Min Jung Lee

B.S. Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

M.S. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY

Ph.D. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY

 

Dr. Min Jung Lee is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Science Education in the School of Teaching Education at the University of Wyoming. She earned her Ph.D. in Science Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and her B.S. in Chemistry from Kyung Hee University in Seoul, South Korea. Prior to joining the University of Wyoming, Dr. Lee was a postdoctoral researcher on two large-scale NSF-funded projects at Old Dominion University and the University of North Dakota, where she studied preservice teachers' self-efficacy and knowledge for teaching engineering and supported rural elementary teachers' science and engineering practices through professional learning. Her research focuses on elementary science and engineering education, with particular attention to teachers' professional learning and growth, self-efficacy, and knowledge.