Brief Introduction
EMPLOYMENT IN ACADEMIA
Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Sociology, Duke University
M.A. in Sociology, Duke University
M.A. in Sociology, Korea University
B.A. in Sociology, Korea University
HANDS-ON WORK EXPERIENCE
Reporter, YTN (24-hour news channel in Korea)
GOOGLE SCHOLAR PROFILE
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uUo3IJMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Teaching Areas
Social Networks, Volunteerism, Health, Social Statistics
Research Interests
Social Capital, Volunteerism, Aging, Health, Religion
Publications
BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS AUTHORED
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
- Son, Joonmo. 2024. “Religious Service Attendance and Religious and Secular Organizational Engagement in the United Kingdom.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 63: 42-61 (https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12878)
- Son, Joonmo and Pildoo Sung. 2023. “The Reciprocal Relationship between Social Engagement and Cognitive Function among Older Adults in South Korea.” Journal of Applied Gerontology 42: 928-941. (https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221148953)
- Son, Joonmo and Pildoo Sung. 2023. “Does a Reciprocal Relationship Exist between Social Engagement and Depression in Later Life?” Aging & Mental Health 27: 70-80. (https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.2024794)
- Son, Joonmo and John Wilson. 2021. “Is There a Bidirectional Causal Relationship between Religiosity and Volunteering?” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 60: 749-768. (https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12742)
- Sung, Pildoo and Joonmo Son. 2020. "In-group Trust and Self-rated Health in East Asia Using Quadri-national Survey Data." International Journal of Comparative Sociology 61: 27-58. (https://doi.org/10.1177/0020715220937752)
- Son, Joonmo and Qiushi Feng. 2019. "In Social Capital We Trust?" Social Indicators Research 144: 167-189. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-018-2026-9)
- Wilson, John and Joonmo Son. 2018. “The Connection between Neighboring and Volunteering.” City & Community 17: 720-736. (https://doi.org/10.1111/cico.12324)
- Son, Joonmo and John Wilson. 2017. “Education, Perceived Control, and Volunteering.” Sociological Forum 32: 831-849. (https://doi.org/10.1111/socf.12377)
- Son, Joonmo. 2016. "Institutional Affiliation as a Measure of Organizational Social Capital: A Case Study of Korea." Social Indicators Research 129: 699-716. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-015-1142-z)
- Son, Joonmo and John Wilson. 2015. “The Psycho-Social Processes Linking Income and Volunteering: Chronic Financial Strain and Well-Being.” Sociological Forum 30: 1059-1081. (https://doi.org/10.1111/socf.12208)
- Son, Joonmo. 2015. "Organizational Social Capital and Generalized Trust in Korea." American Behavioral Scientist 59:1007-1023. (https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764215580611)
- Feng, Qiushi, Joonmo Son, and Yi Zeng. 2015. "Prevalence and Correlates of Successful Ageing: A Comparative Study Between China and South Korea." European Journal of Ageing 12:83-94. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-014-0329-5)
- Son, Joonmo and Nan Lin. 2012. "Network Diversity, Contact Diversity, and Status Attainment." Social Networks 34: 601-613. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2012.06.006)
- Son, Joonmo and John Wilson. 2012. "Using Normative Theory to Explain the Effect of Religion and Education on Volunteering." Sociological Perspectives 55: 473-499. (https://doi.org/10.1525/sop.2012.55.3.473)
- Son, Joonmo and John Wilson. 2012. "Volunteer Work and Hedonic, Eudemonic, and Social Well-Being." Sociological Forum 27: 658-681. (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1573-7861.2012.01340.x)
- Son, Joonmo and John Wilson. 2011. “Generativity and Volunteering.” Sociological Forum 26: 644-667. (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1573-7861.2011.01266.x)
- Son, Joonmo and John Wilson. 2011. "Religiosity, Psychological Resources, and Physical Health." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 50: 588-603. (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01588.x)
- Son, Joonmo and John Wilson. 2010. “Genetic Variation in Volunteerism.” Sociological Quarterly 51: 46-64. (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1533-8525.2009.01167.x)
- Son, Joonmo, Nan Lin, and Linda K. George. 2008. "Cross-national Comparison of Social Support Structures between Taiwan and the United States." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 49: 104-118. (https://doi.org/10.1177/002214650804900108)
- Son, Joonmo and Nan Lin. 2008. “Social Capital and Civic Action: A Network-Based Approach.” Social Science Research 37: 330-349. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.12.004)
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
- Son, Joonmo. 2022. “Structural Isolation, Social Support, and Depression of Older Adults in Shanghai.” Pp. 235-256 In Social Inequalities in China, edited by Y. Li and Y. Bian. London: World Scientific and Imperial College Press. (https://doi.org/10.1142/9781800612143_0010)
- Wilson, John and Joonmo Son. 2022. “Volunteer Motivations.” Pp.1-6 in International Encyclopedia of Civil Society, edited by R.A. List, H.K. Anheier, S. Toepler. Springer, Cham. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99675-2_9550-1)
- Son, Joonmo. 2021. “Social Support.” Pp. 4672-4679 In Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging, edited by D. Gu and M.E. Dupre. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_504-1)
- Wilson, John, Joonmo Son, David H. Smith, and Jurgen Grotz. 2016. “Longer-Term Volunteering Impacts on Volunteers and Association Members/Participants.” Pp. 1284-1311 in The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations, edited by D.H. Smith, R.A. Stebbins, and J. Grotz. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-137-26317-9_52)
- Son, Joonmo. 2014. “Voluntary Organizations and Civil Society.” Pp. 182-189 in Concise Encyclopedia of Comparative Sociology, edited by M. Sasaki, J. Goldstone, E. Zimmermann, and S.K. Sanderson. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill. (https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004266179_019)
- Son, Joonmo. 2014. "Network and Contact Diversities in Race and Gender and Status Attainment in the United States." Pp. 197-215 in Social Capital and Its Institutional Contingency: A Study of the United States, Taiwan, and China, edited by N. Lin, Y. Fu, and C. Chen. New York: Routledge. (https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203749425-14/network-contact-diversities-race-gender-status-attainment-united-states-joonmo-son?context=ubx&refId=41eb5ba7-5f0b-4cfc-af90-9487a3c7997d)
- Song, Lijun, Joonmo Son, and Nan Lin. 2011. “Social Support.” Pp. 116-129 in The SAGE Handbook of Social Network Analysis, edited by P.J. Carrington and J. Scott. London: Sage. (https://methods.sagepub.com/book/the-sage-handbook-of-social-network-analysis/n9.xml)
- Son, Joonmo and Nan Lin. 2010. “Social Capital and Civic Engagement.” 57th chapter (Volume IV) in Social Capital: Critical Concept in Social Sciences, edited by N. Lin. New York: Routledge. (https://www.routledge.com/Social-Capital/Lin/p/book/9780415407175)
- Son, Joonmo and Nan Lin. 2010. “Social Capital and Development.” 62nd chapter (Volume IV) in Social Capital: Critical Concept in Social Sciences, edited by N. Lin. New York: Routledge. (https://www.routledge.com/Social-Capital/Lin/p/book/9780415407175)
- Song, Lijun, Joonmo Son, and Nan Lin. 2010. “Social Capital and Health.” Pp.184-210 in The New Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology, edited by W.C. Cockerham. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. (https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444314786.ch9)
BOOK REVIEWS
- Son, Joonmo. 2022. Review of Vincent Chua et al.’s Social Capital in Singapore: The Power of Network Diversity (New York: Routledge, 2021). Social Forces 1-3 (https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soac006).
- Son, Joonmo. 2005. Review of Howard B. Kaplan’s Organizational Innovation: Studies of Program Change in Community Agencies (New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2003). Contemporary Sociology 34: 262-263. (https://doi.org/10.1177/009430610503400320)
Other Information
President of the International Sociological Association Research Committee 55 (Social Indicators) (2023-2027)
NUS FASS Teaching Excellence Awards (2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
NUS JY Pillay Comparative Asia Research Center (JYP CARC) Research Grant (2016-2020)
POSCO TJ Park Foundation Asia Research Grant (2011)
PARISS (Program for Advanced Research in the Social Sciences) Fellow, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University (2007-2008)
Markets & Management Program Fellow, Department of Sociology, Duke University (2005)
Fulbright Doctoral Scholarship at Duke University, Korean-American Educational Commission/U.S. Department of State (2002-2007)