Welcome!

My name is Seung B. Lee and I am an Assistant Professor of Education at Pepperdine University in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology. My research focuses on collaborative learning, online interactions, socio-cognitive processes and creativity among K-12 students, particularly in the context of STEM education.

I am currently involved in two studies funded by the National Science Foundation. The first study examines the international collaboration of middle and high school students from diverse backgrounds in informal STEM learning and its impact on adolescent identity formation. The second study investigates the long-term impact of STEM-related pre-college enrichment programs on the academic and career trajectories of participants.

My research applies qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods to analyze various dimensions of learning, interaction and collaboration. I am experienced in quantitative ethnography and epistemic network analysis (ENA), which utilizes statistical and visualization techniques to model the structure of connections among codes in the data. I served as the Program Committee Co-chair for the 2020 International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography (ICQE).

My previous professional experiences include policy research and program management roles with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), International Organization for Migration (IOM), and nonprofit organizations in Korea and the U.S. I also served in the Peace Corps in Nepal as a math teacher.