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	Instructor's Biography (Scroll down for more images) Dr. Lee received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996. Before that he received an M.A. in International Relations from Yale University and a B.A. in International Studies from Virginia Tech. He previously served as an Assistant Instructor at the University of Texas and as an Adjunct Instructor at Austin Community College. He is currently the Facilitator for Internationalizing the Curriculum at San Antonio College and past president of the World History Association of Texas. During the 2006-2007 academic year he served on the Advanced Placement World History Redesign Commission for the College Board. He has also organized and participated in several AP World History workshops for Secondary Instructors. For several years he has served as a content reviewer for the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills Social Studies Exam. During the 2007-2008 Academic Year, he served as the Co-Chair of the Social Science Vertical Team created by the Texas Legislature's House Bill 1 in order to create College Ready Standards for the state and foster a culture of greater college success and readiness throughout the state of Texas. The Vertical Teams report can be found here starting page 35. - As Co-Chair of this team, he also represents the Social Sciences on the Commission for College Ready Texas. Dr Lee also serves on the Faculty Senate, the Murgia Learning Institute Advisory Board, and the Writing Center Advisory Board. Dr. Lee's other interest include the University of Texas sports machine, of course. (He bleeds orange.) He also likes movies, cooking, television, and watching and participating in other sports such as tennis, track and field, and basketball. Recent Endeavors Teaching Popular Culture in U.S. History (Personal Reflections) (Presentation to Advanced PlacementInstitute for U.S. History, James Madison High School, San Antonio - July 2009) Towards a More Global Perspective in U.S. History (Presentation to Advanced PlacementInstitute for U.S. History, James Madison High School, San Antonio - July 2009) Trade, Transportation, and Infectious Disease: Another Layer to the Process of Globalization (Presentation to the National Council for History Education, March 2005) Bringing Internet Mapping to the Humanities Project PEOPLE, PLACES, EVENTS, PROCESSES World 2000 Instructional Strategy: Trade in World History AP World History Conference Sponsored by the College Board, Corpus Christi, Texas, January 26, 2001 A.P. World History Institute, July 2001 College Board Regional Conference, San Antonio Texas, February 1-2, 2002 Images from Escapades (scroll down) (Me in Rocky Mountain National Park while at the World History Association Conference in Ft. Collins Colorado, June 1998) (O.K. So I hate having my picture taken. Here is me with a smirk in front of the Tower Bridge in London during August 2003) (Here is another of me standing in a ruin of a Zapotec ball court circa 1300 at Yagul in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico during December 2003) (A top the Arch de Triomphe in Paris, 2004) (Hawaii, 2005) (Great Wall outside Beijing, 2005) (The Coliseum, Rome 2006) (Herculaneum, Italy 2006) (Hagia Sofia, Istanbul Turkey 2007) (Starbucks in Istanbul Turkey 2007) (Dr. Lee if front of the Blue Mosque - Istanbul 2007) (Dr. Lee at the Battle of New Orleans Battlefield - 2008) (Dr. Lee in front of Starbucks - Old San Juan, Puerto Rico - 2008) I'm so tired - been up all night, but I'm here! (Amsterdam, June 2009) This is where modern globalization began - the East India Company (VOC) headquaters. It is now part of the university. Ruins of a Roman dining hall Ostia Antica (outside Rome) June 2009 Tthe Bocca della Verità, "Mouth of Truth" outside the Santa Maria Cosmedin in Rome (June, 2009) Back to Dr. Lee's Homepage

Instructor's Biography
(Scroll down for more images)

Dr. Lee received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996. Before that he received an M.A. in International Relations from Yale University and a B.A. in International Studies from Virginia Tech. He previously served as an Assistant Instructor at the University of Texas and as an Adjunct Instructor at Austin Community College.

He is currently the Facilitator for Internationalizing the Curriculum at San Antonio College and past president of the World History Association of Texas. During the 2006-2007 academic year he served on the Advanced Placement World History Redesign Commission for the College Board. He has also organized and participated in several AP World History workshops for Secondary Instructors. For several years he has served as a content reviewer for the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills Social Studies Exam. During the 2007-2008 Academic Year, he served as the Co-Chair of the Social Science Vertical Team created by the Texas Legislature's House Bill 1 in order to create College Ready Standards for the state and foster a culture of greater college success and readiness throughout the state of Texas. The Vertical Teams report can be found here starting page 35. - As Co-Chair of this team, he also represents the Social Sciences on the Commission for College Ready Texas. Dr Lee also serves on the Faculty Senate, the Murgia Learning Institute Advisory Board, and the Writing Center Advisory Board.

Dr. Lee's other interest include the University of Texas sports machine, of course. (He bleeds orange.) He also likes movies, cooking, television, and watching and participating in other sports such as tennis, track and field, and basketball.

Recent Endeavors

Teaching Popular Culture in U.S. History (Personal Reflections) (Presentation to Advanced PlacementInstitute for U.S. History, James Madison High School, San Antonio - July 2009)

Towards a More Global Perspective in U.S. History (Presentation to Advanced PlacementInstitute for U.S. History, James Madison High School, San Antonio - July 2009)

Trade, Transportation, and Infectious Disease: Another Layer to the Process of Globalization
(Presentation to the National Council for History Education, March 2005)

Bringing Internet Mapping to the Humanities Project

PEOPLE, PLACES, EVENTS, PROCESSES

World 2000 Instructional Strategy: Trade in World History

AP World History Conference Sponsored by the College Board, Corpus Christi, Texas, January 26, 2001

A.P. World History Institute, July 2001

College Board Regional Conference, San Antonio Texas, February 1-2, 2002

Images from Escapades
(scroll down)

(Me in Rocky Mountain National Park while at the World History Association Conference in Ft. Collins Colorado, June 1998)

Dr. Lee in front of Tower Bridge (London, August 2003)

(O.K. So I hate having my picture taken. Here is me with a smirk in front of the Tower Bridge in London during August 2003)

(Here is another of me standing in a ruin of a Zapotec ball court circa 1300 at Yagul
in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico during December 2003)

(A top the Arch de Triomphe in Paris, 2004)

(Hawaii, 2005)

(Great Wall outside Beijing, 2005)

(The Coliseum, Rome 2006)

(Herculaneum, Italy 2006)

(Hagia Sofia, Istanbul Turkey 2007)

(Starbucks in Istanbul Turkey 2007)

(Dr. Lee if front of the Blue Mosque - Istanbul 2007)

(Dr. Lee at the Battle of New Orleans Battlefield - 2008)

(Dr. Lee in front of Starbucks - Old San Juan, Puerto Rico - 2008)

I'm so tired - been up all night, but I'm here! (Amsterdam, June 2009)
This is where modern globalization began - the
East India Company (VOC) headquaters. It is now part of the university.

Ruins of a Roman dining hall Ostia Antica (outside Rome) June 2009

Tthe Bocca della Verità, "Mouth of Truth" outside the Santa Maria Cosmedin in Rome (June, 2009)

Back to Dr. Lee's Homepage