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Biography
Lee's short fiction and book reviews appear in the Portland Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Washington State Magazine, Powhatan Review, Wordbridge, Absinthe Literary Review, and other publications. His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and received special mention.
He has recently been exploring travel writing and vlogging as complementary forms of storytelling.
Education
MFA, Creative Writing-Fiction, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2006
BA, English, Washington State University, 2003
Awards and Honors
English Department Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2025-2026
Program in Professional Writing Award for Teaching Excellence, 2025-2026
Most Valuable Professor (MVP) - University of Illinois Athletic Department, 2022
Courses Taught
Business & Technical Writing (BTW)
- BTW 199: Writing for Internship Success
- BTW 250: Principles of Business Communication
- BTW 279: Writing Job Applications
- BTW 290: Individual Study
English (ENGL)
- ENGL 199: Writing to Get That Job
Rhetoric (RHET)
- RHET 101: College Writing I
- RHET 102: College Writing II
- RHET 103: College Composition I
- RHET 104: College Composition II
- RHET 105: Principles of Composition/Writing and Research
- RHET 204: Introductory Narrative Writing
- RHET 233: Advanced Rhetoric and Composition
- RHET 243: Intermediate Expository Writing