Dr. Esther Shin
Assistant professor
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
SWK 329.001 Preparation For Professional Practice
SWK 329.002 Preparation For Professional Practice
PhD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
MSW
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Pipeline Scholar
Texas Research Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)
2025
GSA Diversity Mentoring and Career Development Technical Assistance Workshop Diversity Fellow Award (DMCDTaW)
National Institute on Aging
2023
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students for SOCW 451 (2021 Fall, 2022 Spring)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A
2022
Annuity Research Competition Award
Center for Financial Security at University of Wisconsin-Madison and Retirement Income Institute, U.S.A.
2021
Ernie Gullerud Dissertation Scholarship
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A
2021
Junior Scholar Intensive Training (JSIT) 2021 Cohort
Center for Financial Security’s (CFS) Retirement and Disability Research Center (RDRC), Social Security Administration, U.S.A.
2021
Ferber & Sudman Dissertation Awards for Survey Research
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A
2020
Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center (MRDRC) Scholarship for ICPSR Summer Program
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A.
2020
Daniel S. Sanders Fellowship in International Social Development
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.
2019
Due and Ferber International Award
Women & Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A
2019
Korean American Scholarship Foundation (KASF) Fellowship-Midwestern regional chapter
Korean American Scholarship Foundation
2019
President’s Research in Diversity Travel Award
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A
2019
AGESW Pre-Dissertation Fellows
The Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGESW), U.S.A.
2018
Evelyne Accad and Paul Vieille International Research Award
Women & Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.
2018
Seoul National University Alumni Association (SNUAA-Chicago) Scholarship Award
Seoul National University Alumni Association
2017
Hooyman Intergenerational Fellowship
University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
2014
Grants and Contracts
Advancing Research and Creative Scholarship (ARCS)
Esther Shin
Illinois State University. 2025 - 2026
FY25 Estimation of HIV Risk in Illinois Project (EHRIP)
Kate Sheridan, Pei Geng, Esther Shin
Illinois Department of Public Health. 2025 - 2025
Pre-tenure Faculty Initiative Grant (PFIG)
Esther Shin
Illinois State University. 2025 - 2025
Book, Chapter
Chapter 8. Trauma and Adverse Childhood ExperienceOxford University Press
T. Powell, W. Hsieh, & Esther Shin
(2020), Clinical assessment for social workers: Quantitative and qualitative methods, Oxford University Press