PhD Student, Applied Human Development
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Soe Young Lee is a Ph.D. student in the Applied Human Development Program at BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. Her research interests lie in positive youth development, critical consciousness, teaching and parenting practices, and ethnic-racial identity development. Following her passion to empower youths in minority populations, she hopes to identify ways to foster resilience and purpose in young people and help them develop agency and a voice in their community. To learn more about Lee’s research and publications, visit her webpage.
In Spring 2023, Soe Young was awarded CISS funding to support her qualitative study on how Asian American Adolescents perceive and experience oppression. The study will employ a youth participatory research method, photovoice, to gain a deeper examination of youth perspectives. The findings will inform future research on critical consciousness development in Asian American youths and the influences of their cultural context and intersectionality. Learn more in our featured article.