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Esther Kim Lee

Frances Hill Fox Professor of Theater Studies
Theater Studies
Box 90680, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Frances Hill Fox Professor of Theater Studies · 2023 - Present Theater Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Theater Studies · 2018 - Present Theater Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of the Asian American and Diaspora Studies Initiative · 2021 - Present Asian American Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of History · 2022 - Present History, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of the International Comparative Studies Program · 2018 - 2021 International Comparative Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke


Director, Asian American and Diaspora Studies

Academic Positions Outside Duke


Professor · 2013 - 2018 University of Maryland
Associate Professor · 2000 - 2012 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign