Se Kwang Hwang

Dr Se Kwang Hwang

Assistant Professor

Department: Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing

I joined 51�� in August 2010 and am working as a senior lecturer. I currently teach across the pre and post qualified social work programmes and Integrate Health & Social Care Programme. I also lecture on disability issues and leading modules on social research. I have a professional background in social work with disabled people and their families as a practitioner, activist and manager in South Korea. I had worked with a wide range of organisations in faith-based sectors in these roles. As part of my role as department PGR lead, I have been actively involved in the design and provision of doctoral research programme. I also have been involved in various funded research projects on disability issues.

Campus Address

Coach Lane East Campus (room H016)
Benton
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE7 7XA

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Key Publications

Middle-aged adults' perspectives on caregiving for their siblings with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Hwang, S., Kim, K., Lee, C. 24 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
Autistic Parents, Rudd, D., Hwang, S. 8 Feb 2024, Beyond Stereotypes, Ammanford, Open House Press
Current debates regarding deinstitutionalisation for disabled people in South Korea, Hwang, S., Kim, K., Lee, C. 20 Oct 2024, In: Disability & Society
Autistic Parents’ Personal Experiences of Parenting and Support: Messages from an Online Focus Group, Hwang, S., Heslop, P. 1 Jan 2023, In: The British Journal of Social Work
Participatory research in a pandemic: The impact of Covid-19 on co-designing research with autistic people, Rudd, D., Hwang, S. Sep 2022, In: Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice
The Challenges Faced by Korean Social Workers at the Community Welfare Centres for People with Disabilities during COVID-19 Pandemic, Mee Kim, K., Hwang, S. 1 Oct 2022, In: The British Journal of Social Work
Emergence and clashes in disabled service user organisations in South Korea, Hwang, S. 10 Aug 2020, The Routledge Handbook of Service User Involvement in Human Services Research and Education, London, Taylor & Francis
Extending Voice and Autonomy Through Participatory Action Research: Ethical and Practical Issues: Reflections on a Workshop held at Durham University, November 2018, Kong, S., Banks, S., Brandon, T., Chappell, S., Charnley, H., Hwang, S., Rudd, D., Shaw, S., Slatcher, S., Ward, N. 2020, In: Ethics & Social Welfare
Psychosocial experiences of the ageing of middle-aged people with intellectual disabilities in South Korea, Mee Kim, K., Shin, Y., Hwang, S. 26 May 2020, In: International Journal of Developmental Disabilities
Being a ‘good’ mother: Immigrant mothers of disabled children, Kim, K., Hwang, S. 1 Jul 2019, In: International Social Work

Current and Recent Projects

Perceptions of vulnerability of clinical populations involved in biomedical research, Barkus, E. (Principal Investigator), Hwang, S. (Co Investigator), Institute of Medical Ethics, 01/01/25 - 31/12/25, £8,031.00

PGR Supervision

Carol Morgan Examining the health care professionals’ experiences in undertaking autistic spectrum condition assessments for children with complex needs. Start Date: 01/10/2019
Danielle Rudd 'Not in our remit’: autistic parents’ experiences of services and support Start Date: 01/10/2018

Qualifications

Social Anthropology PhD June 30 2009
Social Work MA September 26 2003

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