Josephine Lee is a scholar, educator, and dramaturg whose work focuses on modern and contemporary theater and Asian American studies.
Josephine Lee is a professor of English and Asian American Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and the author of Race in American Musical Theater. Her other books include Oriental, Black, and White: The Formation of Racial Habits in American Theater, The Japan of Pure Invention: Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado, and Performing Asian America: Race and Ethnicity on the Contemporary Stage.