Minsun Lee , Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology Director of Training
College of Human Development Culture and Media
(973) 275-4822
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Jubilee Hall
Room 320
Minsun Lee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology Director of Training
College of Human Development Culture and Media
Dr. Lee conducts research on bicultural identity, racial and cultural experiences in psychotherapy, and the impact of intersectionality on Asian Americans’ experiences. Although she has conducted quantitative and mixed-methods research, she primarily uses critical qualitative methods, as she believes that research is not value-free. She strives for liberatory praxis in research, teaching, and clinical practice. She centers the relationship in her mentorship and strives to support the whole-person development of her research mentees.
Dr. Lee also holds a faculty appointment in the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, providing didactics to medical students in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. She is a licensed psychologist in New Jersey and New York, primarily serving AAPI and other BIPOC clients, in individual and couples therapy. She was a 2021-2023 leadership fellow of the Asian American Psychological Association.
Education
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Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, University at Albany, SUNY
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M.A., Clinical Psychology, Antioch University – Santa Barbara
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M.A., English Literature, Seoul National University
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B.A., Psychology, Seoul National University
Scholarship
- Sliwak, R. M., Lee, M., & Collins, M. H. (2022). Where Are They Now: The narratives of children who lost a parent on 9/11. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. Advance online publication.
- Lee, M., Kim-Martin, K., Molfetto, K., Castillo, K., Elliott, J. L., Rodriguez, Y., & Thompson, C. M. (2022). Bicultural Asian American women’s experience of gender roles across cultural contexts: A narrative inquiry. Qualitative Psychology, 9(1), 62–80.
- Lee, M., Han, S., & Thompson, C. M. (2021). Bicultural self-efficacy, bicultural identity integration, critical consciousness, and psychological well-being of People of Color in the United States. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 155(8), 738-754.
- Elliott, J. L., Reynolds, J. D., & Lee, M. (2021). And still I rise: Protective factors for Black counseling psychology doctoral students from predominantly White institutions. The Qualitative Report, 26(7), 2206-2225.
- Castillo, K., Reynolds (Taewon Choi), J. D., Lee, M., & Elliott, J. L. (2020, July 2). Black-Asian American Identity: An Exploratory Study on How Internalized Oppression Impacts Identity Development. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 11(4), 233-245.
- Friedlander, M. L., Lee, M., & Escudero, V. (2019). What we do and don't know about the nature and analysis of couple interaction. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 8, 24-44.
- Keum, B. T., Miller, M. J., Lee, M., & Chen, G. A. (2018). Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Scale for Asian Americans: Testing the factor structure and measurement invariance across generational status. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 9, 149-157.
- Escudero, V., Lee, M., & Friedlander, M. L. (2018). Dyadic interaction analysis. In E. Brauner, M. Boos, and M. Kolbe (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of group interaction analysis (pp. 45-67). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- Reynolds, J. D., & Lee, M. (2018). Ethical and methodological issues resulting from recording lapses in qualitative research. The Qualitative Report, 23(7), 1509-1514.
- Pieterse, A. L., Lee, M., & Fetzer, A. (2016). Racial group membership and multicultural training: Examining the experiences of counseling and counseling psychology students. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 38, 28–47.
- Clemence, A. J., Balkoski, V. I., Lee, M., Poston, J. M., Schaefer, B. M., Maisonneuve, I. M., Bromley, N., Lukowitsky, M., Pieterse, P., Antonikowski, A., Hall, S., & Glick, S. D. (2016). Residents’ reflections on their SBIRT training: A six-month follow-up. Substance Abuse, 37, 306-314.
- Clemence, A. J., Balkoski, V. I., Schaefer, B. M., Lee, M., Bromley, N., Maisonneuve, I. M., Hamilton, C. J., Lukowitsky, M., Poston, J. M., Hall, S., Pieterse, P., Antonikowski, A., & Glick, S. D. (2016). Multispecialty screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) training in an academic medical center: Resident training experience across specialties. Substance Abuse, 37, 356-363.
- Pieterse, A. L., Lee, M., Collins, N. M., & Ritmeester, A. (2013). Towards an integrated model of self-awareness development for counseling and psychotherapy training. Counseling Psychology Quarterly, 26, 190-207.