Elizabeth M. Lee is a sociologist focused on socioeconomic status and higher education. Her primary research is with low-income, first-generation, and/or working-class (LIFGWC) students at selective colleges. Broadly speaking, she is interested in the ways people manage inequality in day-to-day interactions. She is also interested in the ways that race/ethnicity and gender intersect with socioeconomic status in LIFGWC students' campus lives, and the ways that colleges as institutions shape dynamics of inequality. Other work has examined earlier years of education, LGBQ college student life, and faculty from LIFGWC backgrounds.
She joined the Saint Joseph's faculty in the fall of 2019 and lives in East Falls with her wife, two cats, and dog.
