Expertise
Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Cyberterrorism, Technologies & Society, Social Media, Immigration
Research Interests
Claire Lee, Ph.D., conducts research focusing on comprehending the mechanisms and networks of deviant behaviors at both the state and individual levels, with a particular emphasis on those facilitated by cyber-resources or located in cyberspace. Additionally, she explores the online and offline behaviors and patterns of various social phenomena, as well as the behaviors of terrorists, extremists, and the general public.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.): Sociology, National University of Singapore - Singapore
- Master of Arts (MA): Sociology, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies - Seoul, South Korea
- Bachelor of Arts (BA): Chinese Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies - Seoul, South Korea
- Supporting Area: Education
Biosketch
Claire S. Lee, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies. She is a Co-Director of the Center for Asian American Studies. She is also a Faculty Member of the University鈥檚 Center for Internet Security and Forensics Education and Research (iSAFER), the Center for Terrorism and Security Studies, and a Fellow of the Center for Public Opinion. Using her interdisciplinary and multilingual background, Dr. Lee鈥檚 research focuses on deviance and crime in cyberspace, cybersecurity, cyberterrorism, social media, and the social implications of social and new technologies, and cybersecurity education. She studies these issues using quantitative, qualitative, computational, and mixed methodologies.
Selected Awards and Honors
- Recognized as 鈥淧ublications - Most by College鈥� (March 2022; November 2022; November 2024)
- U.S.-Korea NextGen Scholars Program, CSIS Korea Chair and USC Korean Studies Institute (2022 - 2023)
- Outstanding Teaching Award (2022)
- Young Faculty Award, Korean Society of Criminologists in America (KOSCA) (2021)
Selected Publications
- Gong, W., Lee, C. S., Li, S., Adkison, D., Li, N., Wu, L., & Ye, X. (2025). 鈥淐yber Victimization in Hybrid Space: An Analysis of Employment Scams Using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning Models.鈥� Journal of Crime and Justice.
- Graham, R. S., Humer, S., Lee, C. S., & Nagy, V. (2024). Routledge International Handbook of Online Deviance. Routledge.
- Kim, C., Lim, H., & Lee, C. S. (2024). 鈥�.鈥� Aggression and Violent Behavior, 79.
- Lee, C. S., & Wang, Y. (2024). 鈥淎 multilevel latent class analysis of victimization of cybercrime.鈥� Crime & Delinquency, 70(4), 1196-1223.
- Lee, C. S., & Jang, A. (2023). 鈥溾�� Victims & Offenders.
- Choi, K.-S., & Lee, C. S. (2023). 鈥淚n The Name of Dark Web Justice: A Crime Script Analysis of Hacking Services and the Underground Justice System.鈥� Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice.
- Lee, C. S., & Kim, D. (2023). 鈥淧athways to cybersecurity awareness and cybersecurity behaviors in South Korea.鈥� Journal of Computer Information Systems, 63(1), 94-106.
- Kim, C., Lee, C. S., & Lim, H. (2023). 鈥淗ate-motivated crime/incidents against Asian in the United States of America: A systematic review.鈥� Race & Justice, 13(1), 9-31.
- Lee, C. S. (2022). 鈥淗ow online fraud victims are targeted in China: A crime script analysis of Baidu C2C fraud.鈥� Crime & Delinquency, 68(13-14), 2529鈥�2553,聽
- Lee, C. S., Merizalde, J., Colautti, J., An, J., & Kwak, H. (2022). 鈥淪torm the Capitol: Linking offline political speech and online Twitter extra-representational participation on QAnon and the January 6 insurrection.鈥� Frontiers in Sociology, DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2022.876070
- Lee, C. S., & Colautti, J. (2022). 鈥淚SIS鈥檚 COVID-19 Messaging on Twitter: An Analysis of Tweet Sentiment and Emotions.鈥� Crime & Delinquency, 68(8), 1347-1370. 10.1177/00111287221083881
- Lee, C. S. (2022). 鈥淎nalyzing Zoombombing as a new communication tool of cyberhate in the COVID-19 era.鈥� Online Information Review, 46(1), 147-163.
- Lee, C. S., & Jang, A. (2022). 鈥淨uesting for justice on Twitter: Topic modeling of #StopAsianHate discourses in the wake of Atlanta shooting.鈥� Crime & Delinquency, https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287211057855
- Lee, C. S., Choi, K.-S., Shandler, R., & Kayser, C. (2021). 鈥淢apping global cyberterror networks: A study of al Qaeda and ISIS cyberterror events, 2011-2016.鈥� Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 37(3), 333-355.聽
- Lee, C. S. (2021). 鈥淥nline fraud victimization in China: A case study of Baidu Tieba.鈥� Victims & Offenders, 16(3), 343-362.
Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research
- Department of State, Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Person Office, Co-PI (2023 鈥� 2025)
- Korea Foundation, PI, The Trends, Patterns, and Tactics of Cyberattacks on the Korean Peninsula (2023 鈥� 2024)
- National Security Agency and National Science Foundation, USA
Co-PI, GenCyber Summer Camp at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (2021 - 2022) - National Security Agency and National Science Foundation, USA
Co-PI, GenCyber Summer Camp at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (2020 鈥� 2021)
Research Currently in Progress
Posts
- Co-Director, Center for Asian American Studies at UML (2025 鈥� Present)
- Member, Center for Internet Security and Forensics Education and Research (iSAFER)
- Member, Center for Terrorism and Security Studies (CTSS) at UML
- Fellow, Center for Public Opinion
- Executive Board (2025 - 2026); Vice Chair (2023 鈥� 2024), Division of Cybercrime, American Society of Criminology (ASC)
- Constitution and Bylaw Committee Chair, Korean Society of Criminologists in America (KOSCA) (2021 - 2023)
- Member, MassCyberCenter
- Academic Editor, PLOS One (2022 - Present)
- Editorial Board, The Sociological Review (2021 - 2026)
- Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Security Research (2023 - 2025)