Hye-Eun (Kate) Lee, ABD

Acting Assistant Professor
Department of Speech
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2560 Campus Rd.,
George Hall 326
Honolulu, HI 96822

Office
George Hall 320
ph: 808-956-8409
fax: 808-956-3947
email:
helee@hawaii.edu

Hye-Eun Lee earned a dual BA degree in Statistics/Mass Media and Communication from Ewha Womans University in South Korea (2000). She earned an MA in Communication from Michigan State University (2005), and is currently working on her dissertation, which is entitled “Multilevel approaches to conflict management at workplace and job satisfaction.”

Her research areas are interpersonal communication in the organizational contexts, interpersonal communication across cultures, and research methodology. To give a few examples, she is examining cultural differences in the usage of speech acts in favor asking messages, the effects of friendship networks on job satisfaction at workplaces, and whether methods make a difference or not. Based on these research experiences, she would like to conduct research about communication behaviors of culturally diverse employees at the workplace using various methods.

She has taught undergraduate level courses such as introduction to interpersonal communication, methods of communication inquiry, culture and communication, and interpersonal relations.