Micky Lee, PhD

Education

• PhD, University of Oregon
• MPhil, City University of Hong Kong
• BSSC, Hong Kong Baptist University

Research/Creative Interests

My research intersects three areas: Feminist political economy; information, technology, and finance; Asian popular culture

Teaching Philosophy

An anti-racism framework informs my teaching. My students and I aim to form an equity-minded community in which the instructor and fellow members:

• learn together and recognize that failure and struggles and discomfort are part of our learning journey.
• respect different learning styles, recognize different life experiences and experiential knowledge, and validate all identities.
• support each other to succeed and acknowledge that success means different things to different people.
• Make no assumptions of others because of their identities and beliefs.
• welcome and care for each other.
• Denounce policies and practices that privilege one group over others.

Professional Activities and Affiliations

• Co-vice chair of Political Economy Section, the International Association for Media and Communication Research

Employment History

• Summer 2016
  Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2005-present
  Suffolk University
• 2004-2005
  Ithaca College

Recent Scholarly or Creative Contributions

• Lee, M. (2026). Feminist Political Economy of Communication. In Mw Powers (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.ORE_COM-01552.R1
• Lee, M. (2026). The building of Empire and post-WWII trauma: Bodily abnormalities and male symbolism in Barbenheimer. To appear in C. Jacobs, A. Young, & K. Ritzenhoff (Eds.), Barbenheimer syndrome: The creation of cultural spectacle at the box office (pp. 63-76). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
• Lee, M. (2025) Media’s investments in untruths: Gender in business fraud stories. New York: Palgrave. (89 pages)
• Lee, M., & Dederichs, B. (2025). Viewing AI from the bottom: A feminist political economic critique of a technocratic pedagogy. Feminist Pedagogy, 6(3), Article 5.
• Lee, M. (2025). Hong Kong's re-appearance in online photo sharing platforms after the bubble burst. In D. Y. Jin & K. Yoon (Eds.), East Asian media culture in the age of digital platforms: Narratives, industries, and audiences (pp. 127-143). New York: Routledge.