Lee C. Lee
From Handwiki Lee C. Lee | |
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| Born | July 19, 1935 Suzhou, China |
| Died | April 30, 2006 (aged 70) Ithaca, New York |
| Occupation | Professor Emerita |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Developmental psychology, Asian-American studies |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
| Notable works | Handbook of Asian American Psychology (1st ed.) |
Lee Charlotte Lee (July 19, 1935 – April 30, 2006) was a Chinese American psychologist. She was a Professor Emerita of Human Development in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University.[1] Lee was the first woman of Asian ancestry to become a tenured professor at Cornell.[1][2][3]
Biography
Lee was born in Suzhou, China, in 1935.[3] She attended Mount Union College, in Ohio, on a full scholarship.[2] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and mathematics in 1957.[1] She went on to attend Ohio State University, completing a Master's degree in clinical psychology in 1959 and a Ph.D. in developmental psychology in 1968.[3]
Lee joined the faculty at Cornell University in 1968, becoming the institution's first woman professor of Asian ancestry.[3][2] In 1987, she became the founding director of Cornell's Asian American Studies Program.[2] At Cornell, Lee taught courses and conducted research in developmental psychology and in Asian-American identity and history.[1][2]
With Nolan W. Zane, she was the co-editor of the first edition of The Handbook of Asian American Psychology, published in 1998.[4]
While a Fulbright scholar at the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1992 through 1994, Lee became the founding director of the Hong Kong-American Center.[1][5] The mission of the Center is to promote cross-cultural understanding between Hong Kong and American communities.[5]
Lee retired from Cornell in 2004.[3][2]
In 2006, she died at her home in Ithaca, New York, at the age of 70.[3][2]
Selected works
- Spilton, Doreen; Lee, Lee C. (1977). "Some Determinants of Effective Communication in Four-Year-Olds". Child Development 48 (3): 968. doi:10.2307/1128348.
- Lee, Lee C. (1979). "Is social competence independent of cultural context?". American Psychologist 34 (9): 795–796. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.34.9.795.
- Lee, Lee C. (1992). "Day care in the People's Republic of China". in Lamb, Michael E.. Child Care in Context : Cross-cultural Perspectives.. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. pp. 355–392. ISBN 978-1-317-76007-8. OCLC 867928566.
- Lee, Lee C.; Zane, Nolan (1998-07-21). Handbook of Asian American Psychology. ISBN 978-0803949638. https://archive.org/details/handbookofasiana0000unse.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lee, Lee Charlotte - Memorial Statement. Office of the Dean of the University Faculty. 2006.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Lee C. Lee, Asian-American studies pioneer, dies at age 70" (in en). http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2006/05/lee-c-lee-asian-american-studies-pioneer-dies-age-70.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Chang, Alice F. (2007). "Lee C. Lee (1935-2006)". American Psychologist 62 (4): 323. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.62.4.323.
- ↑ Lee, Lee C., ed (1998). Handbook of Asian American Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "About HK-AC – Hong Kong-America Center" (in en-US). http://www.hk-ac.org.hk/hkac/about-hkac/mission/.
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