Featured grants
- Adair, Jennifer K. (Principal), Park, Soyoung (Co-Principal), Lee, Sunmin (Co-Principal), McManus, Molly E. (Co-Principal), Odim, Nnenna (Co-Principal), Sachdeva, Shubhi (Co-Principal). Determining Contextual Support for Individual and Collective Agency in PreK-3rd Classrooms serving Young Children from BIPOC Communities, Brady Education Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $300000. (Funded: September 2022 - August 2025). Grant.
- Adair, Jennifer K. (Principal), McManus, Molly E. (Supporting), Park, Soyoung (Supporting), Colegrove, Kiyomi S.S. (Supporting), Lee, Sunmin (Supporting), Odim, Nnenna (Supporting), Sachdeva, Shubhi (Supporting), Payne, Katherina A. (Supporting), Jones, Natacha (Supporting). Dynamic Innovation For Young Children (DIFYC) Partnership, San Antonio ISD, San Antonio ISD, $750000. (Funded: August 2018 - August 2020). Grant.
- Adair, Jennifer K. (Principal), Payne, Katherina A. (Supporting), Colegrove, Kiyomi S.S. (Supporting), Lee, Sunmin (Supporting), McManus, Molly E. (Supporting), Sachdeva, Shubhi (Supporting), Falkner, Anna (Supporting). Civic Action and Young Children Study, Spencer Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $350000. (Funded: August 2015 - August 2016). Grant.

Featured scholarly/creative works
- Payne, K. A., Adair, J. K., Lee, S., McManus, M., Falkner, A., Sachdeva, S., & Colegrove, K. (2025). Child-focused civics: Seeing civic action in young children’s everyday interactions. Theory & Research in Social Education, 1–32.
- Lee, S., & Alonzo, M. (2024). A Strength-Based Approach to Inclusive Education for Children of Color with Disabilities. Young Children, 79(3), 14–22.
- Adair, J. K., Park, S., Alonzo, M., McManus, M., Odim, N., Lee, S., … Colegrove, K. S. S. (2024). Equitable Access to Agency-Supportive Early Schooling Contexts for Young Children of Color. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 69(4), 49–64.
- Park, S., Lee, S., Odim, N., & Adair, J. K. (2024). Redefining Quality to Center the Capabilities of Young Children. Bank Street Occasional Paper Series, (51), 50–61.
- Lee, S. (2024). Dialoguing with Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP): What does DAP mean for children with disabilities and inclusion? International Journal of Early Years Education, 32(3), 630–646.
Featured service activities
- Other
Young Children
- Member
Instructional Aide Course Design Working Group
- Reviewer / Referee
American Educational Research Association: SIG Disability Studies in Education
- Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education
- Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Childhood Studies
- Member
Research Enhancement Committee