Jesse J. Lee
Postdoctoral Research Associate
As a historian of Asian American religion, I explore how Japanese American Buddhists navigated American legal and cultural dynamics of religion, race, and citizenship in the early-twentieth century.
Jesse Lee received his Ph.D. in 2024 from the department of religion at Florida State University. He studies the relationships between religion, race, law, language, and Asian American identities. His dissertation is titled “American Amida: The Buddhist Churches of America, Religious Incorporation, and Translation.”