Lee Her

Dr. Lee Her

Assistant Professor

Research Focus

  • Communities and Families
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Language and Cognition
  • Multilingual Learners
  • State and Federal Education Policy

Dr. Her’s research focuses broadly on heritage language maintenance for linguistically minoritized communities through an examination of language policies in overlapping domains. Currently, she is interested in how dual language bilingual education policies –formal and informal– shape Hmong heritage language maintenance. Her research aims to investigate issues of equity, concerning the Hmong language in classroom language policy, institutional language policy and family language policy. 


  • Educational Background

    Ph.D. Michigan State University

    M.A. San Jose State University

    B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz