Jaekyung Lee

Jaekyung Lee, (University of Chicago, PhD), is a professor of education at the University at Buffalo. A fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and a Fulbright Global Scholar, Lee is an internationally recognized leader in educational policy research and evaluation on the issues of school accountability and equity. His research is aimed at improving evidence-based policy towards holistic and equitable education and closing the opportunity/ achievement gaps among diverse racial and social groups of students. He specializes in critical quantitative methods and secondary analysis of large-scale national/international education assessment data. Lee is the author/editor of several books on this topic, including "The Anatomy of Achievement Gaps: Why and How American Education is Losing (But Can Still Win) the War on Underachievement" (Oxford University Press, 2016) and "Centering Whole-Child Development in Global Education Reform: International Perspectives on Agendas for Educational Equity and Quality" (Routledge, 2022).

• PhD, University of Chicago

• Fulbright Global Scholar Award; The US State Department Fulbright Program; 2020-04-09;
• Distinguished Researcher Award; Korean-American Educational Researchers Association (KAERA); 2020-03-20;
• Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellowship (2018); The Rockefeller Institute of Government; 2018-01-01;
• Robert W. Heller Award; Western New York Educational Service Council; 2015-10-01;
• Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), Stanford University (2009); CASBS, Stanford University; 2009-09-01;

• Lee, J. & Wong, K. (Eds.) (2022). Centering Whole-Child Development in Global Education Reform: International Perspectives on Agendas for Educational Equity and Quality. New York: Routledge.

• Su, M. & Lee, J. (2022). Eastern versus Western gaps in whole child education: how school climate works for academic achievement and well being across China, Korea, Finland, and the United States. Educational Research for Policy and Practice. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10671-022-09322-3.
• Kim, T. & Lee, J. (2021). Measuring teacher effectiveness for equity: value-added model of teachers’ distributive effects on classroom achievement gaps. Educational Research and Evaluation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2021.1906708
• Lee, J., Kim, N., & Su, M. (2021). Immigrant and International College Students’ Learning Gaps: Improving Academic and Sociocultural Readiness for Career and Graduate/Professional Education. International Journal of Educational Research Open. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedro.2021.100047

• Lee, J., Lamb, R. & Kim, S. (2021). Artificial Intelligence and Learning. In A. Hynds (Ed.) Oxford Bibliographies in Education. New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199756810-0269

• Lee, J. (2022, March). Race-Blind or Race-Conscious? Critical Quantitative Research for Educational Equity. Boston College Lynch School of Education Faculty Speaker Series. Boston, Massachusetts. https://vimeo.com/690509726/2a46f8a0aa;

• Lee, J. & Su, M. (2023, April). Re-envisioning American Education Reform: How and Why Whole Community Environment Matters for Whole Child Development. Symposium Paper presented at the 2023 annual meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago.;
• Lee, J., Cobanoglu, A., & Anderson, A. (2023, April). What Works For (or Against) Whom, Why and How? Towards Critical Race-Conscious Education Policy/Program Evaluation for Equity. Paper presented at the 2023 annual meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago.;
• Lee, J., Saultz, A., & Vasquez, J. (2023, April). State Accountability Systems. Symposium “Future of Measurement and Accountability” Opinion Essay presented at the 2023 annual meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago.;
• Su, M. & Lee, J. (2021, April). Whole-Child Education: China, Korea, Finland, and U.S. Students' Academic Achievement and Socio-Emotional Well-Being. Paper presented at the 2021 annual meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), virtual conference.;

• HELP (Health-Education-Life Protection) for At-Risk Children in Disaster-Affected Nations; Local; UB Office of International Education; Awarded; (06/01/2023-05/31/2025)
• Academic and Sociocultural Readiness for Postgraduate Education among Immigrant and International Students: Promoting Equal Access and Success in Graduate/Professional Schools; Foundation and Research Organization; Access/Lex Institute and the Association for Institutional Research; Awarded; (03/01/2019-05/31/2020)

• Consulting Editor of Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology
  04/29/2020-03/31/2025
• Editorial Board Member, Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI) Journal of Educational Policy, 2009 – Present
  01/01/2009-12/31/2023
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1998 – Present
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• Editorial Board Member, American Educational Research Journal (Social and Institutional Analysis Section), 2014 - 2017
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• Fulbright U.S. National Screening Committee Member for English Teacher Assistantship Program, 2021 - Present
  09/01/2021-08/31/2024