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Dr. Lee earned a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Maryland in 1975, followed by an M.A. in Journalism from South Dakota State University in 1976. She later completed a Ph.D. in Sociology, with a minor in Asian Studies, at South Dakota State University in 1998.
Before beginning her academic career, Dr. Lee worked for five years as a newspaper reporter in the Washington, D.C. area, covering issues ranging from urban hunger to teen pregnancy. Over the course of 25 years at SDSU, she has held a variety of teaching and administrative positions, most recently serving as diversity coordinator for the College of Engineering. She is also the co-founder and coordinator of the SDSU–Flandreau Indian School Success Academy, an intensive college preparatory program for American Indian high school students.
Dr. Lee has engaged in international scholarship as an exchange professor and visiting scholar at Yunnan Normal University in the People’s Republic of China. She is the author of Ethnicity, Education and Empowerment: How Minority Students in Southwest China Construct Identities and Ethnicity Matters: Rethinking How Black, Hispanic and Indian Students Prepare for and Succeed in College.