Soo-Young Hong, Ph.D. (she/her) is an associate professor in the department of child, youth and family studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Soo-Young completed her master’s and doctoral degrees in child development and family studies at Purdue University and has been on the faculty (specialization: child development / early childhood education) at UNL since 2009. She has extensive early childhood experiences as an educator, mentor/coach, and researcher. Soo-Young currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on human development, early childhood policy, and developmental and family theories and investigates strategies to facilitate early childhood educators to support young children’s learning in early care and education settings.