Julian Chun-Chung Chow
Julian Chun-Chung Chow is Hutto-Patterson Charitable Foundation Professor at the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Chow received a B.A. in Sociology/Social Work from Tunghai University in Taiwan and a Master's and doctorate degrees in Social Welfare from Case Western Reserve University. Specializing in community analysis, his research interests include the study of social and mental health services delivery in ethnic and immigrant neighborhoods, particularly in Asian American communities. His current research examines social services for China’s migrant populations as well as social work education and its development in China. He has published over 80 manuscripts and delivered over 200 national, international, and invited presentations. He has been active serving on many national, state, and local organizations, addressing issues such as welfare reform, poverty, immigration, health, and mental health. He is a former Fulbright Scholar and a Fellow of the Society for Social Work and Research. He was awarded the 2016 Outstanding American by Choice Recognition from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Most recently, he is director of Guizhou Berkeley Big Data Innovation Research Center (GBIC), a research hub based in Guizhou Province, China that is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of China’s population. GBIC focuses on developing actionable programmatic and policy recommendations for consideration by government agencies.