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Walter Lee

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1977Rising activity
Career Development and DiversityEngineering Education and Curriculum DevelopmentHigher Education Research StudiesEngineering Education and PedagogyParallel Computing and Optimization Techniques

Publications

155

Citations

1,950

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

50

Publishing since 1977

Research summary
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Walter Lee's research focuses on equity and broadening participation in engineering education, examining how institutions, policies, and support structures affect marginalized and underrepresented students, including women of color, transfer students, and students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The work spans organizational change in colleges of engineering, student experiences and emotions in undergraduate engineering programs, and outreach efforts to engage younger and underrepresented students in STEM fields.

Equity and diversity in engineering educationBroadening participation in STEMOrganizational and institutional change in higher educationStudent support and mentoring structuresQualitative research methods in engineering education

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade with notable peaks in 2020 and especially 2024, suggesting an overall growing trend in recent activity despite year-to-year variability.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 12.0/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 12 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 23 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 9 publications222023: 11 publications232024: 34 publications34242025: 5 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Engineering Education×11
  • Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering×9
  • Studies in Engineering Education×3
  • Community College Journal of Research and Practice×2
  • 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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