov). Evaluating the impact of clinical decision support tools on depression screening and follow-up: A quality improvement study in a community health center. Oral presentation at the 2025 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo, Washington D.C.

Kim, D. (2025, Oct). Uncovering Midwestern HIV/AIDS activism: A historical text analysis using topic modeling and sentiment analysis. Poster Presentation at the 71st Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO.

Kim, D., Tuyishime, E., Musuhukye, B., & Haight, W. (2025, Jan). Beyond poverty and violence: Ethnographic insights into the lives of street children in urban Rwanda. Oral Presentation at the Society for Social Work and Research 29th Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.

Yoon, Y., Kim, D., Shin, S. H., Chandrasekaran, S., Kamibayashi, M., Beckwith, J., & Lee, H. Y. (2025, Jan). Factors associated with anti-Asian hate incident reporting during COVID-19 pandemic: Comparisons between media and law enforcement data. Oral Presentation at the Society for Social Work and Research 29th Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.

Presenting at SSWR 2025 in Seattle, WA.

Kim, D. (2024, May). HIV criminalization and health outcomes: An analytical insight from eight U.S. states. Poster presented at the 2024 National Conference of Social Work and HIV/AIDS, Lake Buena Vista, FL.