Faculty Profile for Alice Jung Youn Lee

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Alice Jung Youn Lee
Associate Professor — School of Art and Design
JCM 2112A
phone: (512) 245-2611
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Alice J. Lee is a graphic designer, researcher, and educator with over 15 years of professional experience spanning print, digital, and interactive media. She received her BA from Yale University and her Master of Design in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Teaching Interests

 Typography, Processing, Design for Motion

Research Interests

 Research interests include alphabetic systems, concepts of interconnectedness, and the dynamic of complementing opposites. I explore and experiment with different methodologies, namely randomness within structured frameworks.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Lee, A. J. Y. (n.d.). A Creative Research Practice Inspired by the Korean Alphabet. In H. K. Pae (Ed.), Handbook of Reading in Korean. New York, NY, USA: Springer Publishing Company.
  • "we've got so much history". Alexandre Hogue Gallery. October 2024 - December 2024 Artists: Solo (Regional)
    Schedule:
    • solo exhibition. October 2024 - December 2024 Alexandre Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa.
  • License to What. FL3X Gallery. September 2024 Artists: Group (Regional)
  • Lee, A. J. Y. (2023). Fat Fingers and Sour Toes: Blockchain Study Group July 2021 – Autumn 2022.
  • DesignInquiry WorkAround, University of Arts London, London, UK. resident designer. September 2023.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: STA100, Society of Typographic Arts Annual Design Competition, 2018, Translate: Move From One Place Or Condition To Another. September 15, 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: STA100, Society of Typographic Arts Annual Design Competition, 2017, International Interior Design Association — Photobash 2017. August 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: STA100, Society of Typographic Arts Annual Design Competition, 2017, Kartemquin Films: Democracy through Documentary 1966–2016. August 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: PRINT Magazine Regional Design Award, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Larkin Building by Jack Quinan. 2007
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Chicago Book Clinic Award, Flower Chronicles by E. Buckner Hollingsworth. 2005

Selected Grants

  • Lee, Alice Jung Youn. Korea Cultural and Language Immersion, University Research Grant, Illinois State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $3600.00. (Funded: June 2018). Grant.
  • Lee, Alice Jung Youn. Community Engagement Learning Grant: TELL: Tales of English Language Learners, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology; Illinois State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $500.00. (Funded: May 15, 2018). Grant.
  • Lee, Alice Jung Youn. Community Engagement Learning Grant: ISU Community Interactive Typographic Installation, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology; Illinois State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $500.00. (Funded: December 2017). Grant.
  • Lee, Alice Jung Youn. Faculty Development Grant, School of Art, Illinois State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $140.00. (Funded: December 2017). Grant.
  • Lee, Alice Jung Youn. College of Fine Arts Dean's Travel Grant, Illinois State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $500.00. (Funded: December 2017). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Mentor for Vic Rodriguez Tang, Assistant Professor
School of Art and Design
January 2025-Present
Officer
Society of Typographic Aficionados
August 2023-Present
Chair
MFA/CD Residency Committee
August 2023-Present
Mentor for Rosana Duran-Garibi, Assistant Professor of Practice
Mentor for Rosana Duran-Garibi, Assistant Professor of Practice
August 2023-Present
Volunteer
Yale Alumni Schools Committee
April 2019-Present