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Daniel Ji, BSW, MSW, PhD

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Assistant Professor

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Office: 306-337-2465
ED 450
Regina Campus
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Daniel’s research interests include child welfare, the health and well-being of 2SLGBTQ+ and migrant youth, resistance in parent-adolescent interactions, and how young people grow in the context of parent-adolescent relationships. He holds a PhD in social work with a sub-specialization in Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology from the University of British Columbia. He has completed a postdoctoral fellowship on the healthcare information needs of trans, Two-Spirit and nonbinary youth and a postdoctoral fellowship with the Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre on the health and wellbeing of migrant youth in Canada. He has experience conducting research in child welfare and currently serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Adolescence. He holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in social work with a specialization in child welfare and has six years of direct frontline child welfare practice experience, as well as two years of practice analyst experience working with British Columbia’s Aboriginal Services Branch.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Clark, D. B. A., Ji, D., Foran, E., Seburn, K., & Temple, J. (2025). Addressing health information needs and research priorities of transgender, Two-Spirit, and nonbinary youth. International Journal of LGBTQ+ Youth Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/29968992.2025.2523244

Quinn, A. L., Marshall, S. K., Bird, C., Ji, D., Cabahug, F., Chau, J., & Elder, M. (2025). Foster parents’ engagement in the development and maintenance of Indigenous children’s and youth’s cultural identities. Children and Youth Services Review, 172, 108242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108242

Marshall, S. K., Young, R. A., Charles, G., Gotell, M., Ji, D., & Wood, L. (2025). Adolescents constructing their imagined futures through dialogues with and/or about non-familial adults. Journal of Adolescence, 97(4), 941-952. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12467

Ji, D., Marshall, S. K., & Charles, G. (2024). Dyadic resistance in parent-adolescent interactions during the transition to high school. Journal of Adolescence, 97(3), 758-777. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12451

Ji, D., Marshall, S. K., & Young, R. A. (2023). Prospective content in parent-adolescent conversations about the upcoming transition to high school. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 28(1), 719-732. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2023.2282132

Lee, B., Ji, D., & O’Kane, M. (2021). Examining cross-cultural child welfare practice through simulation-based education. Clinical Social Work Journal, 49(2), 271-285. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-020-00783-8

Ji, D., & Marshall, S. K. (2021). Guidelines for using administrative data from a measurement perspective. Social Work Research, 44(4), 279-284. https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/svaa008

Ji, D., & Charles, G. (2020). The longer-term ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic for children, families, and their communities. Child & Youth Services, 41(3), 283-285. https://doi.org/10.1080/0145935X.2020.1835164

Ji, D., & Sullivan, R. (2016). The manifest and latent functions of differential response in child welfare. Research on Social Work Practice, 26(6), 641-652. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731515605185