Lynne Lee is a Teaching Fellow in the Program in Writing and Communication. As an art historian, her research interests include modern and contemporary Afro-Brazilian art, the history of eugenics and theories of race in Brazil, and, more broadly, Afro-diasporic art. She has taught courses on race and art in Latin America and on the material culture of the African diaspora in the Americas. In 2026, she received the Graduate Teaching Award for Independent Instruction from the Center for Teaching Excellence at Rice University. Her research article, book review, and artist interview have been published in Ideias, African Arts, and C& América Latina.

Education:

BA University of Oxford
MA University of Chicago
PhD Rice University

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