Participant Info
- First Name
- Jessica A.
- Last Name
- Lee
- Country
- United States
- State
- WA Washington
- jessica.anne.lee@gmail.com
- Affiliation
- Independent Scholar
- Website URL
- http://www.jessicaannelee.com/
- Keywords
- feminism, social justice activism, economic development
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Jessica A. Lee is an independent scholar. She has a PhD in history from the University of Washington and spent five years as an associate fellow at the Brookings Metropolitan Policy program, where she and her colleagues explored how the economy can work better for everyone.
Her work has appeared in a number of regional and national outlets, including the Washington Post, CNN Global Public Square, Huffington Post, RealClearPolitics, CityLab, Brookings Upfront, and the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program’s blog The Avenue.
Her graduate training focused on U.S. history and included extensive work on social and cultural history; race, ethnicity, and nationalism; gender studies; and feminist political theory.
- Recent Publications
Skilling the Post-COVID-19 Economy, with Bruce Katz, Mary Jean Ryan, and Courtney Kishbaugh, The New Localism, May 2020.
Americans Must Step Up and Help Our Healthcare Workers, Washington Post, March 2020.
A New Way of Working for Cities: Case Studies, Reimagining the Civic Commons and the Aspen Institute Center for Urban Innovation, February 2019
Beyond Millennials: Valuing Older Adults’ Participation in Innovation Districts, Brookings Institution, March 2017
Innovating Regulation, Aspen Institute Center for Urban Innovation, 2017
Building and Advancing Digital Skills to Support Seattle’s Economic Future, with Adie Tomer, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, October 2015
International Women’s Day, STEM, and the Gender Pay Gap, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, March 2015
Closing the Gender Gap in Seattle’s Tech Industry, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, January 2015
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- @jessicaannelee_
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 20th century, 21st century
- Expertise by Topic
- Gender, Government, Higher Ed, Race, Urban History, Women
