Congrats to Joyce Lee, Garrett Pace, Hunmin Cha, Kwangman Ko, Yujeong Chang & Amy Xu for their accepted submission to Translational Data Science for Social Impact! Stay tuned for the article on predictors of father involvement among politically conservative fathers, using XAI🎉

We are excited to be part of the team of authors of our new open access book, Artificial Intelligence in Social Work: Bridging Technology and Humanity 🎉 You can access a free download of our book chapter here: doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-18… Happy reading!

Our Collaborative Seminar on Artificial Intelligence between Inje University College of AI and Ohio State University College of Social Work was not only successful but also a lot of fun! Thank you Dr. Hee-Cheol Kim and lab members for a warm welcome to Gimhae, South Korea!

Congratulations to Dr. Joyce Y. Lee on her official promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure 🎉 Thank you for guiding and inspiring researchers through leadership of the Child and Family Wellbeing Lab! We are so excited for this next chapter!

Angelise Radney successfully defended her dissertation titled "Understanding Maternal and Infant Health Among Black Women in Ohio: A Multidimensional Analysis of Stress, Healthcare Experiences, and Prenatal Behaviors" 🎉 Congratulations Angelise!

Thank you The Ohio State University College of Social Work for creating this video with Joyce Lee, PhD on a framework/tool to help decision making process when it comes to ethical AI application in SW research. Please distribute this link if helpful! youtube.com/watch?v=VV0G1-4x…

PhD Candidate Yujeong Chang is the recipient of The Ohio State University College of Social Work Student Seed Grant! Yujeong was funded for her proposal on Defining Resilience Following Childhood Maltreatment: A Qualitative Study of Young Adults. Congratulations!

We look forward to seeing you at the Aligning Ethical AI in Social Work panel, hosted by the Social Work AI Network and moderated by Joyce Lee! We are pleased to provide Continuing Education (CE) credits at this event through the NYU Silver School of Work.

Congratulations to Yanfeng Xu, Amanda Klein-Cox, Ramona Denby-Brinson, Eun Koh, Angela Tobin, Joyce Lee, Qi Wu, and Nancy Mendoza for their publication on shared parenting experiences in kinship care! You can read their article here: doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth…

Congratulations to our lab members for an acceptance to the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) 2026 in Incheon! Catch us at our symposium on Fatherhood in Diverse Family and System Contexts: Implications for Positive Child Development🎉

Interested in learning more about Ohio START? Check out this blog post! csw.osu.edu/blog/2025/12/12/…

Interested in fatherhood-related research? Please join us at SSWR 2026! The Fatherhood Special Interest Group (SIG) is meeting Saturday from 7-8am at the Independence BR A, ML4. Anyone conducting or interested in conducting fatherhood-related research is welcome to join 😊

Congrats to Joyce Lee, Garrett Pace, Keunhye Park, Hunmin Cha, Yujeong Chang & Amy Xu for their recently accepted manuscript to Child Abuse & Neglect 🎉 Stay tuned for Most important predictors of father-child contact in the U.S. child welfare system: A machine learning approach!

A third round of congratulations is in order! Hunmin Cha is officially a PhD Candidate after passing her candidacy exam 🎉 Congratulations, Hunmin!

Congratulations to Joyce Y. Lee for her nomination to the 2026 Class of SSWR Fellows🎉Thank you Society for Social Work and Research!

As we wrap up the year, we are grateful for everyone who has contributed to the Child and Family Wellbeing Lab and made it the space it is 💞 Happy Holidays and best wishes for a peaceful close to the year!

Introducing the S in our Ethical Framework for Artificial Intelligence Use in Social Work Research (ETHICS): Safety 📚 Read our upcoming article here! doi.org/10.1086/739116

Congratulations to Yujeong Chang who is officially a PhD Candidate after passing her candidacy exam!

Introducing the C in our Ethical Framework for Artificial Intelligence Use in Social Work Research (ETHICS): Collaboration 📚 Read our upcoming article here! journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10…

Introducing the I in our Ethical Framework for Artificial Intelligence Use in Social Work Research (ETHICS): Integrity📚 Read our upcoming article here! journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10…