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Park, Hyejin

Name

Hyejin Park

Advisor

Dr. Desiree Qin

Cohort

Fall 2020

Concentration

Diversity, Youth, and Family Development

Email

hjpark@msu.edu

Bio

Hye-Jin Park is a doctoral student in Human Development and Family Studies with a concentration in Diversity, Youth, and Family Development. Her faculty advisor is Dr. Desiree Qin. Hye-Jin’s research interests broadly include family and sibling relationships, parenting, and culture. Her research takes a culturally sensitive and decolonizing approach to better understand the nuanced interplay among family relationships, sibling dynamics, and parenting on immigrant youth’s well-being. Presently, Hye-Jin is working on her dissertation on understanding sibling caregiving in Korean immigrant families. Her research draws heavily from Family Systems theory, Ecological Systems theory, and interdependent/independent self-construal theory. Hye-Jin has a broader goal of translating research into effective community programs and bringing findings back to the immigrant communities.

Keywords and Phrases

Siblings, caregiving, immigrants, parenting, Asian American youth, culture