Lee, Peter A
Director and Professor, School of Social Work
Preferred: peter.a.lee@sjsu.edu
Telephone
Preferred: (408) 924-5850
Office Hours
By appointment
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy in Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley
- Master's of Social Work, University of California at Berkeley
Bio
Dr. Lee earned his MSW and Ph.D. in social welfare from the University of California at Berkeley. His research and practice interests include the psychological development and adjustment of Asian Americans, and ethnic groups in the child welfare and mental health systems.
Dr. Lee is currently the Director of the School of Social Work, Chair of the University Council of Chairs and Directors (UCCD), and is a Provost Fellow directing the Academic Affairs Leadership Discovery Group (AALDG). He has taught in the MSW Program and is involved in research and community development activities. In the past he has served as the Acting Director of the School, the MSW Program Coordinator, Graduate Advisor, Admissions Director, Research Sequence Chair, and Director of the Center for Human Services Research and Development.
Dr. Lee is the co-creator of Social Workers in the Library (with SJPL Librarian Deborah Estreicher). He is also involved with The Salvation Army and other non-profit community organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area developing sports, family, and youth programs. Dr. Lee has also been involved in the partnership among the School, College of Health and Human Sciences, and SJSU with the Viet Nam National University in Ha Noi to create graduate-level curriculum instrumental towards developing the social work profession in Viet Nam. He has also worked with CommUniverCity San Jose as the Associate Director, and Director of the SJSU "UP" Pre-College program (formerly Upward Bound). He is the co chair of the Bay Area Social Services Consortium (BASSC), and a nominations committee member for the California Social Work Hall of Distinction.