Sookyoung Lee

Dr. Sookyoung Lee is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at St. Lawrence University. She holds a PhD from UC Berkeley and a BA from Swarthmore College. Her academic focus bridges modernist literature, critical theory, and postcolonial perspectives, with a current book project exploring linguistic transformations within the British Empire.

Her research examines 20th-century Anglophone literature through interdisciplinary lenses, including:

• Modernist narrative structures and theoretical frameworks
• Queer theory applications in epic literature
• Postcolonial film and mass cultural development
• Political economy in Victorian and mid-century fiction

Lee's publications reflect sustained engagement with modernist innovation, from grammatical experimentation in novels to queer re-readings of canonical works. Her forthcoming James Joyce Quarterly article continues this trajectory through contemporary theoretical lenses.

Courses taught include:

• British Literature (1700-present)
• Modern Poetry & Fiction
• Postcolonial Film Theory
• Queer Feelings in Literature
• Planetary Modernisms