Lee, Jennifer 1968-

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LEE, Jennifer 1968-

PERSONAL:

Born January 9, 1968, in Seoul, Korea; naturalized U.S. citizen; daughter of Sangrin (a professor) and Wonja (a nurse) Lee. Ethnicity: "Korean." Education: Columbia University, B.A., 1986, M.A., 1995, Ph.D., 1998.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Department of Sociology, University of California—Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-5100.

CAREER:

University of California—Irvine, Irvine, assistant professor, 2000-02, associate professor of sociology, 2003—. Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA, fellow, 2002-03.

MEMBER:

American Sociological Association.

WRITINGS:

Civility in the City, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA), 2002.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Asian American Youth, for Routledge (New York, NY), completion expected in 2004.

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