Associate Professor, School of Social Work
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sang.lee@sjsu.edu
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(408) 924-5815
Dr. Lee's research interests include mental health literacy among immigrant older adults, mental health issues of older adults with dementia and their family caregivers, attitudes toward formal service utilization in dementia caregiving in immigrant families, cultural competence in social work practice and research with Asian American populations, and gerontological social work education. She has taught courses on social welfare policies/programs and research methods at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Prior to joining SJSU in 2006, Dr. Lee worked as a research associate on several research projects: (1) the Practicum Partnership Program, National Initiative for Geriatric Social Work Education funded by the John A. Harford Foundation; (2) the Asian Pacific Islanders Dementia Care Network funded by the federal Administration on Aging and California Department of Aging; (3) the Health Access for Pacific Asian Seniors funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and California Department of Aging; and (4) Korean Community Empowerment Project: Prevention of Domestic Violence funded by California Department of Health Services Maternal and Child Health Branch, Domestic Violence Section.
Her completed/ongoing research projects include: (1) Knowledge and perceptions of Alzheimer’s disease and attitudes toward community services use among Korean immigrants funded by the UCLA Quality of Graduate Education Supplemental Allocation Program; (2) Assessment of health and psychological well-being of residents in a multi-ethnic independent living housing funded by the California Endowment (Co-PI with Dr. Sadhna Diwan);(3) Dementia literacy among older Vietnamese immigrants funded by the Office of Faculty Affaires, SJSU; and (4) Exploring interface of culture, health literacy and health promotion among older Asian immgrants with limited English proficiency funded by College of Applied Sciences and Arts, SJSU.
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