Jin Sook Lee

Dr. Jin Sook Lee is a Professor in the Department of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). She holds a doctoral degree from Stanford University and previously served on the faculty at Rutgers University's Graduate School of Education. Her research focuses on sociocultural influences on language learning processes among English language learners, heritage speakers, and bilingual students. Current projects include heritage language maintenance in immigrant families, bilingual student trajectories in dual immersion classrooms, and community-university partnerships to mentor high school students in linguistics.

Her research has been published in journals such as Review of Research in Education and International Journal of Bilingualism. She has received notable awards including the 2008 Foundation for Child Development Young Scholar's Award and the 2012 Senior Fulbright Core Specialist Research Award. Dr. Lee collaborates with colleagues like Dr. Mary Bucholtz and Dr. Doroles Ines Casillas on interdisciplinary projects addressing language education equity and sociolinguistic justice.

• Education: Ph.D. in Education, Stanford University
• Affiliations: UCSB Department of Education (2003–present)

Her work emphasizes community engagement, with initiatives such as developing partnerships between universities and schools to introduce linguistics to underserved youth. She explores how sociocultural contexts shape language use, identity formation, and academic success among immigrant and bilingual populations.