Yeyoung Lee - Grants & Services

ACADEMIC GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

MSU-GJEC Dissertation Writing Fellowship (Offered for the Fall 2025 semester)*
Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholarship (Sep. 2020 – Jun. 2024)**
AFRE Graduate Student Professional Travel Fellowship (2023 and 2024)

* The Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen) and the Gender, Justice, and Environmental Change (GJEC) program has awarded this competitive fellowship to four Ph.D. candidates at MSU as they engage in interdisciplinary research and complete the final stage of their dissertations.
** For each academic year, I jointly applied for the Global Grant with a focus on Economic and Community Development projects, in partnership with Rotary Clubs in Korea and Michigan. The funding was approved by the Rotary Foundation for the period from 2020 to 2024.

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

Vice President, AFRE Graduate Student Organization (GSO) (Jun. 2023 – May 2024)
First-Year Liaison, AFRE GSO (Jun. 2022 – May 2023)
Inclusivity Ambassador, AFRE GSO (Feb. 2022 – May 2022)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Pro-WEAI Beta Tester, IFPRI (2021, 2024)*
Journal Referee: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

* Participated as a tester for the Project Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (Pro-WEAI) courses: “Calculating the Index” and “pro-WEAI Foundations.”

LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICE

Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholar, based in Michigan (Sep. 2020 – Jun. 2024)*
Pianist & Singer at local church, East Lansing (Sep. 2021 – Present)**

* I have communicated with Rotary Club Representatives in Michigan and Korea between 2020 and 2024, attended local community events, presented the overall picture of my research journey at the conferences, and helped collaborations of Rotary Clubs on the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene projects for Honduras.

** It has been a unique opportunity to sing in various languages (e.g., English, Korean, Spanish, Bahasa, Chinese, Nigerian, Hindi, etc.). I have also built up the ability to plan for those songs as one of the leaders and play with other members on the music team.