Professor Stacey J. Lee
Professor of Educational Policy Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Educational Policy Studies
209 Education Building
1000 Bascom Mall
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Tel: (608) 262-6846
Email: slee@education.wisc.edu
Doctoral Degree:
University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D. Anthropology of Education, 1991.
Academic Areas of Interest:
Dr. Lee's research focuses on identity formation among Asian American students. She is interested in the intersections of race, ethnicity, gender and class. Most recently she has conducted ethnographic research on first and second-generation Hmong American high school students.
Current and Recent Professional Activities:
Member, Social Justice Action Committee of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
Past president of AERA's Special Interest Group on the Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans.
Recent and Representative Publications:
Up Against Whiteness: Race, School And Immigrant Youth. New York: Teachers College Press, 2005.
Unraveling the Model-Minority Stereotype: Voices of High and Low Achieving Asian American Students. New York: Teachers College Press, 1996.
"More than 'Model Minorities' or 'Delinquents': A look at Hmong American High School Students." Harvard Educational Review, Vol. 71, 3, Fall 2001.
"The Road to College: Hmong American Women’s Pursuit of Higher Education." Harvard Educational Review, Vol 67, #4, Winter 1997
Courses Taught:
EPS 200: Race, Ethnicity and Inequality in American Education
EPS 300: School and Society
EPS 470: Asian Americans in US Schools
EPS 570: Anthropology and Education
EPS 755: Qualitative Research Methods
EPS 780: Immigrants in US Schools
EPS 970: Seminar in Anthropology and Education
