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Scholarship & Research

What are you building with what you know?

Research, writing and intellectual work should do more than sit on a shelf. They should clarify what matters, strengthen practice and help people build what comes next.

EXPLORE THE WORK
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The scholar behind the work

Knowledge becomes useful when it enters the room.

Dr. Lee’s work connects early learning, leadership, family, community care, and the architecture of programs that people can actually use.

 

Smaller font: She works across the full life of an idea—from research and review to writing, presentation, curriculum development, and applied community experience.

Scholar-Practitioner

Peer Reviewer

Speaker

Author

Curriculum Architect

Doctoral Committee Member

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Authored scholarship

Ideas developed for the scholarly record.

Published :The Purpose of Passion in Leadership

“Societal Passion: The Impact on Collective Well-Being in Leadership.”

 

Published: Visionary Leadership Teams as Strategies for Industry Transformation

“Rethinking the Lone Visionary.”

 

Forthcoming: Collaboration Among Families, Schools, and Healthcare Professionals

Scholarship in public

Research enters the conversation.

National and professional conference presentations carry the work beyond the page and into communities of practice.

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National DCDT Conference

Accepted Conference Presenter

Career development, transition and accessible professional learning.

02
DCDT International • Denver

Invisible Caregivers

What a Harlem Family Teaches About Disability and the Cost of Missed Planning.

03
Families Learning Conference • Charlotte

Empowering Black Families

Culturally Rooted Strategies for Early Learning Success.

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Applied scholarship

From knowledge to intellectual legacy.

The work does not end with research or publication. It becomes a collaborative space, a program, a curriculum, a resource, or a stronger next move.

The One Percent Collaboration

Marriage & Family curriculum

Early-learning practice

Community programs and assessments

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MOVE THE WORK FORWARD

What question, manuscript,
research project or body of
work are you trying to finish?

Begin with what you know, what you are still investigating and what you want the work to make possible.

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