Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Lee is the Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Social Sciences at Columbia University. Her research addresses questions about the implications of contemporary U.S. immigration—particularly Asian immigration—on the native-born population. She has studied this from a variety of analytical lenses, including immigrant entrepreneurship and ethnic conflict, intermarriage and multiracial identification, educational opportunities and outcomes, and the surge in anti-Asian violence in the wake of COVID-19.

Her award-winning books include The Asian American Achievement Paradox, The Diversity Paradox, Civility in the City, and Asian American Youth. Lee is a Board Member of the Obama Presidency Oral History, a Trustee of the Russell Sage Foundation, and a Senior Researcher at AAPI Data. She is a Contributor for Science and the Brookings Institution, and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and a variety of other outlets.