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        Jin Yao KWAN, M.P.P., Ph.D. (Social Welfare)

        Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Denver

        Born and raised in Singapore

      • Researcher

        I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver. I graduated with a Ph.D. in social welfare from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Luskin School of Public Affairs under the National University of Singapore (NUS)-Overseas Graduate Scholarship. I previously graduated as valedictorian of the class of 2017 with a Master in Public Policy from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS.

         

        I am also a Research Fellow with The Majurity Trust, a philanthropic organisation in Singapore. I also run socialservice.sg, a website, podcast, and newsletter dedicated to social service research, practice, and policies in Singapore.
         

        Having worked in non-profit and social work settings with young people from low-income backgrounds, my research agenda centers on: How do we advance the positive development and well-being of under-served adolescents, youth, and emerging adults, especially those who face disadvantages and marginalization? And through implementation science and evaluation research, how do we improve our interventions? Across two inter-related research areas, I explore how families and communities use institutional supports and also examine structural factors and contextual processes perpetuating poverty and inequality.

      • Volunteer

        Having previously volunteered with the Association of Women for Action and Research, Children-At-Risk Empowerment Association Singapore, as well as the social empowerment initiative “I Am Talented”, I now volunteer or work with Singaporean charities on research projects and data analysis.

        In addition, I am founder of and was advisor to PREPMUN, Singapore's Model United Nations Preparatory Conference (organised by the United Nations Association of Singapore from 2011 to 2018).

      • Writer

        I now run socialservice.sg, a website, podcast, and newsletter (socialservicesg.substack.com) dedicated to social service research, practice, and policies in Singapore.

        I had a personal socio-political blog (July 2009 to July 2019) which is now archived (guanyinmiao.wordpress.com). I previously also wrote for three now-defunct sites: the “Breakfast Network” in 2013 and “The Middle Ground” from 2015 to 2016 as well as “SALT”, an online publication by the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre in 2014.

         

        These archived posts best represent who I am as a blogger (at my best and worst):

        Earlier Posts

        1. Singapore's education system as an overheated pressure cooker (2010).
        2. Why the Community Involvement Progamme (CIP) is not working (2010).
        3. The poor and the elderly in Singapore: Roving task-force a viable band-aid? (2011).
        4. The biggest problem that frustrates Singapore's NSFs (2012).
        5. National Service in Singapore: How and why you should unsubscribe from Pioneer magazine (2012).
        6. Singapore Youth Festival: So, what exactly has changed? (2012).
        7. Stop posting pictures of you and kids you've "helped" on your trips (2013).

        Later Posts

        1. The man of the protest moment (2014).
        2. Eugene Tan: Captain Not-Obvious (2014).
        3. "The elite school student's burden" (2018).
        4. 12 years a SAP student, and nothing (Chinese) to show for it (2018).
        5. Our problematic "SES" responses reveal more than the guidebook itself (2018).
        6. Please, stop throwing anecdotes at Singapore's inequality and class divide problems (2018).

        Personal Posts and Contributions

        1. Why I have chosen to further my studies in Singapore (2012).
        2. From Hwa Chong graduate to young Chef on Wheels: Going beyond conventional academic focuses (2012).
        3. "I Am Talented": An undergraduate's triumph against the odds (2012).
        4. "You don't need to be awesome at Hwa Chong": When failure means a hell lot more (2012).
        5. That first field camp (2015).
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