Nathanie A. Lee, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

Box: 358531
Office: UW1-137
Phone: 425-352-3561
Email: nalee@uw.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. in Learning Science and Human Development, University of Washington Seattle
  • Master of Education in Human Development and Cognition, University of Washington Seattle
  • Multiple Subject Teaching with CLEAR and Cross-cultural, Language, and Academic Development (CLAD) Teaching Credential, California State University Sacramento
  • Bachelors of Science in Exercise Physiology, University of California Davis
  • Minor in Human Development, University of California Davis

Academic Interests

Dr. Lee’s scholarship and interests broadly encompass an understanding of how one’s identity (or identities) influence learning and teaching in context. More specifically, her passion is centered on how to support and retain BIPOC teachers in the profession. As a former elementary teacher, Dr. Lee has the lived experience and perspective of how one’s racialized identity (or identities) play a key role in how we look at good and justice-oriented teaching. 

Teaching

  • BEDUC 300 – Research and Educational Knowledge
  • BEDUC 310 – Theories of Learning, Culture and Identity
  • BEDUC 402 – Human Growth & Learning
  • BEDUC 456 – Adolescents in School and Society
  • BEDUC 481 – Adolescent Development
  • BEDUC 591 – Exploring Community and Identity Through Young Adult Literature

Professional Affiliations

  • American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Selected Publications

  • Lee, N. (in press). “If learning is a social endeavor, why am I doing this alone?: Teacher educator learning from a racialized perspective. In R. Burns, R. & J. Jacobs (Eds.), The complex work of teacher educators: Cases that illustrate teacher educator standards in action. Charlotte: Information Age Publishing.
  • Lee, N (2023)). Learning beyond the scripts: Professional development through a racialized perspective. In B. Butler (Ed.) How teacher educators learn: Profiles in emerging teacher educator learning. Charlotte: Information Age Publishing.
  • Tierney, G., Goodell, A., Nolen, S.B., Lee, N., Whitefield, L. & Abbott, R.D. (2018).(Re) Designing for engagement in a project-based AP Environmental Science course. The Journal of Experimental Education. DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2018.1535479.
  • Lee, N.A. (2017). Family visits: Parent voices in a teacher-initiated practice. The Washington Educational Research Association Journal, 9(2), 68-72.
  • Torres, K., Lee, N., Tran, C. (2015). Building Relationships, Bridging Cultures: Cultural Brokering in Family Engagement (Research brief) University of Washington: Seattle, WA.

Selected Presentations

  • Lee, N.A. (2019, April). (Re) negotiating identities: Novice teachers of color. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Meeting, Toronto, B.C.
  • Lee, N.A. (2018, December). Teachers of Color: Negotiating one’s racialized identities. Paper presented at the Washington Educational Research Association Meeting, Seattle, WA.
  • Lee, N.A. (2017, April). Family visits: Parent voices in a teacher-initiated practice. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
  • Lee, N.A. (2016, December). Family visits: Parent voices in a teacher-initiated practice. Paper presented at the Washington Educational Research Association Meeting, Seattle, WA.
  • Professional development curriculum training for middle school social studies and humanities teachers on Washington state project-based learning curriculum. Seattle, WA, 2021.
  • Professional development training for K-12 educators on the design of project-based learning curriculum design. Port Townsend, WA.