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Texas State University

Dr. Sunmin Lee

  • Assistant Professor - Curriculum And Instruction
  • ED 3044
  • vso15@txstate.edu
Portrait of Dr. Sunmin Lee
  • Grants
  • Scholarly/Creative work
  • Service

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.
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Featured service activities

  1. Other

    Young Children

    January 2025 - Present
  2. Member

    Instructional Aide Course Design Working Group

    January 2025 - Present
  3. Reviewer / Referee

    American Educational Research Association: SIG Disability Studies in Education

    August 2024 - Present
  4. Reviewer / Referee

    Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education

    February 2024 - Present
  5. Reviewer / Referee

    Journal of Childhood Studies

    February 2024 - Present
  6. Member

    Research Enhancement Committee

    September 2023 - Present
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