Sujung Lee

Sujung Lee is a Postdoctoral Associate in Asian Studies at Tulane University. Her research focuses on international education, immigration, international students, and the Asian/Asian diaspora. Her dissertation, A Mixed Methods Study of Chinese and Korean International Student Satisfaction and Experience in American Higher Education, examines the satisfaction and experiences of Chinese and Korean international undergraduates in the U.S. through a mixed-methods approach. It identifies individual, institutional, and ethnic-community factors influencing satisfaction and explores how national differences shape students' adaptation to new environments. Through interviews, the study reveals how international students challenge deficit narratives that depict them as "inassimilable" and highlights ethnic capital as a key resource, particularly amid COVID-19-related anti-Asian racism. This research illuminates how race, immigration, and the pandemic intersect to affect Asian students on U.S. campuses. Sujung is also working on a collaborative book project titled Mothering in the Time of Coronavirus, set to be published by the University of Massachusetts Press in 2025.