Nathanie A. Lee, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

Faculty Lead, WEA Fellows Program

Nathanie A. Lee, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

Faculty Lead, WEA Fellows Program

Education

  • Ph.D., Learning Sciences and Human Development, University of Washington Seattle
  • M.E., Human Development and Cognition, University of Washington Seattle
  • B.S., Exercise Physiology, University of California Davis
  • Minor, Human Development, University of California Davis

Courses

  • B EDUC 310 Theories of Learning, Culture, and Identity
  • B EDUC 402 Human Growth and Learning
  • B EDUC 300 Research and Educational Knowledge
  • B EDUC 481 Adolescent Development
  • B EDUC 456 Adolescents in Schools and Society
  • B EDUC 435 Student Teaching Seminar
  • B EDUC 591 Exploring Identity and Community through Young Adult Literature

Teaching Interests

My academic interests center around teacher identity research, specifically around understanding how teachers of color navigate their radicalized identities in the diverse teaching contexts they find themselves in. I also seek to understand what supports are needed in teacher education programs and in the profession in order to recruit and retain a diverse teaching workforce.

Research and Scholarship Interests

I use current research and scholarship to inform the design and content of my courses as well as my role as Faculty Lead of the Washington Education Association (WEA) Fellows Program. Because many of my courses center on understanding the role of identity and development on learning, I engage in the current scholarship that supports my learning and expertise in these areas and continually understanding how our changing culture and sociopolitical contexts influence how youth develop and learn.

Creative Interests

I don’t know if I can call this a creative interest, but when I’m not immersed in work, I do spend my time running and playing with my dog! Those activities do help clear my head, which does allow for more creative juices to flow!

  • Lee, N. (2025) Negotiating identity trajectories: A self- study on teacher educator identity development through a racialized lens. (Manuscript in preparation).
  • Lee, N. (2025). “If learning is a social endeavor, why am I doing this alone?: Teacher educator learning from a racialized perspective. In R. Burns, R. & J. Jacobs (Eds.), The complex work of teacher educators: Cases that illustrate teacher educator standards in action. Charlotte: Information Age Publishing
  • Lee, N (2023). Learning beyond the scripts: Professional development through a racialized perspective. In B. Butler (Ed.) How teacher educators learn: Profiles in emerging teacher educator learning. Charlotte: Information Age Publishing.
  • Tierney, G., Goodell, A., Nolen, S.B., Lee, N., Whitefield, L. & Abbott, R.D. (2018). (Re) Designing for engagement in a project-based AP Environmental Science course. The Journal of Experimental Education. DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2018.1535479
  • Lee, N.A. (2017). Family visits: Parent voices in a teacher-initiated practice. The Washington Educational Research Association Journal, 9(2), 68-72.
  • Torres, K., Lee, N., Tran, C. (2015). Building Relationships, Bridging Cultures: Cultural Brokering in Family Engagement (Research brief) University of Washington: Seattle, WA.
  • Lee, N.A. (2025, April). Negotiating racialized identities of novice teachers of Color. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Meeting, Denver, CO.
  • Lee, N.A. (2019, April). (Re) negotiating identities: Novice teachers of color. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Meeting, Toronto, B.C.
  • Lee, N.A. (2018, December). Teachers of Color: Negotiating one’s racialized identities. Paper presented at the Washington Educational Research Association Meeting, Seattle, WA.
  • Lee, N.A. (2017, April). Family visits: Parent voices in a teacher-initiated practice. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
  • Lee, N.A. (2016, December). Family visits: Parent voices in a teacher-initiated practice. Paper presented at the Washington Educational Research Association Meeting, Seattle, WA.
  • Professional development curriculum training for middle school social studies and humanities teachers on Washington state project-based learning curriculum. Seattle, WA, 2021
  • Professional development training for K-12 educators on the design of project-based learning curriculum design. Port Townsend, WA

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

 

  • Lee, N. (2025, October) Everett School District Affinity Group Gathering, Invited Keynote Speaker, Everett, WA
  • Lee, N. (2025, October) Panel Discussion on Inclusive and Equitable Element of Effective Teaching, Invited Faculty Panelist, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  • Lee, N. (2019, April). Teacher Candidate of Color Support and Retention, Presenter at Mentor Teacher Training at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA