Graduate School of Education
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Seungah S. Lee
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2017
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2017BioSeungah Sarah Lee is a doctoral candidate in Organization Studies and International Comparative Education. Her research explores how world cultural norms and global models for development become transmitted to local, national contexts to influence organizational forms, practices and educational change. She have a long-standing interest in the Middle East, developed through years of study, travel, and professional work in the region.
Her primary research interest focuses on the interplay between youth development, entrepreneurship, and innovation as part of a wider national (or global) development agenda, and the role organizations play in that agenda. Her dissertation project examines the institutionalization and professionalization of entrepreneurship as a vehicle for development, particularly in the Arabian Gulf contexts. More specifically, she examines the role of 'entrepreneurship educating' organizations, including accelerators and universities, that have established programs and initiatives to instill entrepreneurial skills and spark a culture of entrepreneurship among young people.
Seungah also has a secondary research interest in higher education. She is interested in organizational change in higher education systems and institutions in response to globalization and changing labor market demands. Additionally, she has conducted research on women in STEM fields in higher education and portrayals of global citizenship, sustainable development, and religion in textbooks globally.
Prior to her doctoral studies, Seungah worked in the Middle East for over 4 years building monitoring and evaluation frameworks for nonprofits, conducting education policy research, and implementing teacher leadership development programs. -
Leslie Patricia Luqueño
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2020
Program Development Associate, Digital Learning StrategyCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsMy current research lies at the intersection of higher education, immigration, and family studies, with an emphasis on how the children of Latinx immigrants make sense of their higher education trajectories and aspirations. I am particularly interested in the role of families within college choice decision-making and employ both qualitative and data science methods to investigate how familial values and knowledge is employed throughout the college application process for Latinx students.
