Jennifer Lee (born January 9, 1968) is an American sociologist and the Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Social Sciences at Columbia University.
[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).
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.