Faculty Profile for Dr. Sunmin Lee

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Dr. Sunmin Lee
Assistant Professor — Curriculum And Instruction
ED 3044
phone: (512) 245-3701

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Park, S., Lee, S., Odim, N., & Adair, J. K. (n.d.). Redefining Quality to Center the Capabilities of Young Children. Bank Street Occasional Paper Series, (51).
  • Lee, S., Adair, J. K., Payne, K. A., & Barry, D. (2021). Revisioning Fairness as Social Justice in Early Childhood Education. Early Childhood Education Journal, 50(7), 1083–1095. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-021-01233-x
  • Park, S., Lee, S., Alonzo, M., & Adair, J. K. (2021). Reconceptualizing Assistance for Young Children of Color With Disabilities in an Inclusion Classroom. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 41(1), 57–68. https://doi.org/10.1177/0271121421992429
  • Payne, K. A., Adair, J. K., Colegrove, K. S., Lee, S., Falkner, A., McManus, M., & Sachdeva, S. (2020). Reconceptualizing civic education for young children: Recognizing embodied civic action. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 15(1), 35–46. https://doi.org/10.1177/1746197919858359
  • McManus, M. E., Payne, K., Lee, S., Sachdeva, S., Falkner, A., Colegrove, K., & Adair, J. (2019). Expanding Video‐Cued Multivocal Ethnography for Activist Research in the Civic Action and Young Children Study. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 50(3), 348–355. https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.12300

Selected Grants

  • Adair, Jennifer K. (Principal), Park, Soyoung (Co-Principal), Lee, Sunmin (Co-Principal), McManus, Molly E. (Co-Principal), Odim, Nnenna (Co-Principal), Sachdeva, Shubhi (Co-Principal). Determining Contextual Support for Individual and Collective Agency in PreK-3rd Classrooms serving Young Children from BIPOC Communities, Brady Education Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $300000. (Funded: September 2022 - August 2024). Grant.
  • Adair, Jennifer K. (Principal), McManus, Molly E. (Supporting), Park, Soyoung (Supporting), Colegrove, Kiyomi S.S. (Supporting), Lee, Sunmin (Supporting), Odim, Nnenna (Supporting), Sachdeva, Shubhi (Supporting), Payne, Katherina A. (Supporting), Jones, Natacha (Supporting). Dynamic Innovation For Young Children (DIFYC) Partnership, San Antonio ISD, San Antonio ISD, $750000. (Funded: August 2018 - August 2020). Grant.
  • Adair, Jennifer K. (Principal), Payne, Katherina A. (Supporting), Colegrove, Kiyomi S.S. (Supporting), Lee, Sunmin (Supporting), McManus, Molly E. (Supporting), Sachdeva, Shubhi (Supporting), Falkner, Anna (Supporting). Civic Action and Young Children Study, Spencer Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $350000. (Funded: August 2015 - August 2016). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education
February 2024-Present
Member
Professional Dispositions Evaluation Committee
October 4, 2023-Present
Member
Research Enhancement Committee
September 22, 2023-Present
Member
Alternate Certification Elementary Education Program Working Group
September 1, 2023-Present
Member
KAERA Early Career Scholar Program Cohort 1
2022-2024