Professor Lee's research and teaching interests bridge the subfields of international relations and comparative politics, with a specialization in sovereignty, state capacity, statebuilding, and political development. Much of her current research is on sovereignty, broadly defined. She is also de...
Professor Lee's research and teaching interests bridge the subfields of international relations and comparative politics, with a specialization in sovereignty, state capacity, statebuilding, and political development. Much of her current research is on sovereignty, broadly defined. She is also deeply interested in understanding how international actors promote or undermine state capacity in developing countries. Her research has been published or is forthcoming in the Journal of Politics, World Development, and Governance. She is the 2016 recipient of the American Political Science Association's Helen Dwight Reid Award for best dissertation in the field of international relations, law, and politics.