Jung Kwak is an associate professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin. Trained as a gerontologist and social worker, Jung's primary research areas focus on long-term care policy, dementia caregiving, and end of life care. She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and was selected as a Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar in 2010. Her scholarly work on end of life care and caregiving has been published in journals including The Gerontologist, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Journal of Gerontology, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Palliative & Supportive Care, Health & Social Care in the Community, and Research on Aging.