Full-time Teaching Staff

Associate Professor

Research Interests

• School violence and bullying in Chinese and Asian societies
• Cross-cultural and international topics surrounding interpersonal violence
• Youth delinquency
• Mental health of children and adolescents
• Research Methods and Advanced Statistics

Curriculum Vitae

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Selected Publications

• Chen, J.K., Wu, C., Chang, C.W., & Wei, H.S. (2020). Indirect effect of parental depression on school victimization through adolescent depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 263(15), 396-404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.126 (SSCI Q1 in Psychiatry).
• Chen, J.K., Wu, C., & Wei, H.S. (2020). Personal, family, school, and community factors associated with student victimization by teachers in Taiwanese junior high schools: A multi-informant and multilevel analysis. Child Abuse & Neglect, 99, 104246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104246 (SSCI Q1 in Social Work, Family Studies, and Social Psychology).
• Chen, J.K & Chen, L.M. (2020). A cross-national examination of school violence and nonattendance due to school violence in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China: a Rasch Model Approach. Journal of School Violence, 19(2), 177-191. https://doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2019.1568882 (SSCI, Q2 in Criminology & Penology, Education and Educational Research, and Education Psychology).
• Chen, J.K. & Wei, H.S. (2013). School violence, social support and psychological health among Taiwanese junior high school students. Child Abuse & Neglect, 37(4), 252-262 (SSCI Q1 in Social Work, Family Studies, and Social Psychology).
• Chen, J.K. & Astor, R.A. (2012). School variables as mediators of the effect of personal and family factors on school violence in Taiwanese junior high schools. Youth & Society, 44(2), 175-200 (SSCI Q1 in Social Issues).
• Chen, J.K. & Wei, H.S. (2011). Student victimization by teachers in Taiwan: prevalence and associations. Child Abuse & Neglect, 35(5), 382-390. (SSCI Q1 in Social Work, Family Studies, and Social Psychology)
• Chen, J.K. & Astor, R.A. (2011). Students' personal traits, violence exposure, family factors, school dynamics and the perpetration of violence in Taiwanese elementary schools. Health Education Research, 26(1), 150-166. (SSCI Q2 in Education)
• Chen, J.K. & Astor, R.A. (2010). School violence perpetration in Taiwan: examining how western risk factors predict school violence in an Asian culture. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25(8), 1388-1410. (SSCI Q1in Criminology, Family Studies, and Applied Psychology). (This publication is the Top 100 most highly cited peer-reviewed articles published in reputational criminology and criminal justice journals in the world between 2010 and 2015).

Key Academic & Community Services

• 2012-Now - Editorial Board, Journal of School Violence (SSCI, Q1 in Criminology; Educational Research; Educational Psychology)
• 2018-Now - Editorial Board, NTU Social Work Review (TSSCI)
• 2010-Now - Member, Social Service Committee. Stewards Limits. Hong Kong.
• 2017-Now - Committee Member. Taiwan-Hong Kong Education Exchange and Scholarship Funds.
• 2012 - External Reviewer. Academic Review for Recruited Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
• 2019-2021 - External Examiner. Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) Programme, Caritas Institute of Higher Education. Hong Kong.
• 2020-Now - Council Member. International Association of Chinese Traders.

Awards and Honors

• Exemplary Teaching Award, Faculty of Social Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong (2016).
• The Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Southern California, 2008.
• 中華民國留學生博士論文獎學金(蔣經國國際學術交流基金會)The Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation 2007-2008 Dissertation Fellowship.
• The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (USA).

Major courses offered

• Supervisor of PhD students
• Advanced Social Statistics (PhD level)
• Social Policy Research (Master and PhD level)
• Social Work Research (Undergraduate, Master and PhD level)
• Interpersonal Violence (Undergraduate)