Yooinn Hong completed her PhD dissertation on “Home gardens as agrobiodiversity sites amid agrarian transformations in Jeju, Korea (1960–2016)” while working for the Korean National Institute of Ecology in Seoul. Yooinn’s new publications include “Regionally divergent roles of the South Korean state in adopting improved crop varieties and commercializing agriculture (1960–1980): A case study of areas in Jeju and Jeollanamdo” in the journal Agriculture and Human Values. In August, Yooinn participated in the University-wide Ph.D ceremony.