Youngsun Lee is a PhD student in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership. Her current research centers on racial/ethnic disproportionality in school discipline and its association with truancy, absenteeism, and disengagement. She is also passionate about understanding Asian-origin students' experiences in the U.S. K-12 schools, particularly the socioeconomic disparities among Asian students. She is open to collaborating with others who share her interests in these areas (ylee1245@umd.edu).
She previously worked at the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET), where she coordinated two national-level projects for secondary career 含羞草研究所: building school-community partnerships to enhance local career 含羞草研究所 and executing university career exploration programs for students in rural and underserved areas. Additionally, with experience teaching students from elementary to undergraduate, she had primarily taught middle and high school students English (as a foreign language), math, and academic writing in the social sciences.
2022 - 2025 Graduate School Special Dean's Fellowship, 含羞草研究所-College Park
2014 - 2016 Departmental Scholarship for Superior Academic Performance, Kyungpook National University
2019 Best Paper Award, 3rd place, Graduate Student Research Competition [Education Panel], Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training
2018 Best Paper Award, 1st place, Graduate Student Research Competition [Corporate Panel], Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training
An, Y., Lee, Y., Oh, S. Y., & Lee, J. Y. (2024). . International Journal of Educational Development, 110, 103115.
Lee, Y., Lee, G., Kim, J., & Lee, M. (2021).
. Education Sciences, 11(1), 1-20.
Moon, C., Moon, H., Lee, Y., & Jeong, D. W. (2021).
. Korean Journal of Educational Administration, 39(1),
117-141. [In Korean]
Lee, Y. (2020).
. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 23(1), 69-104. [In Korean]
Moon, C., Jeong, S., Lee, Y., & Jeong, D. W. (2020).
. Korean Journal of Educational Administration, 36(5), 219-245. [In Korean]
Moon, C., Lee, Y., Lee, J., & Jeong, D. W. (2019).
. Asian Journal of Education, 20(3), 617-645. [In Korean]
Moon, C., Nam, I., Lee, Y., Lee, J., Han, S., & Jeong, D. W. (2019).
. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 22(2),
91-127. [In Korean]
Research project to understand and reduce racial/ethnic disproportionalities in school discipline by targeting educators' use of office discipline referrals (PI: & )
Teaching Assistant: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Education (TLPL 250), Spring 2023
Teaching Assistant: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Education (TLPL 250), Fall 2022