Richard Lee

Introduction

Richard M. Lee, Ph.D., is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Morse-Alumni Distinguished University Teaching Professor in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota.

Lee focuses on aspects of culture, ethnicity, and race that function as risk or protective factors for well-being, mental health, and achievement. These factors include acculturation and enculturation, ethnic identity development, discrimination/racism, parent-child acculturation conflicts, and cultural socialization. 

Lee’s current research projects are organized into three domains. First, he is interested in advancing theory and measurement related to culture-specific risk and protective factors. Second, he examines the transracial and transnational experiences of Korean children who were adopted internationally by White families. Third, he engages in community-based research to improve engagement in evidence-based prevention programs for racial and ethnic minority populations.