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Jessica J. Lee

RSEA AM '08

2020 RSEA Alumni Panelist

Jessica J. Lee is a Senior Congressional Advisor at the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of State. She was formerly a Senior Research Fellow on East Asia at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Lee is an expert in U.S. foreign...

Hyejoo Lee

RSEA AM '20

Korea: Film and media studies; race, gender, and the transnational in contemporary South Korean cinema and visual culture.Yonsei University, B.A. Comparative Literature & Culture, 2018

Althea Lee

althealee@college.harvard.edu

(she/her)

Harvard College, A.B. Government and East Asian Studies Double, Degree Candidate 2026 China and Singapore: Urban governance and development, Ageing urbanism, Housing policy, Social infrastructure, Sinophone communities

Ji-Eun Lee

RSEA AM '02, PhD '06

2017 RSEA Alumni Panelist

Ji-Eun Lee is an Associate Professor of Korean Literature and Language and the Head of the Korean Section at Washington University in St Loius. Lee's research and teaching focus on Korean literature and civilization. She is working on two writing projects...

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Jiyeon Lee

RSEA AM '25

(she/her) Japan and Korea: Jiyeon Lee studies sociology using mixed methods, with a focus on immigration, gender, the state, and social change. Her intellectual passion revolves around the legal and substantive dimensions of citizenship—how one's access...

David Lee

RSEA AM '88

College AB '87

David graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Linguistics (related field in Applied Mathematics) in 1987 and went on to RSEA to complete his master’s degree in 1988 (Modern Japanese Society). He enjoys long-distance running, biking, squash...

Ya-Wen Lei

yawenlei@fas.harvard.edu

Department of Sociology: Professor of Sociology

Research interests : Political sociology, law and society, economic sociology, sociology of media and information technologies, sociology of work, labor and labor movements, science and technology studies, development, and Chinese studies

Rachel Leng

RSEA AM '15

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David Li

RSEA AM '22

(he/him/his) China/Regional: Early modern East Asia; late imperial Chinese history; maritime history of AsiaBoston University, B.A. History and Economics, 2020

Chenyang Li

RSEA AM '25

(she/her) China: Medieval China, Buddhism, pre-Islamic Central Asia, Silk Road, Middle Iranian Peking University, B. A. Foreign Language and World History, 2023

Roujia (Rosa) Li

rosali@g.harvard.edu

(she/her) Peking University, B.A. History, 2024 China: medieval Chinese history; political history; the workings of the imperial government; political culture

Tony Yingchong Li

tonyli@fas.harvard.edu

(he/him) Tufts University, B.A. History, International Relations 2024 China: Neo-Confucianism