Department of Sociology

Dr. Juhee Woo earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Colorado Boulder and joined the Sociology Department at Appalachian State University in 2020. Her research interests are broadly rooted in social inequalities, specifically health disparities, health behaviors, and tobacco use. Her work has been published in Health & Place, Demographic Research, and Sociological Perspectives, among others. At App State, Dr. Woo has taught graduate and undergraduate courses, including Research Methods, Sociological Perspectives, Medical Sociology, and Health Inequalities. As a teacher-scholar, she enjoys connecting her research with teaching, involving students in research projects and community-engaged learning.

 Courses Taught

• SOC 1000: The Sociological Perspective
• SOC 2600: Medical Sociology
• SOC 3885: Research Methods,
• SOC 4055: Health Inequalities
• SOC 5110: Advanced Research Methods

Research Interests

• Social Inequalities
• Health Disparities
• Health Behaviors
• Tobacco Use
• Mixed Methods

Recent Publications

Jackson AM, Woo J, Olson M, Dalisay F, Pokhrel P, Muller CJ, Okamoto SK. 2023. “Methodological Challenges in Web-Based Qualitative Research with Medically Underserved Populations.” Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25: e44086. https://www.jmir.org/2023/1/e44086/

Woo, Juhee. 2022. “An intersectional life-course perspective on Black women’s smoking trajectories.” SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 2C: 100196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100196

Woo, Juhee. 2022. "How place matters for smoking cessation: Barriers to smoking cessation among low-income Black women." Health & Place, 78: 102925. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102925

Woo, Juhee, Elizabeth Lawrence, and Stefanie Mollborn. 2022. “Racial/ethnic and gender differences in smoking in early middle adulthood.” SSM - Population Health 18: 101119. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827322000982