Erika Lee

Erika Lee
Lee at the 2024 Texas Book Festival
EducationTufts University (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (MA, PhD)
GenresNonfiction
History
Notable awardsCaughey Western History Association Prize

Erika Lee is a historian and author. She is currently the inaugural Bae Family Professor of History at Harvard University, a position she began in July 2023. In addition, she is still active as an award-winning author, known for her non-fiction work upon the subjects of immigration and Asian American history in America. Previously, she was the Rudolph J. Vecoli Chair and Director of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota.