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Associate Professor
University at Buffalo, School of Social Work, United States
Dr. Lee's work is inspired by the diverse youth and families she worked with in both East San Jose, California, and New York City. Her research focuses on improving public systems to better support the transition to adulthood for all youth. While she uses traditional statistical methods (including logistic regression and latent class analysis), she has advocated for the use of agent-based modeling (ABM) and complexity theory to apply a positive youth development lens to the study of transitions to adulthood. (ABM uses computer simulation to explore how agents — like individuals, families, even atoms — interact with each other and their environments.)
Her projects include social network analysis of the support networks of older teens in foster care; ABM to explore the accumulation of risk and protective factors among adolescents; and an experimental test of a quality improvement process to implement community supervision guidelines in partnership with Massachusetts Probation Service, funded by Arnold Ventures.
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The Effects of Services on Poverty and Neglect Exposure Across Development
Friday, October 25, 2024
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM CT