Han Bum Lee, Ph.D.

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Han Bum Lee, Ph.D.

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

Contact

• hanbum.lee@utsa.edu
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Bio

Han Bum Lee is an Assistant Professor of Research at the Department of Educational Psychology and Associate Director of UTSA's Urban Education Institute. Dr. Lee has research interests in understanding and evaluating the effectiveness of 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, federal housing assistance, and agricultural education and extension service programs. He received his bachelor’s degree in Economics and earned a Ph.D. in Applied Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Teaching

• EDP6413
• EDP7103
  
  

Research Interests

• Education Policy
• Impact Evaluation
• Quantitative Methods

Degrees

• B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana and Champaign
• Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana and Champaign

 

Grants, Patents and Clinical Trials

Grants, Patents and Clinical Trials

• Project: Ready to Work Evaluation
  • Role: PI
  • Duration: 2022-2025
  • Total Amount: $342,632
• Project: Scholar Success Program Evaluation
  • Role: Co-PI
  • Duration: 2023-2024
  • Total Amount: $136,716
• Project: Victoria. The AI Assistant for College Advisors
  • Role: PI
  • Duration: 2020-2023
  • Total Amount: $262,131
• Project: Basecamp
  • Role: PI
  • Duration: 2021-2023
  • Total Amount: $128,700
• Project: Picture of Master of Public Health Programs in Texas
  • Role: PI
  • Duration: 2023
  • Total Amount: $22,529

Publications

Selected Publications

• Lee, H. B., & Villarreal, M. U. (2023). Should Students Falling Behind in School Take Dual Enrollment Courses?. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR), 28(4), 439-473.
• Lee, H. B., McNamara, P. E., & Ho, H. (2023). Road accessibility and agricultural extension services in Malawi. Agriculture & Food Security, 12(1), 3.
• Lee, H. B., McNamara, P. E., & Bhattacharyya, K. (2022). Does linking women farmers to markets improve food security? Evidence from rural Bangladesh. Agriculture & Food Security, 11(1), 33.
• Lee, H. B., & McNamara, P. E. (2018). Achieving economic self-sufficiency through housing assistance: An assessment of a self-sufficiency program of the housing authority of Champaign County, Illinois. Housing Policy Debate, 28(6), 876-900.