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Hyejin Yoon

  • Associate Professor, Geography
  • Affiliated Professor, Urban Studies

Education

  • PhD, Geography, The Ohio State University, 2008
  • MA, Geography, Dongguk University, South Korea, 1999
  • BA, Geography Education, Dongguk University, South Korea, 1996

Office Hours

M/F 1:00pm-2:00 pm, W 4:00pm-5:00pm or by appointment in Spring 2025

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
GEOG 600-001 Perspectives on Geography WF 2:30pm-3:45pm
GLOBAL 201-001 Introduction to Global Studies II: Economics and the Environment MW 10am-11:15am

Courses Taught

  • Geog 110 – The World: Peoples and Regions
  • Geog 115 – Introductory Economic Geography
  • Geog 213 – Geography of Asia
  • Geog 247 – Quantitative Analysis in Geography
  • Geog 443 – Cities of the World: Comparative Urban Geography
  • Geog 600 – Perspectives on Geography
  • Global Studies 201 – Economics and Environment

Research Interests

Professor Yoon's research interests center on how economic and non-economic factors affect regional economic development and flows of labor, products and technology. She is particularly interested in investigating how non-economic factors, such as cultural background, ethnic differences, norms and institutions, can influence an individual firm’s location and behavior in various ways. Her research interests are evolving towards differentiated strategies for regional economic development through co-operations among different agents, such as individual businesses, research institutions and local governments. In particular, her research specialties lie in transnational mobility of highly-educated people and cultural products under globalization (global supply chain, global value chain and global production network).

Selected Publications

Yoon, H, H. Ban, and J.J. Hong-Dwyer, (2024) "Geographic research on hate crimes and incidents: Approaches for advancing inclusive practices," International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research 11(1), Article 2. Available at: https://dc.uwm.edu/ijger/vol11/iss1/2
Huh, K., H. Yoon*, (2024) Reconsidering the Third Place: social distancing and Inequality in South Korea during the era of Corona virus, Fong J. (ed.) in Reconfiguring Global Societies in the Pre-vaccination phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic (pp.33-55), Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press. https://utorontopress.com/9781487527082/reconfiguring-global-societies-in-the-pre-vaccination-phase-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/
Yoon, H., and J. Hong, (2021) Transnationalism of Asian female scholars in US higher education institutions, Xi, L., C. Glass, and K. Bista (eds.) in International Faculty Experiences of the Routledge Studies on Global Student Mobility (pp. 34-43).
Kang, S. , Choi , J. , Yoon, H. , & Choi, W. (2019) Changes in the extent and distribution of urban land cover in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) between the 1980s and 2000s. Land Degradation and Development , 30(16), 2009-2017.
Yoon, H. , & Kim, H. (2019) Seeking a Sense of Belonging: The Exclusion of Female Doctorate Holders in South Korea and the US. Gender, Place, and Culture , 26(5), 638-658.
Yoon, H. (2019) Do higher skills result in better jobs? The case of the Korean animation industry. Geoforum , 99, 267-277.
Yoon, H. , & Kim , H. (2018) Career–family strategies and spatial mobility among South Korean women scholars. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal , 27(1), 101-120.
Yoon, H. (2016) Sectoral Studies on Decent Work in Global Supply Chains: : Comparative Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges for Social and Economic Upgrading. International Labour Organization (ILO), . (Ed). 89-124. Geneva: International Labour Organization (ILO).
Yoon, H. (2016) Family strategies in a neoliberal world: Korean immigrants in Winnipeg. GeoJournal , 81(2), 243-256.
Yoon, H. (2015) Globalization of the animation industry: multi-scalar linkages of six animation production centers. International Journal of Cultural Policy , 23(5).
Kirkland, K. R., Yoon, H. , & Sang-Hyun, C. (2012) Making a connection between geography and study abroad programming – location, immersion, and learning outcomes. Ku, J. (Ed). The Geographical Journal of Korea, The Association of Korean Geographers , 46(3), 347-362.
Yoon, H. , & Malecki, E. (2010) Cartoon planet: worlds of production and global production networks in the animation industry. Industrial and Corporate Change , 19(1), 239-271.

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