Michin Hong

• Associate Professor
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2019 – Present
• Affiliate Faculty
  IU Center for Global Learning — 2018 – Present
• Assistant Professor
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2013 – 2019
• Adjunct Faculty
  University of Maryland Baltimore County — 2012
• Adjunct Faculty
  University of Maryland — 2011

Dementia risk, Caregiving, End-of-life planning, Disparities in health and health care, Library social work, AI and machine learning applications in health research and practices

Statistics, Research, Aging-related courses, Health care in a global context, Research, Human Behavior and the Social Environments

• Hong, M., & Lee, S. Psychometric evaluation of the Korean version of public stigma scale associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. (Resubmitted).
• Hong, M., & Chung, S. Effects of community environments on loneliness and depression among older adults in South Korea. Aging & Mental Health. (Submitted).
• Hong, M., Ji, S., Kim, S., & Kim, K. The current state of machine learning studies on dementia risk for ethnocracies minorities: A brief scoping review. Journal of Social Service Research. (Submitted).
• Park, T., Hong, M., Kang, H., & Khan, M. Mediating effects of social anxiety on the relationship between racial discrimination and emotional health in Asian American college students. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. (Submitted).

41. Jayathilake, H., Yoon, A., & Hong, M. (Accepted). Leveraging local generative AI for sentiment analysis to enhance text data quality assessment in information science research. Electronic Library.
42. Hong, M., Yoon, A., Hutcherson, A.*, & Kohl, K.* (Accepted). Bridging gaps in rural communities: Role of library social work in supporting psychosocial needs. Social Work.
43. Yi, E. G., & Hong, M. (Accepted). Exploring Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia perceptions among Korean Americans through an ethnic online community: A text mining approach. Aging and Health Research.
44. Park, T., Hong, M., & Khan, M. (2025). Anti-Asian racism, sense of belonging, and social anxiety among college students. Journal of Social Service Research. doi:10.1037/sah0000375
45. Curd, J., Pierce, B., Hong, M., Lee, J., & Nguyen, T. S. T. (2025). Layers of challenge: Rural hospice social workers’ lived experiences, secondary trauma, and anticipatory grief through and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care. https://doi.org/10.1080/15524256.2025.2560829
46. Yoon, A., & Hong, M. (2025). Understanding rural library social services: Community expectations and librarian perception. Public Library Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/01616846.2025.2593194
47. Yoon, A., Hong, M., & Hutcherson, A.* (2024). Library social services: How relevant are social services to the existing library missions? Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 61(1), 1165–1167. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.1219
48. Chang, C., Sarkar, S., Mitra, S., Zhang, Q., Salemi, H., Zhang, F., Hong, M., Purohit, H., Cho, J., & Lu, C. (2024). Exposing LLM vulnerabilities: Adversarial scam detection and performance. IEEE International Conference on Big Data Workshop Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2412.00621
49. Chung, J. E., Karass, S., Choi, Y., Castillo, M., Garcia, C. A., Shin, R. D., Tanco, K., Kim, L., Hong, M., & Pan, C. X. (2024). Top ten tips palliative care clinicians should know about caring for Filipino American and Korean American patients. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 27(1), 104–111. doi:10.1089/jpm.2023.0255
50. Lee, S., Hong, M., & Casado, B. L. E. (2023). Alzheimer’s disease (AD) knowledge in Korean Americans: Identifying knowledge gaps and misconceptions and examining predictors of AD knowledge. Ethnicity and Health, 28(3), 431–445. doi:10.1080/13557858.2022.2045907
51. Hong, M., Yi, G., & Kim, H. (2023). Ethnocracies disparities in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: A brief report. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 42(2), 336–340. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221134370
52. Yi, G., Adamek, M., Hong, M., Lu, Y., & Wilkerson, D. (2023). The impact of online and offline social support on the mental health of carers of persons with cognitive impairments. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 66(7), 888–907. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2023.2191126
53. Son, H., Hong, S., Hong, M., & Silva, S. (2023). Measure of perceived social support from family, friends, and health care providers for Korean adolescents and young adults with cancer. Asian-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, 10(7). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjon.2023.100244
54. Curd, J.*, & Hong, M. (2023). Exploring the lived experiences of rural hospice social workers in navigating “cracked” systems. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, 20(4), 26–47. doi:10.1080/15524256.2023.226
55. Hong, M., & Kim, K. (2022). Advance care planning among ethnic/racial minority: Prevalence of and factors associated with informal talk, living will, and durable power of attorney for healthcare. Ethnicity and Health, 27(2), 453–462. doi:10.1080/13557858.2020.1734778
56. Guo, Z., Cho, J., Chen, I., Sengupta, S., Hong, M., & Mitra, T. (2022). SAFER: Social capital-based friend recommendation to defend against phishing attacks. Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, 16(1), 241–252. https://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v16i1.19288
57. Park, T., Hong, M., & Kondrat, D. (2022). Undergraduate students’ attitudes toward statistics: How Excel makes students’ life easier. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 19(3), 263–271. https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2022.2025968
58. Hong, M., Noh, H., & Kim, K. (2022). A qualitative exploration of end-of-life care planning with Korean Americans: Awareness, attitudes, barriers and preferences. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 24(5), E212–E218. doi:10.1097/NJH.0000000000000883
59. Curd, J.*, & Hong, M. (2022). We are all just walking each other home: Exploring the lived experiences of rural hospice social workers in companioning the dying. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care, 18(3), 252–272. https://doi.org/10.1080/15524256.2022.2093313
60. Kim, K., Hong, M., & Kim, G. (2022). Regional variations of racial disparities in advance care planning of older adults. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 33(3), 143–152. https://doi.org/10.1080/15313204.2022.215488
61. Lee, S., Hong, M., & Casado, B. L. (2021). Examining public stigma of Alzheimer’s disease and its correlates among Korean Americans. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 20(1), 952–966. doi:10.1177/1471301220918328
62. Kim, K., Hong, M., & Burkely, T. (2020). Family caregiving situations and engagement in advance care planning. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 23(1), 125–128. http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2019.0091
63. Cho, J., Zhen, G., Sengupta, S., Chen, I., Hong, M., & Mitra, T. (2020). Online social deception and its countermeasures for trustworthy cyberspace: A survey. IEEE Access, 9, 1770–1806. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3047337
64. Hong, M., Casado, B. L., & Lee, S. (2019). Intention to discuss advance care planning in the context of Alzheimer’s disease among Korean Americans. The Gerontologist, 59(2), 347–355. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnx211
65. Casado, B. L., Hong, M., & Lee, S. (2018). Attitudes toward Alzheimer’s care-seeking among Korean Americans: Effects of knowledge, stigma, and subjective norms. The Gerontologist, 58(2), e25–e34. doi:10.1093/geront/gnw253
66. Hong, M., Hong, S., Adamek, M., & Kim, M. (2018). Death attitudes among middle-aged Koreans: Role of end-of-life care planning and death experiences. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 86(1), 51–68. doi:10.1177/0091415016689473
67. Hong, M., Yi, E.*, Johnson, K., & Adamek, M. (2018). Facilitators and barriers toward advance care planning among ethnic minorities in the U.S.: A systematic review. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 20(5), 1277–1287. doi:10.1007/s10903-017-0670-9
68. Marson, S., Hong, M., & Roscoe, J. (2017). The measurement of suicide assessment and the development of a treatment strategy for elders: Durkheim an approach. Journal of Sociology and Social Work, 5, 99–114. doi:10.15640/jssw.v5n1a10
69. Hong, M., Kim, H., Hong, S., & Kim, M. (2017). End-of-life care attitudes among middle-aged Koreans: Willingness to use hospice services and advance directives. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 19(5), 452–459. doi:10.1097/NJH.0000000000000372
70. Lee, S., Casado, B. L., & Hong, M. (2016). Exploring experience of foreign-born direct care workers in dementia care: Accounts of Korean American personal care aides caring for older Korean Americans with cognitive impairment or dementia. Dementia. doi:10.1177/1471301216647832
71. Johnson, K., Hong, M., Inoue, M., & Adamek, M. (2016). Social work should be more proactive in addressing the need to plan for end-of-life. Health & Social Work, 41, 271–274. doi:10.1093/hsw/hlw021
72. Hong, M., & Harrington, D. (2016). The effects of caregiving resources on perceived physical health among caregivers. Health & Social Work, 41, 155–163. doi:10.1093/hsw/hlw025
73. Hong, M., Hong, S., Kim, M., & Yi, E.* (2016). Intention to use long-term care facilities: Differences between the Korean pre-elderly and the Korean baby-boomers. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 31, 357–368. doi:10.1007/s10823-016-9300-6
74. Hong, M., Kim, K., & Casado, B. L. (2016). Psychometric evaluation of the caregiver self-efficacy scale with Korean Americans. Social Work in Health Care, 55, 862–873. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2016.1231154
75. Casado, B. L., Lee, S., Hong, M., & Hong, S. (2015). The experience of family caregivers of older Korean Americans with dementia symptoms. Clinical Gerontologist, 38, 32–48. doi:10.1080/07317115.2014.970316
76. Hong, M., & Casado, B. L. (2015). Caregiver stress: Does state expenditure on home and community-based services matter? Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 34, 85–100. doi:10.1080/01621424.2015.1029186
77. Casado, B. L., Negi, N., & Hong, M. (2012). Culturally competent social work research: Methodological considerations for research with language minorities. Social Work, 57(1), 1–10. doi:10.1093/sw/swr002
78. Hong, M. (2012). Factors affecting use of home and community-based services among Asian elderly. Journal of Future Social Work Research, 3, 53–70.
79. Hong, M., Casado, B. L., & Harrington, D. (2011). Psychometric validation of the Korean version of the Lubben Social Network Scale. Clinical Gerontologist, 34(4), 319–334. doi:10.1080/07317115.2011.572534
80. Casado, B. L., Hong, M., & Harrington, D. (2010). Measuring migratory grief and loss associated with the experience of immigrants. Research on Social Work Practice, 20(3), 611–620. doi:10.1177/1049731509360840
81. Fakumoju, S., Woodruff, K., Kim, H. J., LeFevre, A., & Hong, M. (2010). Intention to leave a job: The role of individual factors, job tension, and supervisory support. Administration in Social Work, 5(4), 313–328. doi:10.1080/03643107.2010.500948

* denotes student co-author

• Casado, B. L., Lee, S., & Hong, M. (2019). Working with Korean American families in dementia care. In Ethnicity and Dementias (3rd ed.). Routledge.

• Hong, M., & Uddin, M.* Effects of neighborhood safety and cohesion on mental health among adults aged 50 and older: Racial group differences. Poster abstract submitted to the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting — 2026.
• Hong, M., & Yoon, A. Aligning librarian-identified skills and social work competencies for interprofessional collaboration. Paper proposal submitted to the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting — 2026.
• Park, T., Hong, M., Dunbar, A., & Canning, R. Food as pedagogy: Innovative, evidence-based classroom practices. Interactive workshop proposal submitted to the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting — 2026.
• Park, T., & Hong, M. Cooking class as a teaching method in social and environmental justice. Paper proposal submitted to the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting — 2026.

59. Hong, M., & Chung, S. Effects of community environments in loneliness and depression among older adults in South Korea. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting — 2025.
60. Hong, M., Lee, M., & Kim, M. Unfinished journeys: A qualitative exploration of North Korean defectors’ re-defection and resettlement. Poster presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting — 2025.
61. Hong, M., & Yoon, Y. Bridging the gap in rural communities: Library social work for community psychosocial support. Poster presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting — 2025.
62. Kim, S., Kim, E., Choi, K., Kang, J., Moon, I., Yoon, I., Kim, Y., Hong, M., Lee, M., & Lee, K. Justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion across disabilities among minorities in Korea and the U.S. Symposium presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting — 2025.
63. Yi, G., & Hong, M. (2025). Exploring Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia perceptions and experiences among Korean Americans through online social media: A text mining approach. Oral presentation at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.
64. Hong, M., & Yi, G. (2025). Use of ChatGPT for qualitative data analysis: Implications for social work research. Poster presented at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.
65. Hong, M., & Lee, S. (2024). Psychometric evaluation of the Korean version of the public stigma scale associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
66. Hong, M., Ji, S., Kim, S., & Kim, K. (2024). A scoping review of machine learning studies on dementia risk for ethnoracial minorities. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
67. Hong, M., Lee, S., & Casado, B. (2024). Examining knowledge about five Alzheimer’s disease-related service areas and its correlates in Korean Americans. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
68. Yoon, A., Hong, M., & Hutcherson, A. (2024). Library social services: How relevant are social services to the existing library missions? Poster presented at the Association for Information Science and Technology, Calgary, Canada.
69. Mitra, S., Zhang, Q., Chang, C., Salemi, H., Purohit, H., Zhang, F., Hong, M., Lu, C., & Cho, J. (2024). Towards inclusive cybersecurity: Protecting the vulnerable with social cyber vulnerability metrics. Presented at the IEEE Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems Conference, Fairfax, VA.
70. Hong, M., & Morlan, M. (2024). Exploration of a virtual global learning model. Oral presentation at the Plater-Moore Conference on Teaching and Learning, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
71. Khan, M.*, Hong, M., & Park, T. (2023). Issues of racism and stereotypes toward Asians: Perceptions of Asian American students. Poster presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
72. Park, T., Hong, M., & Khan, M.* (2023). Racial discrimination, social anxiety, and emotional health of Asian American college students. Poster presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
73. Hong, M., Park, T., & Khan, M.* (2023). Anti-Asian racism, sense of belonging to campus, and social anxiety among college students. Poster presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
74. Yi, E., Hong, M., & Bolton, C. (2022). Racial discrimination in healthcare settings of older adults: Subjective reasons and contributors. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.
75. Yi, E., Hong, M., & Bolton, C. (2022). Experience of unfair treatment in healthcare settings and related stress among older Americans: Racial/ethnic gaps. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.
76. Hong, M., & Lee, S. (2022). Identifying gaps and misconceptions and examining predictors of Alzheimer’s disease knowledge in Korean Americans. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.
77. Hong, M., & Yi, E. (2022). Posttraumatic stress symptoms related to COVID-19 among older adults: Examination of ethnic/racial variations. Poster presented at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
78. Curd, J.*, & Hong, M. (2021). Hospice social workers are essential: Reflections of rural hospice social workers on their experiences in interdisciplinary teams. Oral presentation at the Indiana National Association of Social Workers Annual Conference.
79. Curd, J.*, & Hong, M. (2021). “Windshield time”: Reflections from hospice social workers on the beauty, trials, and travels to patients in rural Indiana. Oral presentation at the National Rural Social Work Caucus Conference.
80. Guo, Z., Cho, J. H., Chen, I., Sengupta, S., Hong, M., & Mitra, T. (2021). Social capital-based friend recommendation to defend against phishing attacks. Paper presented at the International Conference on Web and Social Media.
81. Guo, Z., Cho, J. H., Chen, I., Sengupta, S., Mitra, T., & Hong, M. (2021). Modeling and analysis of social capital-based deception-resistant friending decision framework in online social networks. Oral presentation at the Web Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
82. Curd, J.*, & Hong, M. (2021). We are all just walking each other home: Exploring the lived experiences of rural hospice social workers in companioning the dying. Oral presentation at the Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network Conference.
83. Park, T., & Hong, M. (2020). Effects of using Excel on students’ attitudes toward statistics. Oral presentation at the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL.
84. Hong, M., Kim, H., Cornet, V., & Adeniji, D. (2020). Public perceptions toward older adults in Korea: Sentiment analysis of tweets. Poster presented at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
85. Hong, M., Noh, H., & Kim, K. (2019). Attitudes toward and preference for end-of-life care decision making among Korean American older adults. Symposium presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
86. Adeniji, D.*, & Hong, M. (2019). Factors associated with meaningful activities among ethnically diverse older adults. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
87. Kim, K., Hong, M., & Kim, G. (2019). Regional variations in engagement in advance care planning among racially/ethnically diverse older adults. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
88. Son, H., Hong, M., Chen, C., Liu, Q., Wu, L., Haase, J., Lu, Y., & Kamibeppu, K. (2019). Translation of measures, cultural sensitivity, and lessons learned. Symposium presented at the Sigma Theta Tau Biennial Convention, Washington, DC.
89. Liu, Q., Wu, L., Son, H., Hong, M., Chen, C., Lu, Y., Hong, S., Philips, S., Joan, H., Kamibeppu, K., & Ishibashi, A. (2019). Envisioning the future of the AREA cooperative group: Meeting goals and addressing challenges. Symposium presented at the Sigma Theta Tau Biennial Convention, Washington, DC.
90. Park, T.*, & Hong, M. (2019). Active learning strategies to teach statistics. Oral presentation at the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
91. Hong, M., & Kim, K. (2018). Factors associated with engagement in advance care planning among ethnic minority older adults. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
92. Kim, K., Hong, M., & Buckley, T. (2018). Family caregiving environment and engagement in advance care planning. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
93. Cornet, V.*, & Hong, M. (2018). Computational exploration of gerontology-related topics shared on Twitter. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
94. Hong, M., Kim, H., & Lee, A. (2018). Health behaviors among Asian Americans: Moderating effects of acculturation. Poster presented at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
95. Lee, A., Kim, H., & Hong, M. (2018). Factors associated with ethnic minority volunteering. Poster presented at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
96. Kim, H., Hong, M., & Lee, A. (2017). Factors associated with volunteering among midlife and older adults. Oral presentation at the ARNOVA Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI.
97. Hong, M., Yi, E.*, Johnson, K., & Adamek, M. (2017). Facilitators and barriers toward advance care planning among ethnic minorities: A systematic review. Poster presented at the World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, CA.
98. Hong, M., Casado, B. L., & Lee, S. (2017). Intention to discuss advance care planning among Korean Americans. Poster presented at the World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, CA.
99. Johnson, K., Kruger, T., Stoeckel, K., Hong, M., & Adamek, M. (2017). Addressing life’s end with students. Oral presentation at the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education Annual Meeting, Miami, FL.
100. Yi, E.*, & Hong, M. (2016). Gender differences in death attitudes among baby-boomers. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
101. Casado, B. L., & Hong, M. (2016). Knowledge and perspectives of Alzheimer’s care and clinical research among Korean Americans. Oral presentation at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
102. Hong, M., Kim, K., & Casado, B. L. (2016). Validation of a Korean version of caregiver self-efficacy scale. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
103. Lee, M., Hong, M., Kim, G., Yun, M., & Sim, S. (2016). Social workers and social work education in comparative perspective. Presented at the World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development, Seoul, Korea.
104. Daley, J., Lee, H., Han, I., & Hong, M. (2016). Evolution of military social work in the Republic of Korea. Oral presentation at the World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development, Seoul, Korea.
105. Hong, M., Yi, E., Johnson, K., & Adamek, M. (2016). Toward culturally competent care at the end-of-life. Poster presented at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
106. Hong, M., Casado, B. L., & Yi, E. (2016). Supporting resources for caregivers of older adults with cognitive impairment. Oral presentation at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
107. Hong, M., Hong, S., & Kim, M. (2015). Factors affecting intention to use hospice care and advance directives. Oral presentation at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
108. Hong, M., Hong, S., & Kim, M. (2014). Death perception and knowledge of end-of-life care. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
109. Hong, M., Hong, S., & Kim, M. (2014). Effects of self-care activities for successful aging on long-term care needs. Oral presentation at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
110. Casado, B. L., Lee, S., Hong, M., & Hong, S. (2013). Caregiving for older Korean Americans with dementia symptoms. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
111. Marson, S., Hong, M., & Roscoe, J. (2013). Measurement of suicide assessment and development of a treatment strategy for elders. Oral presentation at the Southern Gerontological Society Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC.
112. Hong, M. (2013). Effects of resources on perceived physical health of family caregivers. Oral presentation at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
113. Hong, M., & Casado, B. L. (2013). Effects of resources on depression among Korean American family caregivers. Oral presentation at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
114. Hong, M., & Casado, B. D. (2011). Family caregiving stress and state commitment to home and community-based services. Oral presentation at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
115. Hong, M., Casado, B., & Harrington, D. (2010). Psychometric validation of the Korean version of the Lubben Social Network Scale. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
116. Casado, B. L., Hong, M., & Negi, N. (2009). Culturally competent social work research: Methodological considerations for research with language minorities. Oral presentation at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
117. Hong, M. (2009). Factors affecting the use of formal services among Asian older adults. Poster presented at the Conference for the Dissemination of Research on Addiction, Infection, and Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

* denotes student co-author

• Hong, M., Kim, K., Jeein, J., & Lee, E. (2024). Navigating aging across cultures: The fortitude in perspectives from Koreans and beyond. Symposium chair at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
• Hong, S., Hong, M., Bruan, K., Lee, Y., Kim, B., Kim, J., & Noh, H. (2022). Understanding social and cultural diversities and aging for health and well-being in Korean and Korean Americans. Symposium co-chair at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.
• Kim, M., Park, N., Hong, M., Cha, J., Park, J., & Lee, Y. (2021). The vertical and horizontal relations of Korean and Korean American older adults and their well-being. Symposium discussant at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting.
• Yun, K., Hong, M., & Kim, S. (2017). Creating connectedness: A grand challenge for Korean American community. Panelist at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Dallas, TX.

• Hong, M. (2016). Long-term care in the U.S. International Symposium: Aging Society and Social Welfare in China, America, and Japan. Jilin Normal University — Siping, China.
• Hong, M. (2015). Aging and long-term care. The Cyber University of Korea — Seoul, Korea.
• Hong, M. (2015). We are all aging and dying: End-of-life care. Hallym University — Choncheon, Korea.

• Developing a Social Service Model in Rural Libraries
  Institute of Museum and Library Services — $498,952 — Co-Principal Investigator — 2024 – present. (Terminated April 2025 due to the dismantling of IMLS; reinstated December 2025.)
• From Data to Defense: Designing Social Cyber Vulnerability Measures to Better Protect Older Adults Online
  Commonwealth Cyber Initiative — $50,000 — Collaborator — 2024
• Combating Anti-Asian Racism on College Campus
  Indiana University Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research — $14,921 — Principal Investigator — 2021 – 2022
• Advance Care Planning among Korean American Older Adults: Exploration of Attitudes and Preferred Decision-Making Process
  Center for Social Health and Well-Being, Indiana University School of Social Work — $11,258 — Principal Investigator — 2018
• Empowering Potential in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EMPOWER)
  Indiana University Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research — $10,000 — Principal Investigator — 2017
• Development of Collaboration Models between Community Chest of Korea and Local Governments in Seoul
  United Way of Korea — ₩30,000,000 — Co-Principal Investigator — 2016 – 2017