Departmental Affiliations
Krystal Lee, EdD, MPA, supports educators in building safe, equitable, and just learning communities so that all students can experience the joys and rigors of learning.
Research Interests
Anti-Oppression; Anti-Racism; Critical Pedagogy; Critical self-reflection; Curriculum Development; Education; Pedagogy; Praxis
Experiences & Accomplishments
Krystal Lee, Ed.D. (she/her) is an educator and curriculum development specialist. She finds fulfillment in using her unique combination of skills – from consensus building to problem solving – to create value and build capacity. She believes the purpose of education is to prepare individuals to critically analyze the world, see themselves capable of making positive change and feel motivated to take action. Dr. Lee teaches Foundations of University Teaching and Learning (410.617), collaborating with current, new, and future university-level educators to bolster their foundations in educational history, theory, and praxis and to orient their pedagogy towards justice and humanity.
Honors & Awards
JHSPH Excellence in Teaching Award, 2020, 2021, 2022
Select Publications
Kalbarczyk, Anna & aqil, anushka & Sauer, Molly & Chatterjee, Pranab & Jacques, Keilah & Mooney, Graham & Labrique, Alain & Lee, Krystal (2023). Using antioppressive teaching principles to transform a graduate global health course at Johns Hopkins University. BMJ Global Health 2023; 8:e011587.
Lee, Krystal & Wells, Daphne (2022). Black girls don’t… In D. J. Davis, D. Davis-May, T. B. Jones & J. Andrew (Eds.), Black Sisterhoods: Black womyn’s representations of sisterhood across the diaspora. Bradford, Ontario, Canada: Demeter Press
aqil, anushka & Malik, Mannat & Jacques, Keilah & Lee, Krystal & Parker, Lauren & Kennedy, Caitlin & Mooney, Graham & German, Danielle. (2021). Engaging in Anti-Oppressive Public Health Teaching: Challenges and Recommendations. Pedagogy in Health Promotion. 7. 344-353. 10.1177/23733799211045407.
Derreth, Tyler & Lee, Krystal (2021, April 21). Teaching and the art of letting go. Hybrid Pedagogy. https://hybridpedagogy.org/teaching-and-the-art-of-letting-go/
Lee, Krystal (2011). Academic Advising Relationships between Faculty and International Doctoral Students. NAGAP Perspectives 23(4), 19 - 22.