Richard M. Lee

Psychology
College of Liberal Arts

Award Year
2020
University Award
Distinguished Teachers Morse-Alumni
Section D

, Location 70

Richard M. Lee is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota. He is deeply committed to educating, inspiring, and providing opportunities for undergraduate students from ethnic and racial minority backgrounds. A counseling psychologist with expertise in race, culture, and mental health, he seeks to broaden all students’ perspectives on how diversity is central to psychological science, while providing a space for under-represented students to be recognized, to grow, and to thrive.