Han Bum Lee, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Research, Associate Director, Urban Education Institute, Educational Psychology

Han Bum Lee, Ph.D.

Bio

Han Bum Lee is an Assistant Professor of Research at the Department of Educational Psychology and Director of Quantitative Research at the Urban Education Institute (https://uei.utsa.edu/). Dr. Lee has research interests in understanding and evaluating the effectiveness of macro-level public policy and innovative experimental programs implemented to improve human capital, labor productivity, and economic self-sufficiency. He draws on his decades of experience studying impact evaluation in various fields of study, including secondary and postsecondary success, adult job training (City of San Antonio’s Ready to Work Program), federal housing assistance (Federal Moving to Work Demonstration), and agricultural education and extension service programs in Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, and Malawi. He received his bachelor’s degree in Economics and earned a Ph.D. in Applied Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.