Bo Hyun Lee

Dr. Bo Hyun Lee is an Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology at the Ohio State University. She received her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Lee has received several honors for her work, including Donald E. Super Fellowship and Joseph A. Johnson Research Award.  She has also served diverse roles for leadership, committee, and volunteering, including IMOC convention planning subcommittee in Division 17, American Psychological Association. 

• Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2021
• M.A., Counseling, Korea University, 2014
• B.S. & B.A., Mathematics Education & Education, Korea University, 2009

• Access and Equity
• Achievement
• Counseling Psychology
  • Vocational Psychology
• Cultural Studies
• Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA)
• Multicultural Education
• Social Justice
  • Social justice training and advocacy
• Work and Family Studies
  • Work-Family balance
• Workforce Development and Education
  • Inequity in the world of work

Dr. Lee’s research interest lies at the nexus of vocational psychology, social justice training and advocacy, and inequity in the world of work. Her research broadly focuses on equity, justice, and access both at work and in pursuit of work. Dr. Lee takes an intersectional approach to understanding the influence of oppression and marginalization on academic achievement and career development among members from oppressed groups. With her focus on cultural and contextual influence on individuals’ career development, Dr. Lee addresses inequities in STEM by investigating a variety of cultural and contextual factors, which has been published in scholarly outlets such as Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Career Development, and Journal of Counseling Psychology. Additionally, Dr. Lee strives to name and the structural inequity within the system, including higher education, that could guide the culturally and contextually sustaining intervention and support for the oppressed groups. 

For Prospective students, Dr. Lee is accepting applications for the Counseling Psychology doctoral program.

Selected Key Projects

• Collaborative Research: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Understanding the Retention of Latinx in Engineering Jobs

• Pérez-Rojas, A. & Lee, B. H.  (In press) Psychosociocultural Correlates of Mental Health Among Mexican American Students in a Hispanic-Serving Institution: A Conditional Process Analysis. Journal of Counseling Psychology.
• Lee, B. H., Shawney, A., & Diaz, D. (2023) Racial/ethnic minority vocational research in counseling and multicultural journals across 51 Years. Journal of Career Development, 50(4), 824-843.
• Flores, L. Y., Navarro, R. L, Lee, B. H., Hu, X., Diaz, D., & Martinez, L. (2021).  Social Cognitive Predictors of Latinx and White Engineering Students' Academic Satisfaction and Persistence Intentions: Exploring Intersections among Social Identities and Institutional Context. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 127(3), 103580. 

• Lee, B. H., Zhao, Y.*, Rodriguez, M. C.*, Schaner, R.*, Hua, K.*, Boldt, B.*, & Walter, K.* (2023, August). Probing Diversity Language on Campus: A Critical Discourse Analysis Across 547 Public Universities. Poster to be presented at the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C.
• Lee, B. H., Lee, H., & Park, J.* (2023, August). Unrealistic Optimism and Academic Achievement: Time-Frame Approach. Poster to be presented at the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C.
• Park, S., Lee, B. H., Lee, J., Suh, H. N., & Hong, J. (2023, August). Resilience, Resistance, and New Insights from KPN Training and Mentoring during Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Pandemic. Roundtable to be presented at the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C.
• Baro, D., Perez-Rojas, A., & Lee, B. H. (2023, August). Therapeutic Outcomes: The meaning of race and ethnicity amongst Afro-Latinx clients. Poster presentation at the 2023 American Psychological Association through Division 45: Society for the psychological study of culture, ethnicity, and race in Washington D.C.
• Suh, H. N., Flores, L. Y., Lee, B. H., Navarro, R. L. (2022, October). Psychometric properties of the Negative Outcome Expectations Scale-Engineering among Latinx engineering students. Poster presented at the National Latinx Psychological Association, Denver, CO.
• Lee, B. H. & Flores, L. Y. (2022, August). Understanding a contextual factor, the stigma consciousness: a barrier for underrepresented students in engineering. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association, Minneapolis, MN.