Jongyeon Joy Ee is an associate professor in the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University. She serves on the board of the California Association for Bilingual Teacher Education (CABTE) and is a founding board member of the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Korean Chapter. As a critical transnational scholar, she values the diverse transnational funds of knowledge that students and families bring to Dual Language Bilingual Education (DLBE) programs. Her research examines DLBE programs with a focus on the pivotal roles of students, families, educators, and communities, highlighting them as active agents who share knowledge and culture both within and beyond schools.

Dr. Ee’s research also investigates the evolving patterns and trends of school segregation by race, class, and language status, analyzing these changes through the lens of educational equity. Her research has been published in American Educational Research Journal, Teachers College Record, Language Policy, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Bilingual Research Journal, and Korean Language in America. She also co-edited Schools Under Siege: The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Educational Equity with Dr. Patricia Gándara (Harvard Education Press, 2021).

From 2015 to 2018, she served as a postdoctoral scholar at the UCLA Civil Rights Project and has continued her affiliation as a research fellow. Dr. Ee earned her Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, Los Angeles.