Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University
Investigator, Comprehensive Minority Institution/Cancer Center Partnership, San Francisco State University and UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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gracey@sfsu.edu
Psychology 418, San Francisco State Univ. |
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| EDUCATION | |
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Univ. of California, Irvine, 1989, B.A., Social Sciences, Honors, "Excellence in Research" |
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
1992 |
Consultant, Centers for Disease Control, Division of TB Elimination |
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1989-1994 |
Director of Asian Pacific Student Programs, Student Services Department, University of California, Riverside |
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1994-1997 |
Research Associate, Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco |
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1997-1998 |
Research Associate/Consultant, Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Policy Division, San Francisco |
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1998 |
Consultant/Bay Area Coordinator, National Asian Pacific Center on Aging, Seattle, Washington |
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1998-1999 |
Teaching Assistant, Data Management and Analysis, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco. |
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1996-1999 |
Lecturer, San Francisco State University, Asian American Studies Department |
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1999-2000 |
Adjunct Faculty, Korean Center/Intercultural Institute, San Francisco |
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1999-present |
Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University, Asian American Studies Department, College of Ethnic Studies |
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Yoo, Grace. "Double Jeopardy: The experiences of Asian immigrants in nursing homes." Poster presentation at the annual meetings of the American Society on Aging," March 1998, San Francisco. |
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Yoo, Grace. "Federal Welfare Reform and Asian Pacific Islander Communities in California: A view from the grassroots." Presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Meetings, April 1998, San Francisco. |
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Yoo, Grace. "The Fight to Save Welfare for Older Immigrants: The Role of Asian Pacific Islander Community Based Organizations." Presented at the annual Society for Social Problems meetings, August 1998, San Francisco. |
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Yoo, Grace. "Managed Care, Medical Hegemony and the Future of Chiropractors." Presented at the annual American Sociological Association Meetings, August 1998, San Francisco. |
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Yoo, Grace. "Federal Welfare Reform, Supplemental Security Income and Older Immigrants." Presented at the Fourth Global Conference on Aging, September 1999, Montreal, Canada. |
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Yoo, Grace. "Federal Welfare Reform, Supplemental Security Income and Elderly Immigrants: The Role of National Aging Organizations." Presented at the Gerontological Society of America, November 1999, San Francisco, CA. |
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Yoo, Grace. "The Fight to Save Welfare for Older, Low-Income Asian Immigrants." Presented at the Asian American Studies Conference, May 2000, Scottsdale, Arizona. |
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Park, Lisa and Yoo, Grace. "Impact of public charge on immigrant women's access to Medi-cal." Association of Asian American Studies Conference, March 2001, Toronto, Canada. |
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Yoo, Grace, and Bagtas, Ana. "How to conduct community-based needs assessments for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities." National Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum "Voices" Conference, April 2001, Redwood City, California. |
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Yoo, Grace and Park, Lisa. "Impact of public charge of immigrant women's access to Medi-Cal." California Policy Research Center Statewide Policy Hearing, Sacramento, CA, April 2001. |
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Yoo, Grace. "Framing the news: Elderly immigrants and Supplemental Security Income." Presented at the annual American Sociological Association meetings, August 2001. |
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Yoo, Grace. "Memories of the Korean War: Life narratives of older Korean immigrants." Presented at the annual American Sociological Association meetings, August 2001, Anaheim. |
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Yoo, Grace and Kwak, Seunsik. "Shaping public perceptions of elderly immigrants on welfare: The role of editorial pages of major US newspapers." Presented at the annual Gerontological Society of America meetings, November 2001, Chicago. |
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Yoo, Grace, Wong, Sabrina, Kwak, Seunsik. "Migration and aging: Changing meanings of social support among Chinese and Korean immigrant elders." Presented at the annual Gerontological Society of America meetings, November 2001, Chicago. |
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Yoo, Grace and Ryu, Ji-Myung. "Diaspora and War: Memories of Older Korean Immigrant Women." Presented at the Asian America & the Asian Diaspora: An International Conference, May 2002, San Francisco |
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Wong, Sabrina, Yoo, Grace and Stewart, Anita. "Assessment of social support in Asian elderly: Implications for program development." American Public Health Association Meetings, November 2002, Philadelphia. |
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Yoo, Grace. 1999. "Racial Inequality, Welfare Reform and Black Families." In Staples, R, The Black Family: Essays and Studies, Wadsworth Publications: Belmont, CA, pp. 357-366. |
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Yoo, Grace and Robert Staples. 2000. "Intermarriage." In E. Borgatta and R. Montgomery, Encyclopedia of Sociology, Revised Edition. New York: MacMillan, pp. 1407-1415. |
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Yoo, G. and Park, L. 2001. "Immigrants and Health Care." In Ciment, J. Encyclopedia of American Immigration. New York: ME Sharpe, pp. 696-699. |
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Yoo, Grace. 2001. Shaping public perceptions of elderly immigrants on welfare: The role of editorial pages of major US newspapers. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 21(7). |
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Yoo, Grace. 2002. Constructing Deservingness: Federal Welfare Reform, Supplemental Security Income, and Elderly Immigrants. Journal of Aging and Social Policy. 13(4). |
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Yoo, Grace. 2003. "Asian Americans and Health." In E. Lai and D. Arguelles, The New Face of Asian Pacific America. San Francisco: Asian Week Publication and UCLA Asian American Studies Center. |
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Yoo, Grace. In press. The fight to save welfare for low-income older Asian immigrants: The role of National Asian American organizations. APA Policy, Practice and Community. |
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