Biography
Joong-Hwan Oh is Associate Professor of Sociology Department and Graduate Director of Social Research at Hunter College. He received his B.A. in Sociology from Pusan National University (South Korea) and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in Sociology.
Research Interests
Urban Sociology, Criminology, Immigration, Economic Sociology, and East Asia.
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101)
- Urban Sociology (SOC 211)
- Asians in the US (SOC 225)
- Research Methods (SOC 240)
- Social Statistics (SOC 241)
- Criminology (SOC 319)
- Korean Americans (ASIAN 330)
- Immigration and Economy (SOC 325.2)
- Globalism & Nationalism (SOC 325.12)
- Intermediate Statistics I & II (GSR 708 & 709)
Current Research
- Immigrant Populations and U.S. Metropolitan Unemployment Rates, 1990 and 2000: A Comparative Analysis
- Immigrant Populations and Racial Poverty in US Metropolitan Areas
- Work Values in Korean-owned Nail Salon Workers
Publications
Oh, Joong-Hwan, and Sangmoon Kim. (Forthcoming). Aging, Neighborhood Attachment, and Fear of Crime: Testing Reciprocal Effects in Journal of Community Psychology.
Oh, Joong-Hwan. (Forthcoming). The Quest to Understand Self-Employment in American Metropolitan Areas in Urban Studies: An International Journal for Research in Urban and Regional Studies.
Oh, Joong-Hwan. 2007. Economic Incentive, Embeddedness, and Social Support: A Study of Korean-owned Nail Salon Workers’ Rotating Credit Associations in International Migration Review, Vol. 41(3):623-655.
Oh, Joong-Hwan. 2006. Immigration and Crime in New York City:An Exploratory Study of Caribbean Immigrants (pp.427-442), in Urban Problems and Shared Solutions: New York City and Rome, Italy, edited by Victor Goldsmith and Eugenio Sonnino.
Oh, Joong-Hwan. 2005. Social Disorganizations and Crime Rates in U.S. Central Cities: Toward an Explanation of Urban Economic Change, Social Science Journal, Vol. 42:569-82.
Oh, Joong-Hwan. 2005. A Dynamic Approach to Population Change in Central Cities and Their Suburbs, 1980-1990: Crime, Employment, and Spatial Proximity, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 64(2):663-81.
Oh, Joong-Hwan. 2004. Race/Ethnicity, Homeownership, and Neighborhood Attachment, Race & Society, Vol. 7(2):63-77.
Oh, Joong-Hwan. 2003. Assessing the Social Bonds of Elderly Neighbors: The Role of Length of Residence, Crime Victimization, and Perceived Disorder, Sociological Inquiry, Vol. 73(4): 490-510.
Oh, Joong-Hwan. 2003. Social Bonds and the Mobility Intentions of Elderly Urban Residents: The Mediating Effect of Residential Satisfaction, Population Research & Policy Review. Vol. 22(2): 127-146.
Oh, Joong-Hwan, and Ken Shin. 2003. Inequalities in Nonfatal Work Injury: The Significance of Race, Human Capital, and Occupations, Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 57(11): 2173-2182.
Shin, Ken, and Joong-Hwan Oh. 2002. Changing Patterns of Social Networks in Composer-Singer Relationships: The Case of Popular Music Industry in Korea, 1927-1997, East Asia: An International Quarterly, Volume 20 (1): 24-53.