Erika Lee

Erika Lee is a distinguished academic leader and historian currently serving as the Bae Family Professor of History, Radcliffe Alumnae Professor, and Director of the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University, as well as the Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at the University of Cambridge. Erika's extensive experience includes being a 2018 Carnegie Fellow and holding multiple roles at the University of Minnesota, where contributions as Regents Professor, Distinguished McKnight Professor, and Professor culminate in a significant tenure. Additionally, Erika served as the Director and Rudolph J. Vecoli Chair in Immigration History at the Immigration History Research Center. Erika holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Cross-Cultural Studies from Tufts University and earned a Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Berkeley.