Division of General Studies
Kim, HyoMin
Assistant professor / khyomin17@unist.ac.kr
Division of General Studies
Assistant professor / khyomin17@unist.ac.krprofile
GREETING
Hyomin earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (advisor: Andrew Pickering) after receiving her B.S. in Biological Sciences from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
INTRODUCE
Welcome to the Homepage of Hyomin Kim, assistant professor at UNIST.
Hyomin earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (advisor: Andrew Pickering) after receiving her B.S. in Biological Sciences from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
research
Hyomin specializes in Historical/Social Studies of Science and Technology.
Her research synchronically and diachronically examines how policies, regulations and media influence public understanding of science, technology and medicine.
publications
Kim, Hyomin (forthcoming 2013). Functional foods and chronic diseases: A Korean case of germinated brown rice. Sociology of Health and Illness 35(6).
Kim, Hyomin (2011) The hegemony of modernity and the science of the unknowable. The Korean Journal for the History of Science 33(2): 381-386 (book review).
Kim, Hyomin, Yeo, Jaeryong and Yoo, Soohyeong (2011) Three sides of Korean genetically modified food controversies: Global standards, right-to-know and counter-experts. Journal of Korean Science and Technology Studies 11(2): 31-66.
Kim, Hyomin (forthcoming) The brain and dementia: Can cognitive function be enhanced in older adults? In Hong, S. and Jang, D. (eds) Neuro-Humanities: the frontier of interdisciplinary studies. Seoul: Bada.
Kim, Hyomin (forthcoming) Informed choice and regulatory options: Korean Controversies on Genetically Modified Foods. In Busch, L., Chekar, C., Greenslade, H. and Wynne, B. (eds) Technologies of Choice and Control. Cambridge: Routledge.
education
Curriculum
Project
Kim, HyoMin
khyomin17@unist.ac.kr