Lee C. Lee

Chinese-American psychologist

Lee C. Lee

Born| (1935-07-19)July 19, 1935

Suzhou, China

Died| April 30, 2006(2006-04-30) (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

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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

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* Spilton, Doreen; Lee, Lee C. (1977). "Some Determinants of Effective Communication in Four-Year-Olds". Child Development. 48 (3): 968. doi:10.2307/1128348. JSTOR 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.; Sternberg, Kathleen J.; Hwang, Carl-Philip; Broberg, Anders G. (eds.). 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 978-0-8039-4963-8.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Lee, Lee Charlotte". Cornell University. 2006. hdl:1813/18682.
2. ^ a b c d e f g "Lee C. Lee, Asian-American studies pioneer, dies at age 70". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
3. ^ a b c d e f Chang, Alice F. (2007). "Lee C. Lee (1935-2006)". American Psychologist. 62 (4): 323. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.62.4.323.
4. ^ Lee, Lee C.; Zane, Nolan W.S., eds. (1998). Handbook of Asian American Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
5. ^ a b "About HK-AC – Hong Kong-America Center". Retrieved 2019-11-19.

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