From exposing his students to underrated authors to sending out weekly mental health check-ins, Dr. James Kyung-Jin Lee is a UC Irvine professor that is devoted to his field and his students. Lee is one of UCI’s professors of Asian American studies and part of the affiliated faculty in the English department.
Lee finished his undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. He then completed his M.A. in Asian American studies in 1995, his M.A. in English in 1997 and his Ph.D. in English in 2000, all at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Lee also obtained his Masters in Divinity at the Claremont School of Theology...
From exposing his students to underrated authors to sending out weekly mental health check-ins, Dr. James Kyung-Jin Lee is a UC Irvine professor that is devoted to his field...
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