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Yejin Sohn, MSW, LCSW (she/her/hers)

Doctoral Student
University of Chicago
Columbus, Ohio, United States

Yejin Sohn is a doctoral student in Social Work at the University of Chicago’s Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. She holds a Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis and is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois (LCSW) and Ohio (LISW-S).
Yejin brings extensive practice experience working with survivors of gender-based violence across clinical, campus, and community-based settings in the United States and South Korea. Her clinical work has included providing trauma-focused therapy using EMDR and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), as well as supportive counseling and advocacy for survivors of sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and related forms of interpersonal harm. She also practiced as a social worker in South Korea, where she delivered trauma-informed services and systems navigation support for sexual violence survivors within distinct cultural and institutional contexts.
Her research centers on gender-based violence, trauma, and survivor well-being, with a particular focus on marginalized and underrepresented populations, including Asian and Asian American survivors and immigrant communities. Yejin’s work critically examines how structural inequality, cultural context, and social relationships shape survivors’ experiences of harm, help-seeking, and recovery. Her recent and forthcoming publications address topics such as economic abuse, mental health outcomes among immigrant survivors, and the need for culturally grounded and relationally responsive approaches to trauma intervention. Her scholarship has been submitted to peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Family Violence, Psychology of Violence, and Children and Youth Services Review.
In addition to her research and clinical work, Yejin is actively engaged in student leadership at the University of Chicago and participates in community-based advocacy efforts focused on violence prevention and support for survivors. Across her scholarship, practice, and service, her work is guided by survivor-centered frameworks and a strong commitment to culturally inclusive, trauma-responsive, and equity-oriented social work practice.

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