Faculty

Shanique J. Lee

Assistant Professor of Urban Education
Learning & Teaching

Contact

shanique.lee@gse.rutgers.edu
(848) 932-0776

10 Seminary Place, Room 219, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Shanique J. Lee, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Urban Education and Urban Teacher Education at Rutgers’ Graduate School of Education. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Criminal Justice from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Master of Education in Professional Counseling from the University of Georgia. Dr. Lee later returned to UNC Charlotte, where she completed her doctoral studies in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Urban Education, along with a Graduate Certificate in Antiracism in Urban Education.

With over a decade dedicated to pursuing racial justice in education, Dr. Lee has served in various capacities as an educator, scholar, and activist. Her work spans providing court-ordered therapy for youth and families, community organizing, teaching high school English, recruiting and mentoring new educators, and preparing pre-service teachers for the classroom.

Dr. Lee’s research, shaped by these diverse experiences, seeks to honor and sustain the abolitionist legacy of Black women educators. Grounded in Black feminist paradigms, her work centers the traditions and wisdom of Black women as she examines the context of urban teaching. Utilizing this lens, her research focuses particularly on the preparation, wellbeing, and sustainability of abolitionist educators. Through her work in these areas, Dr. Lee aims to transform the culture of teaching into one that prioritizes justice and nurtures the holistic success of Black and other marginalized students.

Education:
• Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction: Urban Education, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• M.Ed. in Professional Counseling: Community Counseling, University of Georgia
• B.A. in Psychology and Criminal Justice, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Affiliations:
• Association of Teacher Educators
• American Educational Research Association
• National Association for Multicultural Education
• North Carolina Association for Research in Education

Expertise & Research Interest
Antiracist teacher education

Black women teacher sustainability

Teachers’ mental health and wellbeing
Recent and Select Publications
- Lee, S. J. & Thomas, S. (2022). Protect Black women teachers: Influencing sustainability through mental health literacy. Urban Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859221086524
- Teasdell, A., Lee, S. J., Calloway, A. M., & Adams, T. R. (2021). Commitment, community, and consciousness: A collaborative autoethnography of a doctoral sister circle. Journal of African American Women and Girls in Education, 1(1), 7–23. https://doi.org/10.21423/jaawge-v1i1a30
- Lee, S. J., York, P., Williams III, J., Richardson, S., Williams, B. K., Davis, A., & Lewis, C. W. (2020). Teachers’ psychological distress in North Carolina: An analysis of urban versus non-urban school districts. Urban Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085920948955

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