Rate My Professor Marie Lee

Lee's academic interests lie in community-based design and public interest design, emphasizing collaboration with communities to address specific needs through design solutions that extend beyond aesthetics to broader societal impact. A prominent example is her work on the Kam Minority Heritage Project in Dimen Village, China, which led to the publication of Dawn of the Butterflies: Kam Women Artisans of China (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015). She has co-authored scholarly articles with Dennis O. Flynn, including “Hydraulic Metaphor: A Model of Global and Local Connectivity” (Brill, 2014), “A Restatement of the Price Theory of Monies” (Moneta, 2013), and “East Asian Trade before/after 1590s Occupation of Korea: Modeling Imports and Exports in Global Context” (Asian Review of World Histories, 2013). Among her honors are Honorable Mentions in the SEED Excellence in Public Interest Design Awards (2013, 2014) and First Prize in the design competition for the “Metamorphosis of Politics: 19th Century Monuments in Czech” exhibition (Czech National Gallery, 2013). Lee has presented solo exhibitions such as EarthDreams at Castolovice Castle (2014) and Passage at Shin Hwa Gallery, Hong Kong (2010), alongside extensive participation in group exhibitions. In her teaching, she prioritizes conceptual problem-solving, strong design principles, and fostering individual student voices.