Sojeong Lee
Faculty and Staff
Sojeong Lee
Lecturer
Fields of Interest:
International Relations, Comparative Politics
Education: Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2018
Sojeong Lee is a lecturer of Political Science at the University of Tennessee. Prior to joining UT Political Science, she worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs at the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs. Lee received her Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Iowa in 2018 and her B.S degree in Political Science at Seoul National University in 2007.
Lee specializes in international relations and comparative politics with a focus on international conflict, water and natural resources, territorial/maritime/river claims, and South Korea’s foreign policy and regional security in East Asia and the Indo-Pacific. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Peace Research and Journal of East Asian Studies.
Lee was selected as one of the 2022-2023 U.S.-Korea NextGen Scholars from the Center for Strategic and International Studies Korea Chair and the University of Southern California Dornsife Korean Studies Institute. She served as Managing Editor of International Studies Quarterly, the flagship journal of the International Studies Association, in 2018-2023.
Events
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Guest Speaker Miles Kenney-Lazar: “Defending Accumulation: Global Rubber and the Embrace of Sustainability Capitalism”
Rubber plantations have been sites of social and environmental injustice since their colonial expansion. Several initiatives have emerged in recent years to address these...
Guest Speaker Miles Kenney-Lazar: “Defending Accumulation: Global Rubber and the Embrace of Sustainability Capitalism”Guest Speaker Miles Kenney-Lazar: “Defending Accumulation: Global Rubber and the Embrace of Sustainability Capitalism” 03:00 pm - Frieson Black Cultural Center- Date
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- Frieson Black Cultural Center
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“Oil Don’t Spoil”: ExxonMobile and the Challenges of National and Transnational Development in the Amazon Region
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT The visit of Dr. Vincent Adams to give a keynote at the University of Tennessee Knoxville in October 2022. Dr. Alexander’s lecture will be “ “Oil Don’t...
“Oil Don’t Spoil”: ExxonMobile and the Challenges of National and Transnational Development in the Amazon Region“Oil Don’t Spoil”: ExxonMobile and the Challenges of National and Transnational Development in the Amazon Region 05:00 pm - Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs- Date
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- Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs
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“Palm Oil Diplomacy”: Assessing Domestic Support for Indonesia’s Response to the EU RED II
Join us for the UT Global Studies Speaker Series as we proudly present a lecture titled “Palm Oil Diplomacy: Assessing Domestic Support for Indonesia’s Response to the EU RED...
“Palm Oil Diplomacy”: Assessing Domestic Support for Indonesia’s Response to the EU RED II“Palm Oil Diplomacy”: Assessing Domestic Support for Indonesia’s Response to the EU RED II 03:30 pm - International House- Date
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- International House
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Vols Making an Impact in Political Communications
The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, College of Communication & Information, Center for Career Development & Academic Exploration, and Department of Political...
Vols Making an Impact in Political CommunicationsVols Making an Impact in Political Communications 05:00 pm - Communications Building- Date
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- Communications Building
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Interest Group Simulation with Political Communications Alumni
The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, College of Communication & Information, Center for Career Development & Academic Exploration, and Department of Political...
Interest Group Simulation with Political Communications AlumniInterest Group Simulation with Political Communications Alumni 12:00 pm - Communications Building- Date
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- Communications Building