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.



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

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.
01
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.


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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