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Gizem Arat is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Dominican University. Prior to joining Dominican University, she got her social work degrees in diverse contexts, including Turkey, USA, and Hong Kong. She also worked in Hong Kong academia to establish a global perspective in social work. Her research interests include social justice-oriented resilience and promotion of multiculturalism in East Asian region as well as developing a multidimensional cultural humility in the US-based social work education. Her recent research projects focus on exploring students' expectations on cultural humility in US higher education.

Education
PhD, Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong
MSW, School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh
BA, Social Work, Baskent University, Turkey
Selected Publications

Gube, J., & Arat, G. (2024). Building Social Justice-oriented Resilience for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Higher Education: Propositions from Hong Kong. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, 11(4), 60–76. DOI:

Amoah, P., Amankwaa, A., Lau, M., & Arat, G. (2024). Subjective poverty, family support and health-related well-being of school-aged children in single-parent households in Ghana: The role of health literacy and duration of parental separation. Child Indicators Research, 17, 1273-1309. Springer. doi:10.1007/s12187-024-10127-4. Retrieved from . 

Arat, G., & Eryigit-Madzwamuse, S., & Hart, A. (2023). Cultivating resilience among Hong Kong’s underprivileged ethnic minority groups in the face of a pandemic through a social justice lens. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, 42(7). Emerald Publishing Limited. doi:10.1108/EDI-06-2022-0149. Retrieved from .

Arat, G., Kerelian, N., & Dhar, M. (2023). Multiculturalism with Hong Kong characteristics: A qualitative study. Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 20(1), 191–211. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/S1742058X22000078. Retrieved from  

Arat, G. & Kerelian, N. (2023). The COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong: Exploring the gaps in COVID-19 prevention practices from a social justice framework. The British Journal of Social Work, 53(2), 1204-1224. Oxford Academic. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcac207. Retrieved from . 

 

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