Seohee Son, Ph.D. student in Family Social Science, had her doctoral research featured at the 2010 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Research Showcase. The event, held on April 6, 2010, was hosted by the Graduate School, and honored research from across the University.
Son’s dissertation, “Korean Divorced Mothers’ Experiences of Parenting After Divorce,” focuses on both the increase in divorce and the lack of research on the effects of divorce on families in Korea. Son interviewed seventeen mothers, who have divorced within five years and have raised at least one minor child, in order to explore their experiences of parenting after divorce.