Jennifer Lee (sociologist)

Jennifer Lee (born January 9, 1968) is an American sociologist and the Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Social Sciences at Columbia University.[1] She was president of the Eastern Sociological Society from 2020–21.[2] Lee was previously on the faculty of the University of California, Irvine. Lee is the author, co-author, or co-editor of four books: Civility in the City: Blacks, Jews, and Koreans in Urban America; Asian American Youth: Culture, Identity, and Ethnicity (co-edited with Min Zhou); The Diversity Paradox: Immigration and the Color Line in 21st Century America (co-authored with Frank D. Bean); and The Asian American Achievement Paradox (co-authored with Min Zhou).

Jennifer Lee
Born (1968-01-09) January 9, 1968
OccupationJulian Clarence Levi Professor of Social Sciences
Academic background
Alma materColumbia University
Academic work
DisciplineSociology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Irvine
Columbia University

Lee was born in South Korea and her family emigrated to the United States in 1971. She was educated at Columbia University, earning a BA in 1990, MA in 1995, and PhD in 1998, all in sociology.[3]

Books
  • Civility in the City: Blacks, Jews, and Koreans in Urban America Originally published in 2002, Civility in the City: Blacks, Jews, and Koreans in Urban America provides a corrective to portrayals of inner-city retail stores as sites of racial conflict and acrimony. Lee examines the relationships between African American, Jewish, and Korean merchants and their black customers in New York and Philadelphia, and shows that, in fact, social order, routine, and civility are the norm.
  • Asian American Youth: Culture, Identity, and Ethnicity Published in 2004 Asian American Youth: Culture, Identity, and Ethnicity covers topics such as Asian immigration, acculturation, assimilation, intermarriage, socialization, sexuality, and ethnic identification. The distinguished contributors show how Asian American youth have created an identity and space for themselves historically and in contemporary multicultural America.
  • The Diversity Paradox: Immigration and the Color Line in Twenty-First Century America Published in 2010 The Diversity Paradox uses population-based analyses and in-depth interviews to examine patterns of intermarriage and multiracial identification among Asians, Latinos, and African Americans. Lee and Bean analyze where the color line—and the economic and social advantage it demarcates—is drawn today and on what side these new arrivals fall.
  • The Asian American Achievement Paradox Published in 2015 The Asian American Achievement Paradox confronts the model minority stereotype of Asian Americans and offers an alternative explanation for the academic achievement of the children of Asian immigrants. Drawing on in-depth interviews with the adult children of Chinese immigrants and Vietnamese refugees and survey data, Lee and Zhou bridge sociology and social psychology to explain how immigration laws, institutions, and culture interact to foster high achievement among certain Asian American groups.

References
  1. "Lee, Jennifer". sociology.columbia.edu.
  2. "Eastern Sociological Society". essnet.org.
  3. "Jennifer Lee '90 Investigates Identity". Columbia College Today. 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
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