Shawna J. Lee

Shawna J. Lee, PhD '05, is Professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. She is Director of the Parenting in Context Research Lab and Director of the Program Evaluation Group at the UM-SSW. Dr. Lee has published extensively on child maltreatment, fathers' parenting, father-child relationships, parenting stress and family functioning, and parental discipline. Recent research focuses on parenting and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of her career, Dr. Lee has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, among others. For a full list of publications, presentations, and grants, please see Dr. Lee's CV on the Parenting in Context Research Lab website at parentingincontext.org.