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 is

Teaching

  • BEDUC 310 – Theories of Learning, Culture and Identity
  • BEDUC 402 – Human Growth & Learning
  • 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.