Victoria Lee is currently interested in social movements, the process of democratization, and the mechanisms that contribute to transnational inequalities. As a Presidential Scholar at Dartmouth, her research focused on comparative historical analysis of struggles against authoritarian regimes in countries such as Iran, South Korea and Indonesia. Her senior thesis examined the role of the 1998 student movement in the overthrow of Indonesia's General Suharto based on interviews with former student leaders, teachers and journalists and the structural factors that allowed students to come to the forefront of the movement. As a former Fulbright Fellow in 2005-2006, Victoria was a school teacher in East Java for a year and worked with a local NGO seeking to assist street children and victims of sex trafficking. Having travelled to Cambodia, Malaysia, and Vietnam during her Fulbright year has increased her desire to broaden her knowledge of Southeast Asia while at Yale.
Education: B.A. History and Sociology with High Honors, magna cum laude, (Dartmouth College), Recipient of the John M. Mecklin Prize in Sociology (2005).
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| E-mail: | victoria.lee (at) yale.edu |