Minyoung Lim

Job Titles

  • Assistant Professor of Social Work
    Social Work, College of Arts and Sciences
    Social Work (M.S.W.), Graduate School
    Social Work (B.A.) College of Adult and Professional Studies

Highlight

Minyoung Lim is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Bethel University. She holds an MSW from University of Pittsburgh and PhD in Social Work from Indiana University. Minyoung has diverse practice experience from micro to macro including social work research in government and direct practice in Aging.

Started at Bethel

2021

Education

  • University of Pittsburgh - M.S.W. in Social Work, 2014
  • Indiana University - Ph.D. in Social Work, 2022

Biography

Minyoung Lim is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Bethel University. She holds an MSW from University of Pittsburgh and PhD in Social Work from Indiana University. Minyoung has diverse practice experience from micro to macro including social work research in government and direct practice in Aging.

Courses Taught

Courses Taught

SOW 250 Social Welfare History

SOW 304 Social Work practice I

SOW 305 Social Policy Practice 

SOWK 605 Advanced Social Work Practice I 

SOWK 610 Social Welfare History & Policy

SOWk 630 Advanced Social Work Practice II

SOWK 650 Social Work Research Method I

SOWK 720 Advanced Social Work Methods II

BSW Course Developed

SOWK 335 Social Work Practice II 

Awards

Outstanding Dissertation Award, Korean American Social Work Educators Association, 2022

Community Engagement Associate scholarship, Indiana University, 2020-2021

Presentations

Lim, M., (November, 2022), The Lived Experience of Burmese Refugee Students in Higher Education, Council on Social Work Education Annual program Meeting, Anaheim, California 

Kim, E., and Lim, M., (November, 2022), Parental perceptions of racial discrimination among first-generation Korean Americans, Council on Social Work Education Annual program Meeting, Anaheim, California 

Ashirifi, G., Bellian, P., Kaboi, M., Lim, M., Kyere, E., and Lee, J., (May, 2022), Uncovering Social Resiliency for Nurturing Transnationalism among Youth of Immigrants’ Household: The Role of Critical Qualitative Inquiry, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Online conference

Lee, J., Kyere, E., Bellian, P., Lim, M., Kaboi, M., and Ashirifi, G., (May, 2022), Applying the Sort and Sift, Think and Shift qualitative approach to decolonizing knowledge, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Online conference

Lim, M, (October, 2020). Refugee Children's Post-migration: Needs and Barriers to School Adjustment, Council on Social Work Education Annual program Meeting, Online Conference.

Lim, M, (July, 2020). Burmese Refugee Children's Needs and Barriers to School Adjustment in the United States, International Federation of Social Workers 2020, Online Conference.

Lee, J., & Lim, M. (Nov, 2019). Low-Value Health Care Usage Among Among Bhutanese Refugees Resettled in the United States. 2019 America nPublic Health Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Bragg, N., Lim, M., & Garry, C. (Nov, 2018). Cultural Diversity in the MSW Learning Space: Exploraing Awareness, Acceptance, and Perceptions. 2018 Council on Social Work Education Annual program Meeting, Orlando, Florida.

Lee, J., & Lim, M. (Jan, 2018). Low-Value Use and Emergency Department Usage Among Bhutanese Refugees resettled in the United States. 2018 Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C. 

Lee, J., & Lim, M. (Jun, 2017). Low-Value Use and Emergency Department Usage Among Bhutanese Refugees resettled in the United States. 2017 North American Refugee Health Conference, Toronto, Canada

Lee, J., & Lim, M. (Jun, 2017). Relational Qualitative Methods in Community-Engaged Health Research with Bhutanese Refugees. 2017 North American Refugee Health Conference, Toronto, Canada

Certificates and Licenses

Provisional Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW)

MN Board of Social Work

Professional Organizations, Committees, and Boards

Asian & Pacific Islander Social Work Educators Association, 2021-Present

Korean American Social Work Educators Association, 2019-Present

Council on Social Work Education,  2019-2020

America Public Health Association, 2019-2020

Society for Social Work and Research, 2018-2019

The Gerontological Society of America, 2016-2017                                                        

Areas of expertise

Research; Social work practice; Diversity

Research interests

Refugees and Immigrants; Racial disparity; Discrimination; Resilience