Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Peer Reviewed Publications
Working Papers
Awards
Conference Presentations
Research Interests
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Shinae Lee

Minneapolis

Summary

Doctoral student in Education Policy and Leadership at the University of Minnesota, specializing in quantitative analyses of school segregation and educational inequality. My research examines long-term racial segregation trends using longitudinal administrative data and regional measures.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience

Work History

Research Assistant

University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
2025 - Current
  • Analyzed survey data to identify relationships between Ph.D. students' experiences and academic performance

Research Assistant

University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
01.2025 - 01.2026
  • Analyzed longitudinal student-level data from Minnesota's Statewide Longitudinal Education Data System (SLEDS) to inform educational strategies and policy decisions

Teaching Assistant

University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
2024 - 2025
  • Academic Writing and Research Methods

Researcher

Korean Council for University Education
Seoul
2023 - 2024

Education

Ph.D. - Education Policy & Leadership

University of Minnesota
Twin Cities
05.2028

M.A. - Global Education Cooperation

Seoul National University
South Korea
12.2021

B.A. - Education and International Politics

Chung-Ang University
South Korea
12.2018

Skills

  • Quantitative research
  • Survey methodology
  • Data analysis
  • Statistical software(Stata, SPSS)
  • Longitudinal studies

Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Jung, D. J., Lee, S., & Kim, Y. M., The application of feminist participatory action research (FPAR) as praxis-based research: The case of Sister’s Garden Uiseong Community, Journal of Asian Women, 64, 3, 425–464, 2025, https://doi.org/10.14431/jaw.2025.12.64.3.425
  • Lee, S., OECD DAC Peer Review and Korean Civil Society Advocacy Role, KCOC Policy Issue Magazine, 2023
  • Lee, S., Study on Cambodia Pre-service Secondary School Teacher Education with the Perspective of Teacher Professionalism, Master’s Thesis, Seoul National University, 2021

Working Papers

Lee, S., & Quinn, D., Stable Inequality or Rapid Change? School Segregation by Race in Minnesota’s Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas, 1991–2022, In preparation for journal submission, 2026

Awards

  • Ayers L. Bagley Fellowship in Education, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, 2026–2027
  • First Prize, ASEAN-Korea Frontier Forum, 2016
  • Merit-Based Scholarship, Chung-Ang University, 2014

Conference Presentations

  • Lee, S., Stable Inequality or Rapid Change? School Segregation by Race in Minnesota’s Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas, 1991–2022, Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 2026
  • Lee, S., Issues and Challenges of the Role of STEM Teacher for the Future Competency of Learners in Cambodia and Korea, 20th International Conference on Education Research (ICER), Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 2019

Research Interests

  • Racial school segregation
  • K–12 public school poverty and unequal learning opportunity
  • Regional educational disparities and structural inequality

Timeline

Research Assistant

University of Minnesota
01.2025 - 01.2026

Research Assistant

University of Minnesota
2025 - Current

Teaching Assistant

University of Minnesota
2024 - 2025

Researcher

Korean Council for University Education
2023 - 2024

Ph.D. - Education Policy & Leadership

University of Minnesota

M.A. - Global Education Cooperation

Seoul National University

B.A. - Education and International Politics

Chung-Ang University
Shinae Lee