Lee C. Lee | |
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Born | Suzhou, China | July 19, 1935
Died | April 30, 2006 Ithaca, New York | (aged 70)
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]
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]