Faculty Profile for Dr. Simon Lee

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Dr. Simon Lee
Assistant Professor — English
phone: (512) 245-8231

Biography Section

Biography and Education

PhD in English, University of California, Riverside
MA in English, University of California, Riverside
BA in English and World Literature / Art History, Pitzer College

Research Interests

Post-45 British Literature, Working-Class Culture, Critical Theory, Urbanism and Architecture

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Lee, S. (2023). Kitchen Sink Aesthetics: The Intersection of Class, Race, and Space in British Post-War Writing. London, UK: Bloomsbury. Retrieved from https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/intersection-of-class-and-space-in-british-postwar-writing-9781350193093/
  • Lee, S. (2022). Addressing Stigma: Demonized Locales in Pat Barker’s Union Street. In Locating Classed Subjectivities: Space and Social Class in 19th, 20th, and 21st-century British Writing (pp. 127–145). New York and London, USA: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/Locating-Classed-Subjectivities-Intersections-of-Space-and-Working-Class/Lee/p/book/9780367635107
  • Lee, S. (2021). Internalizing Immiseration: Social Class and Mental Health in Contemporary British Fiction. In The Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Class (pp. 269–280). Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Literature-and-Class/McMillan/p/book/9780367442118#:~:text=The%20Routledge%20Companion%20to%20Literature%20and%20Class%20offers%20a%20comprehensive,mental%20health%2C%20gender%20and%20queer
  • Lee, S. (2020). Lit Grit: The Gritty and the Grim in British Working-Class Cultural Production. In The Routledge International Handbook of Working-Class Studies. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-International-Handbook-of-Working-Class-Studies/Fazio-Launius-Strangleman/p/book/9780367610821
  • Lee, S. (Ed.). (2022). Locating Classed Subjectivities: Intersections of Space and Working-Class Life in 19th, 20th, and 21st-century British Writing. New York, NY, USA: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/Locating-Classed-Subjectivities-Intersections-of-Space-and-Working-Class/Lee/p/book/9780367635107

Selected Service Activities

Member
Faculty Search: Assistant Professor of English — Film and Media Studies
2023-2024
Reviewer / Referee
The Journal of Working-Class Studies
2023-2023