June-Yung Kim

SWK 996/997 Independent Study

SWK 560/493A Motivational Interviewing: Evidence-Based Practice

SWK 529 Advanced Generalist Research Methods and Analysis

SWK 507 Generalist Research Methods and Analysis (lead instructor)

SWK 317 Social Work Research (lead instructor)

Research Topics

• Social drivers (aka social determinants) of prenatal substance use
• Substance use and co-occuring mental health symtpoms as sequelae of prenatal substance exposure
• Intergenerational and early life trauma and resilience 

Research Methods

• Longitudinal data analysis
• Systematic literature review

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications (Since I joined UND)

1. Kim, J. Y., Wei, W., Johnson, L., & Barsel, S., & Gruber, A. M. (2025). Youth comorbidity patterns and Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)-informed factors: A scoping review of person-centered research. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2025.2544941 
2. Min, M. O., Kim, J. Y., Minnes, S., Kim, R. & Singer, L. T (2025). Intergenerational transmission of maternal childhood maltreatment, prenatal substance exposure, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms in early adolescence at age 12. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. http://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.70030 
3. Kim, J. Y., Minnes, S., Kobulsky, J., Kim, S., Min, M. O., Yoo, C., & Singer, L. T (2025). Maternal childhood trauma and children’s developmental course of aggressive behavior from ages 4 to 12. Psychology of Violence. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000541
4. Le, K. D., Albert, J., Kim, J. Y., Minnes, S., Min, M. O., & Singer, L. T. (2025). The relationships of prenatal cocaine exposure, postnatal lead exposure, and victimization to aggressive behavior/delinquency in adolescence. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 107518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2025.107518
5. Minnes, S., Min, M. O., Kim, S. K., Balser, S., Kim, J. Y., & Singer, L. T. (2025). Cognitive and behavioral pathways from prenatal cocaine exposure to regular marijuana use during emerging adulthood. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 112796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112796
6. Lee, J., Lee, J. M., Kim, J. Y., & Shamrova, D. (2025). The association of adverse childhood experiences and generalized anxiety in college students: Roles of perceived social support and resilience. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2025.2473626 
7. Lee, J. G., Lee, J. M., Kim, J. H. Lee, H., & Kim, J. Y. (2024). Relationship between adverse childhood experiences and resilience: The indirect effect of a sense of purpose in Life. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2024.2444303
8. Mueller, T., Evavold, D., Kim, J. Y., Klug, M. G., & Burd, L. (2024). Is a mini-screen for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder feasible? Open Journal of Pediatrics. http://doi.org/10.4236/ojped.2024.144072
9. Singer, L. T., Albert, J., Minnes, S., Min, M. O., & Kim, J. Y. (2024). Infant behaviors mediate the relationship of prenatal drug exposures to adult deficits. JAMA Network Open, 7(5), e2411905-e2411905. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.11905
10. Kim J. Y., Zhang, L., Gruber, A. M., Kim, S., Holmes, M. R., & Brevda, A. (2023). Prenatal Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Child Developmental Outcomes: A Scoping Review Study. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380231209434
11. Min, M. O., Albert, J. M., Minnes, S. Kim, J. Y., Powers, G., Kim, S., & Singer, L. T. (2024). Prenatal cocaine exposure and self-reported behavioral adjustments from ages 12 to 21: Environmental pathways. Psychological Medicine, 54(4), 721-731. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723002404
12. Singer, L. T., Powers, G., Kim, J. Y., Minnes, S., & Min, M. O. (2023). Cognitive and functional outcomes at age 21 after prenatal cocaine/polydrug exposure and foster/adoptive care. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 107151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2023.107151
13. Min, M. O., Minnes, S., Kim, S. Kim, J. Y., & Singer, L. T. (2023) Prenatal cocaine exposure and substance use disorder in emerging adulthood at age 21. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109736
14. Powers, G., Lewis, B., Min, M. O., Minnes, S., Kim, J. Y, Kim, S. K., & Singer, L. T. (2023). The Association of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure with Expressive and Receptive Language Development, Phonological Processing and Reading Ability at Age 17. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2022.107132
15. Kim, J. Y., Minnes, S., Min, M. O., Kim, S. K., Weishample, P., Short, E. J., Powers, G., Lang, A., & Singer, L.T. (2022). Self-reported mental health symptoms in prenatally cocaine exposed adolescents at age 17. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2022.107135
16. Zhang, L., Mersky, J. P., Gruber, A. M., & Kim, J. Y. (2022). Intergenerational Transmission of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Children’s Outcomes: A Scoping Review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380221126186
17. Kim, J. Y., Minnes, S., Min, M. O., & Ridenour, T. A. (2022). Co-occurrence of Psychopathology Problems in At-Risk Adolescents. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-022-09980-w
18. Min, M. O., Kim, J. Y., Minnes, S., Kim, S. K., Musson Rose, D., & Singer, L. T. (2022). Substance use and individual assets in urban adolescents: Subgroups and correlates in emerging adulthood. Journal of Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12056
19. Min, M. O., Lewis, B. A., Minnes, S., Gonzalez-Pons, K. M., Kim, J. Y., & Singer, L. T. (2022). Preschool blood lead levels, language competency, and substance use in adolescence. Environmental Research, 206, 112273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.112273
20. Kim, J. Y., Minnes, S., Ridenour, T. A., Perzynski, A. T., Min, M. O., & Singer, L. T. (2022). Attitudinal Tolerance of Deviance in At-Risk Early Adolescents. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. https://doi.org/10.1086/712810

Books

Fitzgibbons, R. P., & Enright, R. (2021). Forgiveness therapy: An empirical guide for resolving anger and restoring hope. (Shin, S. N., Cho, S. B., Kim, J. Y., … & Shin, S. M. Trans). (Original work published 2000).

Corcoran, J. (2017). Motivational interviewing: Workbook for social workers. (Shin, S. M., Jang, S. O., Yoo, C. Y., & Kim, J. Y., Trans). Seoul, Korea: Sigma Press. (Original work published 2016)

Westra, H. A. (2017). Motivational interviewing in the treatment of anxiety. (Shin, S. M., Kim, J. Y., & Kim, A., Trans). Seoul, Korea: Sigma Press. (Original work published 2012)

Anthony, W., Cohen, M., Farkas, M., & Gagne, C. (2014). Psychiatric Rehabilitation (2nd ed.). (Shin, S. M., Sohn, M. J., & Kim, J. Y., Trans). Seoul, Korea: Hakjisa Publishing. (Original work published 2002)

Research brief

 *Kehler, K., Kim, J. Y., & *Balser, S. (2025). Implementing harm reduction in a rural domestic violence shelter: Frontline staff perspectives. National Indigenous Justice Information Inclusion (NIJII). Grand Forks, ND. Available from https://www.nijii.org/copy-of-nijii-publication

Awards

• Junior Career Achievement Award, Korean American Social Worker Educators Association, Council on Social Work Education (2024) 
• Outstanding Dissertation Award, Korean American Social Worker Educators Association, Council on Social Work Education (2021)
• Arol Shack Dissertation Award, The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (2020)
• Dr. Paul KH Kim Scholarship, Korean American Social Worker Educators Association, Council on Social Work Education (2019)
• Richard A. Zdanis Research Fellowship Award, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (2019) 

Licensure

• Licensed Master Social Worker (2021-Present)  State of North Dakota, License Number 6145
• Licensed Social Worker, Class 1 (2011-Present)  Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare, License Number 1-96915

PhD in Social Welfare, The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

MA in Social Welfare (MSW equivalent), Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

BA in Social Welfare and Counseling Psychology, Handong Global University, Pohang, South Korea

      Magna cum laude

Indigenous Determinants of Prenatal Substance Use. My Role: Principal Investigator of the Grant Program Funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIGMS/NIH) through the Indigenous Trauma & Resilience Research Center (1P20GM139759); Award: $210,885.  

Co-occurring Psychopathology Problems among Individuals with Prenatal Drug Exposure from Late Adolescence into Emerging Adulthood: Childhood RDoC-Informed Antecedents. My Role: Principal Investigator; Funded by College of Nursing and Professional Discipline Seed Grant, University of North Dakota; Award $5,000; Funding Period: 05/2024-04/2025. 

Social Determinants of Indigenous Prenatal Drug Use: Trauma and Resilience. My Role: Principal Investigator of Pilot Project, Sub award funded through Indigenous Trauma & Resilience Research Center by the National Institute Of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIGMS/NIH) 1P20GM139759; Award: $74,298; Funding Period: March 2024-Feb 2026.

Indigenous Voices to Reconstruct Social Determinants of Prenatal Drug Use: Photovoice Participatory Action Research. My Role: Principal Investigator, CNPD Faculty Innovative Summer Grant Development Award; Award: $7,500; Funding Period: 05/2024-08/2024. 

Maternal Childhood Trauma and Children's Developmental Course of Aggressive Behavior from Preschool Years to Adolescence. My Role: Principal Investigator; Funded by College of Nursing and Professional Discipline Seed Grant, University of North Dakota; Award $3,000; Funding Period: 05/2022-04/2024.

Youth Co-occurring Mental Health Problems: A Scoping Review Study Informed By the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Framework. My Role: Principal Investigator; Funded by College of Nursing and Professional Discipline Seed Grant, University of North Dakota; Award $3,000; Funding Period: 05/2021-04/2023.