Chris Lee
Assistant Professor, School of Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies
Dr. Chris Lee’s scholarship is situated at the intersection of Asian American and trans/queer studies, exploring the political and cultural terrain of intraethnic transantagonism and harm. Their writing is published in Amerasia Journal, TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking, and the SAGE Encyclopedia of Refugee Studies.
Beyond their academic roles, Dr. Lee is a founding co-organizer of Queer and Trans Zinefest (QTZ), and have been involved in archiving, distributing, and making zines for over a decade. They currently serve as board chair of Queer.Archive.Work, a print studio and physical reading room, and have also served on the board of the Providence Youth Student Movement (PrYSM), a coalition of Southeast Asian youth and survivors of state violence organizing against policing, detention, and deportation.
Dr. Lee is a cohort member of Widening the Arc of Trans History, a collaborative three-year Mellon grant that funds early career scholars working in trans-related archives. Their research and public humanities projects have also been supported by the Trans Justice Funding Project, Rhode Island Humanities, and the Rhode Island Foundation.
Dr. Lee is a 2026-2027 recipient of an Advancing Research Fellowship from Emerson College. They have also been awarded a Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching from Brown University.
Courses
- Evolution of Queer Identity
- First Year Seminar: Cultural Constructions of Identity
- Queer Dreams: Politics Culture and Difference
- Honors Pre-Thesis Seminar
Academic Work
- 2026, “Driverless Cars, Realtors, and Transphobic Families: Three Victims of Anti-Asian Attack?”with Ehrhardt, J., Amerasia Journal, vol, 50, no. 3, pp. 76–92
- 2024, “Enemies and Friends,” with Stanley, E., DeCristo, J. & Hwang, R. TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 3-15
- 2024, “Anti-Imperialism, Anarchism, Abolition” special issue, co-editor, TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, 2024
- 2022, “Solace in the Stars: Queer Astrology, Capitalism, and Colonialism," QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 165-172
- 2022, “Undetectability in a Time of Trans Visibility,” TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 4., pp. 589-597. Reprinted in the Transgender Studies Reader Remix (Routledge 2022), Susan Stryker and Dylan McCarthy Blackston, eds.