College of General Studies
Social Sciences Division
Assistant Professor of Social Sciences

Susan Lee is a sociologist interested in gender and development, especially the experiences of women in Cambodia. She has studied the economic practices of Cambodian rural widows in her book “Rice Plus:” Widows and Economic Survival in Rural Cambodia (2006). Currently, she is looking at religious influences on women's value in Cambodia. Professor Lee is also an Episcopal priest with a parish in Fall River, Massachusetts, and has worked for many years with Cambodian refugees and their children.

For more information see:      http://www.bu.edu/cgs/faculty/inserts/lee.htm