k. eri lee

lee.kaitlyneri@gmail.com | twin cities, mn

  1. Lee, K. E. (Under Review). Transnationalism for Globalization: Interdisciplinary Learnings from Asian American Studies. Sociology of Sport Journal.

  2. Chikh, Z., Khan, I., Lee, K. E., Elgoharry, A., Ahmed, S., Nzindukiyamana, O., Ahmad, N., Lynch, S., Chen, C. (Under Review). Imperialist feminism, sport and the erasure of Palestine. International Feminist Journal of Politics.

  3. Blum, L. M.,Lee, K. E., Binder, O., Clifford, E. (2023) Dating at a Distance: Does It Take a Pandemic to Challenge Campus Sexual Culture? Sociological Forum, 38: 616-636,https://doi.org/10.1111/socf.12922

  4. Fraser, T., Cunningham, L., Bancroft, M., Hunt, A., Lee, E., Nasongo, A. (2020) Climate Crisis at City Hall: How Japanese communities mobilize to eliminate emissions.Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 37, doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2020.09.006

Publications

  1. Lee, K. E. (2025). Sporting Dreams of the National Team: Interrogating Embodied Multicultural Citizenship. Sport as a Racialized Space: Racial Formation and Cross-Racial Solidarity [presentation session]. Sport, Justice and Belonging: Critical Analysis and Worldmaking at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport 2025 Annual Conference. Seattle, WA. 

  2. Lee, K. E. (2026). Sporting Dreams of the National Team: Interrogating Embodied Multicultural Citizenship. New Directions in Critical Asian American Youth Studies [presentation panel]. Relations, Reciprocity, and Resistance: Asian American Studies Against Tyranny at the Association for Asian American Studies 2027 Annual Conference. Honolulu, HI.

  3. Lee, K. E. (2026). Sporting Dreams of the National Team: Interrogating Embodied Multicultural Citizenship. Building Collective Spaces [presentation session]. University of Minnesota School of Kinesiology Research Day. Minneapolis, MN.

  4. Weems, A., Chen, C., Lee, K. E., Aviña, A., Elsey, B., Saeed, B.,Munene, M. (2026). “Donroe” Doctrine and the Imperial Boomerang: Sport and America at ‘250’ [panel event]. Sport Scholars for Justice in Palestine. Virtual.

  5. Chikh, Z., Khan, I.H.Z., Lee, K. E., Ahmed, S., Nzindukiyimana, O., Ahmad, N., Lynch, S., Chen, C. (2025). ’Ain’t I a Woman?’ The Sport Industry, Imperialist Feminism, and the International Division of Humanity: An International Women’s Day (IWD) Panel [panel event]. Sport Scholars for Justice in Palestine. Virtual.

  6. Lee, K. E. (2025). Challenging Dominant Epistemologies: A Critical Review of the Sociology of Sport. Sport, Race, and Ethnicity [presentation session]. World Congress of the Sociology of Sport, 60 Years of the Sociology of Sport: Past, Present, and Future Trajectories at the International Sociology of Sport Association. Seoul, Republic of Korea. 

  7. Lee, K. E. (2024). Bridging the Gap between Sport Studies and Asian American Studies: A Critical Review of the Sociology of Sport Journal. A Critical Response to Contemporary Sociology of Sport: Where Are We Now? [presentation session]. Creating NASSS: Communities, Axiologies, Politics, and Praxis at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport 2025 Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. 

  8. Lee, K. E. (2024). Dynasty as Panopticon: Surveillance and Social Control in an Elite Synchronized Skating Team. Social Justice and the Practices of World (Un)Making at The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice. Easton, MA.

  9. Lee, K. E. (2023). Challenging the Myth: Asian American Athletes’ Sense of Belonging in Elite Sports. Trauma, Inclusion, and Justice [presentation session]. 9th Annual College of Social Sciences and Humanities Undergraduate Research Forumat Northeastern University. Boston, MA. 

  10. Lee, K. E. (2021). Dating at a Distance: Navigating Sexual and Romantic Relationships and Emotional Intimacy During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 7th Annual College of Social Sciences and Humanities Undergraduate Research Forum at Northeastern University. Boston, MA.

  11. Rodriguez Benitez, G., Lee, K. E., Aljoe, N., Maharaj, S., Karas, A., Lincoln, A.(2021). Getting Involved in Undergraduate Research: Breaking Down the Barriers. Northeastern University. Virtual.

  12. Blum, L. & Lee, K. E. (2021). Dating at a Distance: Disrupting Gender Asymmetries in the Pandemic. Sociologists for Women in Society, Summer Conference. Virtual.

Presentations

  1. “Asian American Skater Rises Above Systemic and Cultural Challenges.” US Figure Skating. May 12, 2026.

  2. “Let’s Talk about Cultural Appropriation in Figure Skating: An Interview with Sport Sociologist Eri Lee.” Sportsing… Once An Athlete. February 26, 2026.

  3. “Microaggressions harm athletes: Subtle actions cause permanent damage.” Glenbrook North High School Torch. April 11, 2026.

  4. “For Asian athletes, American acceptance faltered after Beijing Winter Olympics.” The Huntington News. March 28, 2022.

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