Dean Jonathan Lee

Dr. Jonathan Lee began his career at SAC as a member of the history faculty in 1997. He has held several leadership positions at SAC including department chair of History, Humanities, and Anthropology from 2009 to 2011. He was the Honors Academy coordinator from 2011 to 2016, and department chair for Mexican American Studies, Early Childhood Studies, Sociology, Social Work, and History since 2018.  

He has served on the Faculty Senate and the District Council of Chairs. Lee has also served as a LEAP Texas Fellow, as well as a member of the American Historical Association’s Tuning Project and is a past president of the World History Association of Texas.

Lee holds a doctorate in history from the University of Texas at Austin, a master’s in International Relations from Yale University, and a bachelor’s degree in International Studies from Virginia Tech.