Discipline(s):
Sociology, Social-Psychology
Area(s) of Expertise:
Urban Ethnography, Interaction, Race, Culture, Crime, Mental Health
E-Mail:
joole@wharton.upenn.edu
Background:
Jooyoung Lee is an urban ethnographer who studies race, culture, crime, and mental health in the inner-city. His dissertation examined the careers of aspiring rappers from South Central Los Angeles. In addition to showing how rappers organize their lives around “blowing up,” a local term for achieving stardom in the music industry, he reveals new insights into how urban youth view pathways to upward mobility. As a Health and Society Scholar, Jooyoung will examine how street violence shapes the mental health of inner-city youth. In particular, Jooyoung is interested in describing the everyday social situations that trigger fear and anxiety about potential street violence. As a graduate student, Jooyoung received funding from the American Sociological Association´s Minority Fellowship Program, which is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Jooyoung received his Ph.D. in Sociology from UCLA in 2009, and received Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Political Science and Interdisciplinary Studies from UC Berkeley in 2003.
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