Caroline W. Lee, PhD

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Office:  34 Marquis Hall

Tel.  (610) 330-5913

email: leecw@lafayette.edu

Education

BA Vassar College

MA, PhD University of California, San Diego, 2006

Curriculum Vitae

Projects

My research explores the dynamic relationship between abstract ideals (such as good governance) and local political cultures in communities, institutions, and organizations.  Where are those ideals communicated and by whom?  How does their meaning change over time and in different places?  How do people use those ideals in everyday contexts?

My earlier research compared the challenges faced by collaborative partnerships for land conservation in three U.S. communities.  My current project examines the professionalization of public participation.
 

Selected Publications

• Caroline Lee.  2007.  "Is There a Place for Private Conversation in Public Dialogue? Comparing Stakeholder Assessments of Informal Communication in Collaborative Regional Planning."  American Journal of Sociology 113(1): 41-96.

• Caroline Lee.  2007.  Review of "Empowered Participation: Reinventing Urban Democracy" by Archon Fung.  Journal of Politics 69(2): 592 - 593.

• Jeff Haydu and Caroline Lee. 2004. “Model Employers and Good Government in the Late 19th and Late 20th Centuries.” Sociological Forum 19(2): 177-202.

• Review of “Mobilizing an Asian American Community” by Linda Trinh Võ. Journal of Urban Affairs 27(5): 559-560. 2005.

Selected Honors:

• Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section, American Sociological Association.  2008 Outstanding Article Award:  "Is There a Place for Private Conversation in Public Dialogue?"

Courses

• Business & Society

• Designs for Living:  Environmentalism, Counterculture, and American Utopias

• Intro to Sociology

• Sociology of Knowledge

• Contemporary American Society

• Introduction to American Studies

• Quantitative Methods

Links

Governing America in a Global Era Program
(http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/index.php/academic/gage/)

Political Culture Research Network
(http://www.ibiblio.org/culture/nets.shtml)

Law and the Public-Private Dichotomy Collaborative Research Network
(http://www.lawandsociety.org/CRN/crn4.htm#18.)
 

Caroline Lee, Caroline W. Lee