Lee Her

Dr. Lee Her serves as an Assistant Professor in the College of Education at Lehigh University, where her research examines heritage language maintenance for linguistically minoritized communities through analysis of overlapping language policies across classroom, institutional, and family domains, with specific focus on Hmong heritage language in dual language bilingual education contexts.

Her academic credentials include:

• Ph.D. from Michigan State University
• M.A. from San Jose State University
• B.A. from University of California, Santa Cruz

Dr. Her's research portfolio spans critical areas in language and education equity:

• Heritage Language Maintenance
• Language Policy
• Bilingual Education
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Multilingual Learners
• State and Federal Education Policy
• Communities and Families
• Language and Cognition

Her current work investigates how formal and informal dual language policies shape equity outcomes for Hmong language preservation across policy levels.