I have conducted research on various topics, including how Asian American women who identify with both their ethnic and White American cultures navigate their gender, how the well-being of People of Color is related to bicultural self-efficacy, bicultural identity integration, and critical consciousness.
Additionally, my scholarship has focused on the experiences of therapists addressing clients' racism and the experience of Asian and Asian Americans engaging in conversations about race with their White therapist.
I am currently developing a training on decolonial, structurally competent therapeutic practice with Asian Americans.
Research Grants and Awards:
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Interdisciplinary Academy ($16,000), Seton Hall University
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Researcher of the Year Award ($3,500), College of Education and Human Services, Seton Hall University
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Mission Mentor Award ($4,000), Seton Hall University
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University Research Council Summer Stipend ($10,000), Seton Hall University
Selected Publications
DeVitre, Z., Carbajal, I., & Lee, M. (2026). System, Environment, Individual, Critical Consciousness (SEICC): A Framework for developing critical consciousness among psychotherapy trainees. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000686
Lee, M., Baez, G., Maleh, N. T., Sliwak, R., & Aigen, S. (2025). A narrative inquiry of relational conflict navigation for East Asian American women. The Counseling Psychologist, 53(2), 243–276. https://doi.org/10.1177/00110000251328708
Lee, M., Beasley, B., Salazar-Nuñez, A., & Zilber, S. (2025). Toward a liberatory counseling and psychotherapy theories pedagogy and curriculum. Psychotherapy, 62(1), 75–81. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000549
Sliwak, R. M., Lee, M., & Collins, M. H. (2022). Where Are They Now: The narratives of children who lost a parent on 9/11. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 0(0) 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221127824
Lee, M., Kim-Martin, K., Molfetto, K., Castillo, K., Elliott, J. L., Rodriguez, Y., & Thompson, C. M. (2022). Bicultural Asian American women’s experience of gender roles across cultural contexts: A narrative inquiry. Qualitative Psychology, 9(1), 62–80. https://doi.org/10.1037/qup0000214
Lee, M., Han, S., & Thompson, C. M. (2021). Bicultural self-efficacy, bicultural identity integration, critical consciousness, and psychological well-being of People of Color in the United States. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 155(8), 738-754. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2021.1970503
Elliott, J. L., Reynolds, J. D., & Lee, M. (2021). And still I rise: Protective factors for Black counseling psychology doctoral students from predominantly White institutions. The Qualitative Report, 26(7), 2206-2225. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2021.4771.
Castillo, K., Reynolds (Taewon Choi), J. D., Lee, M., & Elliott, J. L. (2020). Black-Asian American identity: An exploratory study on how internalized oppression impacts identity development. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 11(4), 233-245. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000210
Friedlander, M. L., Lee, M., & Escudero, V. (2019). What we do and do not know about the nature and analysis of couple interaction. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 8(1), 24-44. https://doi.org/10.1037/cfp0000114
