Vera J. Lee

Dr. Vera J. Lee is Clinical Professor and Department Chair of Teaching Learning and Curriculum at Drexel University. Her scholarship examines literacy development, educational equity, and family engagement in multilingual communities.

Research encompasses:

• Cultural brokering in school-family communication
• Critical literacy practices in K-12 education
• Digital/information literacy frameworks
• Technology-mediated language learning

Publications develop models like the I-LEARN framework for information literacy instruction and 'Three Bridges' approach for culturally responsive family engagement. Recent collaborations investigate civic education policy in international contexts and multimodal writing in urban preschools. As co-editor of 'Advancing Culturally Responsive and Socially Just Approaches to Multilingual Family-School Partnerships' (2023), she advances equity-focused engagement frameworks.