Rennie Lee is a sociologist with interests in international migration, race and ethnicity, immigrant families, stratification and inequality, and quantitative research methods. She received her PhD from the Department of Sociology at UCLA. Prior to joining ISSR, she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies at Florida International University and a Lecturer in Sociology at University of Melbourne.
Journal Article: Gender gaps in unpaid domestic and care work: putting the pandemic in (a life course) perspective
Baxter, Janeen, Campbell, Alice and Lee, Rennie (2023). Gender gaps in unpaid domestic and care work: putting the pandemic in (a life course) perspective. Australian Economic Review, 56 (4), 502-515. doi: 10.1111/1467-8462.12538
Conference Publication: Community Refugee Integration Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Findings Workshop: snapshot 2
Lee, Rennie, Burger, Sarah-Ann, O'Donnell, Karlee, Lattz, Miguel, Maturi, Jennifer, San Martin Porter, Macarena, Povey, Jenny and Marshall, David (2023). Community Refugee Integration Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Findings Workshop: snapshot 2. Findings Workshop for the Department of Home Affairs, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 10 October 2023. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Other Outputs: Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Evaluation: Snapshot Report 2
Povey, J., Burger, S-A., Lee, R., Marshall, D., Lattz, M., Maturi, J., O’Donnell, K., San Martin Porter, M., Nuttall, G., Rioseco, P., Baxter, J. and Reddel, T. (2023). Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Evaluation: Snapshot Report 2. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland.
Evaluation of the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP)
(2022–2025) Australian Government Department of Home Affairs
FamilyLinQ Evaluation Framework and Plan
(2022–2024) Queensland Department of Education
Educational trajectories of immigrants’ children in Australia and abroad
Social Disadvantage Among Immigrants
Social Integration Outcomes among Humanitarian Immigrants
Family dynamics over the life course: foundations, turning points and outcomes
Janeen Baxter , Jack Lam, Jenny Povey , Rennie Lee and Stephen R. Zubrick eds. (2022). Family dynamics over the life course: foundations, turning points and outcomes. Life Course Research and Social Policies, Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-12224-8
Emerging directions and new challenges
Zubrick, Stephen R., Lee, Rennie, Baxter, Janeen, Lam, Jack and Povey, Jenny (2022). Emerging directions and new challenges. Family dynamics over the life course: foundations, turning points and outcomes. (pp. 313-319) edited by Janeen Baxter, Jack Lam,, Jenny Povey, Rennie Lee and Stephen R. Zubrick. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-12224-8_15
Families, life courses and the intergenerational transmission of social disadvantage in Australia
Lee, Rennie, Lam, Jack, Baxter, Janeen, Povey, Jenny and Zubrick, Stephen R. (2022). Families, life courses and the intergenerational transmission of social disadvantage in Australia. Family dynamics over the life course: foundations, turning points and outcomes. (pp. 17-36) edited by Janeen Baxter, Jack Lam, Jenny Povey, Rennie Lee and Stephen R. Zubrick. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-12224-8_2
Baxter, Janeen, Lam, Jack, Lee, Rennie, Povey, Jenny and Zubrick, Stephen R. (2022). Introduction. Family dynamics over the life course. (pp. 1-16) Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-12224-8_1
Lee, Rennie and Baxter, Janeen (2022). Marriage matters: or does It?. Family dynamics over the life course: foundations, turning points and outcomes. (pp. 201-221) edited by Janeen Baxter, Jack Lam, Jenny Povey, Rennie Lee and Stephen R. Zubrick. Cham, Switzerland: Springer . doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-12224-8_10
Refugee children in Australia: wellbeing and integration
Lee, Rennie and Cheung, Sin Yi (2022). Refugee children in Australia: wellbeing and integration. Family dynamics over the life course: foundations, turning points and outcomes. (pp. 71-96) edited by Janeen Baxter, Jack Lam, Jenny Povey, Rennie Lee and Stephen R. Zubrick. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-12224-8_5
Zhou, Min and Lee, Rennie (2015). Traversing ancestral and New Homelands: Chinese immigrant transnational organizations in the United States. The State and the Grassroots: Immigrant Transnational Organizations in Four Continents. (pp. 27-59) New York, NY, United States: Berghahn Books.
Second generation, identity formation
Gonzales and, Roberto G. and Lee, Rennie (2013). Second generation, identity formation. The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. (pp. 1-7) edited by Immanuel Ness. Oxford, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781444351071.wbeghm476
Gender gaps in unpaid domestic and care work: putting the pandemic in (a life course) perspective
Baxter, Janeen, Campbell, Alice and Lee, Rennie (2023). Gender gaps in unpaid domestic and care work: putting the pandemic in (a life course) perspective. Australian Economic Review, 56 (4), 502-515. doi: 10.1111/1467-8462.12538
Lee, Rennie and Bablani, Laxman (2023). Do Asian immigrants have better mental health? An examination of arrival cohort and gender in Australia. Population Research and Policy Review, 42 (3) 32. doi: 10.1007/s11113-023-09761-7
Nguyen, Toan, Bernard, Aude, Lee, Rennie, Wilson, Tom and Argent, Neil (2023). Do co-ethnic neighbourhoods affect the labour market outcomes of immigrants? Longitudinal evidence from Australia. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 16 (2), 831-850. doi: 10.1007/s12061-023-09505-2
Coethnic concentration and Asians’ perceived discrimination across U.S. counties during COVID-19
Lee, Rennie, Qian, Yue and Wu, Cary (2022). Coethnic concentration and Asians’ perceived discrimination across U.S. counties during COVID-19. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 8 ARTN 23780231221124580, 1-15. doi: 10.1177/23780231221124580
Tan, Xiao, Lee, Rennie and Ruppanner, Leah (2022). The nexus between China’s global image and attitudes toward diasporic Chinese: a comparison of Australia and the United States. Journal of Contemporary China, 33 (146), 332-351. doi: 10.1080/10670564.2022.2127087
Lee, Rennie (2022). Gendered pathways: employment behavior among family-based and skill-based immigrants in the United States. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 8. doi: 10.1177/23780231221144354
Perales, Francisco, Lee, Rennie, Forrest, Walter, Todd, Abram and Baxter, Janeen (2021). Employment prospects of humanitarian migrants in Australia: does gender inequality in the origin country matter?. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 21 (3), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/15562948.2021.1984622
Mother-tongue maintenance in Canada: the role of the coethnic community and coethnic resources
Lee, Rennie (2021). Mother-tongue maintenance in Canada: the role of the coethnic community and coethnic resources. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 42 (2), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/07256868.2021.1883567
Indigenous self-identification across generations: parent–child links in Australian survey data
Curry, Matthew and Lee, Rennie (2021). Indigenous self-identification across generations: parent–child links in Australian survey data. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 49 (9), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/1369183x.2021.1914007
Tan, Xiao, Lee, Rennie and Ruppanner, Leah (2021). Profiling racial prejudice during COVID-19: Who exhibits anti-asian sentiment in Australia and the United States?. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 56 (4) ajs4.176, 464-484. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.176
Death in Rural Georgia: A Historical Comparison of Georgians and Ossets in the Kistauri Commune
Zurabishvili, Tinatin, Lee, Rennie and Emigh, Rebecca Jean (2020). Death in Rural Georgia: A Historical Comparison of Georgians and Ossets in the Kistauri Commune. Journal of Family History, 45 (4), 457-478. doi: 10.1177/0363199020929679
“Making it work: Migration, motherhood and employment in Australia”
Lee, Rennie, Ruppanner, Leah and Perales, Francisco (2020). “Making it work: Migration, motherhood and employment in Australia”. Social Science Research, 88-89 102429, 102429. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2020.102429
Lee, Rennie (2019). Does the healthy immigrant effect apply to mental health? Examining the effects of immigrant generation and racial and ethnic background among Australian adults. SSM - Population Health, 7 100311. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.10.011
Lee, Rennie (2019). Who does the dishes? Precarious employment and ethnic solidarity among restaurant workers in Los Angeles’ Chinese enclave. Ethnicities, 19 (2), 433-451. doi: 10.1177/1468796818789455
Spousal characteristics and language use at home: immigirants and their descendants in Canada
Lee, Rennie (2018). Spousal characteristics and language use at home: immigirants and their descendants in Canada. Sociological Perspectives, 61 (6), 874-893. doi: 10.1177/0731121417753371
Lee, Rennie (2018). How are the children of immigrants assimilating? The effects of individual, neighborhood, coethnic community, and national origin group characteristics on education in San Diego. International Journal of Sociology of Education, 7 (2), 123-153. doi: 10.17583/rise.2018.2354
How do parental migration histories matter for children’s economic outcomes?
Lee, Rennie (2018). How do parental migration histories matter for children’s economic outcomes?. Migration and Development, 8 (1), 75-92. doi: 10.1080/21632324.2018.1474589
Lee, Rennie (2018). How do coethnic communities matter for educational attainment? A comparative analysis of the United States and Canada. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 59 (2), 139-164. doi: 10.1177/0020715218767486
Ruppanner, Leah, Lee, Rennie and Huffman, Matt (2018). Do mothers benefit from flexible work? Cross-national evidence for work time, job quality, and satisfaction. International Journal of Sociology, 48 (2), 170-187. doi: 10.1080/00207659.2018.1446119
Immigrant entry visa categories and their effects on the children of immigrants’ education
Lee, Rennie (2018). Immigrant entry visa categories and their effects on the children of immigrants’ education. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 44 (9), 1560-1583. doi: 10.1080/1369183x.2017.1362976
Lee, Rennie (2016). Doing good in the hood? The effects of coethnic concentration on the educational attainment of Mexican, Filipino, and Vietnamese children of immigrants. International Journal of Sociology of Education, 5 (3), 214-243. doi: 10.17583/rise.2016.2176
Immigrant health around the world: Evidence from the World Values Survey
Noymer, Andrew and Lee, Rennie (2013). Immigrant health around the world: Evidence from the World Values Survey. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 15 (3), 614-623. doi: 10.1007/s10903-012-9637-z
Transnationalism and Community Building: Chinese Immigrant Organizations in the United States
Zhou, Min and Lee, Rennie (2013). Transnationalism and Community Building: Chinese Immigrant Organizations in the United States. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 647 (1), 22-49. doi: 10.1177/0002716212472456
Racial boundaries among Latinos: Evidence from Internet dater's racial preferences
Feliciano, Cynthia, Lee, Rennie and Robnett, Belinda (2011). Racial boundaries among Latinos: Evidence from Internet dater's racial preferences. Social Problems, 58 (2), 189-212. doi: 10.1525/sp.2011.58.2.189
Community Refugee Integration Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Findings Workshop: snapshot 2
Lee, Rennie, Burger, Sarah-Ann, O'Donnell, Karlee, Lattz, Miguel, Maturi, Jennifer, San Martin Porter, Macarena, Povey, Jenny and Marshall, David (2023). Community Refugee Integration Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Findings Workshop: snapshot 2. Findings Workshop for the Department of Home Affairs, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 10 October 2023. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Community Support Program (CSP) Findings Workshop: Snapshot 1
Povey, Jenny, Burger, Sarah-Ann, O'Donnell, Karlee, Young, Charlotte, San Martin Porter, Macarena, Marshall, David, Lee, Rennie, Lattz, Miguel, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Austerberry, Sophie (2023). Community Support Program (CSP) Findings Workshop: Snapshot 1. Findings Workshop for the Department of Home Affairs, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 22 March 2023. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Community Refugee Integration Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Findings Workshop: Snapshot 1
Povey, Jenny, Marshall, David, Lee, Rennie, Lattz, Miguel, O'Donnell, Karlee, Young, Charlotte, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard, San Martin Porter, Macarena, Austerberry, Sophie and Burger, Sarah-Ann (2023). Community Refugee Integration Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Findings Workshop: Snapshot 1. Findings Workshop for the Department of Home Affairs, Brisbane. QLD, Australia, 21 March 2023. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Evaluation: Snapshot Report 2
Povey, J., Burger, S-A., Lee, R., Marshall, D., Lattz, M., Maturi, J., O’Donnell, K., San Martin Porter, M., Nuttall, G., Rioseco, P., Baxter, J. and Reddel, T. (2023). Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Evaluation: Snapshot Report 2. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland.
Gender Gaps in Unpaid Domestic and Care Work: Putting the Pandemic in (a Life Course) Perspective
Baxter, Janeen, Campbell, Alice and Lee, Rennie (2023). Gender Gaps in Unpaid Domestic and Care Work: Putting the Pandemic in (a Life Course) Perspective. LCC Working Paper Series. 2023-12. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia. doi: 10.14264/f986e20
FamilyLinQ Evaluation Framework and Plan v4
Povey, J., Armour, D., Burger, S-A., San Martin Porter, M., Austerberry, S., Lee, R., Kubler, M., Nuttall, G., Salom, C., Baxter, J., McDaid, L. and Reddel, T. (2023). FamilyLinQ Evaluation Framework and Plan v4. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland.
Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Snapshot Report 1
Povey, J., Burger, S-A., Marshall, D., Lee, R., Lattz, M., O'Donnell, K., Young, C., Hoffstaedter, G., San Martin Porter, M., Austerberry, S., Nuttall, G., Baxter, J. and McDaid, L. (2023). Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Snapshot Report 1. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland.
Community Support Program (CSP): Snapshot Report 1
Povey, J., Burger, S-A., O'Donnell, K., Young, C., San Martin Porter, M., Lattz, M., Marshall, D., Lee, R., Hoffstaedter, G., Austerberry, S., Nuttall, G., Baxter, J. and McDaid, L. (2023). Community Support Program (CSP): Snapshot Report 1. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Interim Findings — Cohort 1
Povey, J., Cook, S., Lee, R., Young, C., Hoffstaedter, G., Austerberry, S. and Nuttall, G. (2023). Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Interim Findings — Cohort 1. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland.
Povey, Jenny, Cook, Stephanie, O'Flaherty, Martin, Burger, Sarah-Ann, Lee, Rennie, Liudmila Druzenko, Karlee O'Donnell, Sharma, Nikita, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Young, Charlotte, San Martin Porter, Macarena, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard, Martin, Sean, Edwards, Ben, Baxter, Janeen and Reddel, Tim (2022). CRISP Evaluation Plan. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Evaluation of the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP)
(2022–2025) Australian Government Department of Home Affairs
FamilyLinQ Evaluation Framework and Plan
(2022–2024) Queensland Department of Education
Sleep and Wellbeing in Indigenous Children
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Educational trajectories of immigrants’ children in Australia and abroad
Social Disadvantage Among Immigrants
Social Integration Outcomes among Humanitarian Immigrants