Dr Rennie Lee

Senior Research Fellow

Institute for Social Science Research
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
rennie.lee@uq.edu.au
+61 7 334 69680

Overview

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.

Research Interests

  • Immigrant integration
  • Children of Immigrants
  • Crossnational immigration policy
  • Gender and Families
  • Sociology of Education

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy of Sociology, University of California-Los Angeles

Publications

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Grants

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Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

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Available Projects

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Publications

Book

Book Chapter

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

Journal Article

Conference Publication

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Other Outputs

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

Possible Research Projects

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