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Joslynn Lee is an Native American biochemist and an assistant professor at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado whose research focuses on computational biology and molecular modeling. She advocates for indigenous students and established major institutional changes by inspiring a deconstruction of offensive plaques that white-washed the history of violence and ethnocide toward Native students on the college's land.^[1]^[2]

Early life

Lee grew up in Farmington, New Mexico.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5] She is Native American, identifying as Navajo, Laguna Pueblo, and Acoma Pueblo.^[1]^[4]^[5] When she was young, her grandmother would pick plants to make natural dyes which later inspired Lee to connect her native heritage with science.^[5]

Career

In 2014, Joslynn Lee received a Ph.D. in chemistry from Northeastern University and then worked briefly as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Minnesota Medical School, during which she worked with faculty to analyze their sequencing data.^[3] In 2015, she took up a position as a data science educator at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.^[6] There, she trained undergraduates to incorporate computational biology and chemistry into their curricula, visiting institutions throughout the United States to train their faculty how to implement her curriculum.^[3] Later she joined the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in order to develop an undergraduate research for analyzing microbial communities.^[3]

In Fall 2019, Joslynn Lee became a chemistry professor at Fort Lewis College.^[2]^[3]^[7] In the same year, she launched the Monitoring Environmental Microbiome program which focused on the mining impacts on the San Juan Watershed, hoping to encourage Native American and underrepresented students to explore data science and scientific computing.^[5] Lee encourages the use of indigenous languages such as her own, Diné, in the classroom in order to create a safe space for other Native students.^[2]^[7] She identifies with the six percent of indigenous faculty employed at Fort Lewis, despite almost over half of students also having native ancestors.^[8] She also runs the Fort Lewis Equity Group that was launched in 2022 with a $25,000 grant.^[1]

Legacy and impact

Joslynn Lee is the first Native American to become a chemistry professor at Fort Lewis College.^[2]^[7] When she began her faculty position, Lee wrote letters to Fort Lewis College's president, Tom Stritikus, advocating for the removal of the historical markers on a clock tower at the center of campus. The markers were inscribed with inaccurate information on the history of the college's past as a previous Native American boarding school. In response to Lee's efforts, the school's administration held over a year of listening sessions before removing them on September 6th, 2021.^[2]^[4]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Publications

Bolyen, E.; Rideout, J.R.; Dillon, M.R.; Bokulich, N.A.; Abnet, C.; Al-Ghalith, G.A.; Alexander, H.; Alm, E.J.; Arumugam, M.; Asnicar, F.; et al. (2019) Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2. doi:10.1038/s41587-019-0209-9. PMID 31341288 S2CID 198496880
Bolyen E, Rideout JR, Dillon MR, Bokulich NA, Abnet CC, Al-Ghalith GA, Alexander H, Alm EJ, Arumugam M, Asnicar F,; et al. (2019) Author Correction: Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2. Nat Biotechnol. Erratum for: Nat Biotechnol. 2019 Aug;37(8):852-857. doi: 10.1038/s41587-019-0252-6. PMID: 31399723. S2CID 199519152
Lacher, S.E., Lee, J.S., Wang, X., Campbell, M.R., Bell, D.A., & Slattery, M. (2015). Beyond antioxidant genes in the ancient Nrf2 regulatory network. Free radical biology & medicine, 88 Pt B, 452-465 . doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.06.044. PMID 26163000 S2CID 13781789
Zhang, Y., Lee, J.K., Toso, E.A., Lee, J.S., Choi S.H., Slattery, M.G., Aihara, H., Kyba, M. (2016). DNA-binding sequence specificity of DUX4. Skelet Muscle 6(8). doi:10.1186/s13395-016-0080-z. PMID 26823969 S2CID 3514854
Parasuram, R., Lee, J. S., Yin, P., Somarowthu, S., Ondrechen, MJ. (2010) Functional Classification of Protein 3D Structures From Predicted Local Interaction Sites. Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. 8, SI1, 1-15. doi:10.1142/s0219720010005166. PMID 21155016 S2CID 20328014

Awards and recognition

Joslynn Lee was awarded the 2023 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.^[10] Lee was also selected as a Kavli Frontiers in Science fellow, which provides career development for potential leaders in science.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Donovan, Robin (2024-09-25). "How I apply Indigenous wisdom to Western science and nurture Native American students". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03114-w. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 39322701.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Sieg, Stina (Dec 28, 2022). "As the U.S confronts its past harm to Indigenous people, a new movement is helping native students take back their education". CPR News.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Taylor, Alexandra A. (2009-06-29). "Career Ladder: Joslynn Lee". Chemical & Engineering News. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c Yazzie, Tiara (2021-09-23). "Indigenous college faculty and students lead the removal of racist panels in Colorado". High Country News. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Bridging science and tradition: Dr. Joslynn Lee inspires the next generation of Native scientists". Rocky Mountain PBS. 2024-09-11. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
^ Majeau, Caroline (2016-12-07). "Dr. Joslynn Lee from New York's Cold Springs Harbor Lab visits UFV". University of the Fraser Valley | News. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sieg, Stina. "New movement helps Native students take back their education". The Journal. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
^ ^a ^b Sieg, Stina (3 January 2023). "Once a boarding school, a college now aims to reclaim education for Native people". NPR. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
^ "Scars of history, hope of healing: Fort Lewis College removes inaccurate depictions of its Indian boarding school past". The Denver Post. 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
^ "Graduate Research Fellowship Program". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 2024-12-11.

[:0-1] Donovan, Robin (2024-09-25). "How I apply Indigenous wisdom to Western science and nurture Native American students". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03114-w. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 39322701.

[:1-2] Sieg, Stina (Dec 28, 2022). "As the U.S confronts its past harm to Indigenous people, a new movement is helping native students take back their education". CPR News.

[:2-3] Taylor, Alexandra A. (2009-06-29). "Career Ladder: Joslynn Lee". Chemical & Engineering News. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2024-11-19.

[:3-4] Yazzie, Tiara (2021-09-23). "Indigenous college faculty and students lead the removal of racist panels in Colorado". High Country News. Retrieved 2024-12-05.

[:4-5] "Bridging science and tradition: Dr. Joslynn Lee inspires the next generation of Native scientists". Rocky Mountain PBS. 2024-09-11. Retrieved 2024-11-18.

[6] Majeau, Caroline (2016-12-07). "Dr. Joslynn Lee from New York's Cold Springs Harbor Lab visits UFV". University of the Fraser Valley | News. Retrieved 2024-12-11.

[:5-7] Sieg, Stina. "New movement helps Native students take back their education". The Journal. Retrieved 2024-12-03.

[:6-8] Sieg, Stina (3 January 2023). "Once a boarding school, a college now aims to reclaim education for Native people". NPR. Retrieved 15 November 2024.

[9] "Scars of history, hope of healing: Fort Lewis College removes inaccurate depictions of its Indian boarding school past". The Denver Post. 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2024-12-05.

[10] "Graduate Research Fellowship Program". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 2024-12-11.

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 == Early life ==
-Lee grew up in [[Farmington, New Mexico|Farmington, New Mexico.]]<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Alexandra A. |date=2009-06-29 |title=Career Ladder: Joslynn Lee |url=https://cen.acs.org/careers/women-in-science/Career-Ladder-Joslynn-Lee/98/i5 |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Chemical & Engineering News |publisher=American Chemical Society |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> She is [[Native American]], identifying as [[Navajo]], [[Laguna Pueblo]], and Acoma Pueblo.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Donovan |first=Robin |date=2024-09-25 |title=How I apply Indigenous wisdom to Western science and nurture Native American students |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03114-w |journal=Nature |language=en |doi=10.1038/d41586-024-03114-w |issn=0028-0836}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Yazzie |first=Tiara |date=2021-09-23 |title=Indigenous college faculty and students lead the removal of racist panels in Colorado |url=https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-interview-indigenous-college-faculty-and-students-lead-the-removal-of-racist-panels-in-colorado/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=High Country News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> When she was young, her grandmother would pick plants to make natural dyes which later inspired Lee to connect her native heritage with science.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2024-09-11 |title=Bridging science and tradition: Dr. Joslynn Lee inspires the next generation of Native scientists |url=https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/science-environment/joslynn-lee-fort-lewis |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Rocky Mountain PBS |language=en}}</ref>
+Lee grew up in [[Farmington, New Mexico]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Alexandra A. |date=2009-06-29 |title=Career Ladder: Joslynn Lee |url=https://cen.acs.org/careers/women-in-science/Career-Ladder-Joslynn-Lee/98/i5 |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Chemical & Engineering News |publisher=American Chemical Society |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> She is [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], identifying as [[Navajo]], [[Laguna Pueblo]], and Acoma Pueblo.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Donovan |first=Robin |date=2024-09-25 |title=How I apply Indigenous wisdom to Western science and nurture Native American students |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03114-w |journal=Nature |language=en |doi=10.1038/d41586-024-03114-w |pmid=39322701 |issn=0028-0836}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Yazzie |first=Tiara |date=2021-09-23 |title=Indigenous college faculty and students lead the removal of racist panels in Colorado |url=https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-interview-indigenous-college-faculty-and-students-lead-the-removal-of-racist-panels-in-colorado/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=High Country News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> When she was young, her grandmother would pick plants to make natural dyes which later inspired Lee to connect her native heritage with science.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2024-09-11 |title=Bridging science and tradition: Dr. Joslynn Lee inspires the next generation of Native scientists |url=https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/science-environment/joslynn-lee-fort-lewis |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Rocky Mountain PBS |language=en}}</ref>
 == Career ==
-In 2014, Joslynn Lee received a Ph.D. in chemistry from [[Northeastern University]] and then worked briefly as a [[postdoctoral researcher]] at the [[University of Minnesota Medical School]], during which she worked with faculty to analyze their sequencing data.<ref name=":2" />  In 2015, she took up a position as a data science educator at [[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Majeau |first=Caroline |date=2016-12-07 |title=Dr. Joslynn Lee from New York’s Cold Springs Harbor Lab visits UFV |url=https://blogs.ufv.ca/science/2016/12/07/dr-joslynn-lee/ |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=University of the Fraser Valley {{!}} News}}</ref> There, she trained undergraduates to incorporate computational biology and chemistry into their curricula, visiting institutions throughout the United States to train their faculty how to implement her curriculum.<ref name=":2" /> Later she joined the [[Howard Hughes Medical Institute]] in order to develop an undergraduate research for analyzing microbial communities.<ref name=":2" />
+In 2014, Joslynn Lee received a Ph.D. in chemistry from [[Northeastern University]] and then worked briefly as a [[postdoctoral researcher]] at the [[University of Minnesota Medical School]], during which she worked with faculty to analyze their sequencing data.<ref name=":2" />  In 2015, she took up a position as a data science educator at [[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Majeau |first=Caroline |date=2016-12-07 |title=Dr. Joslynn Lee from New York's Cold Springs Harbor Lab visits UFV |url=https://blogs.ufv.ca/science/2016/12/07/dr-joslynn-lee/ |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=University of the Fraser Valley {{!}} News}}</ref> There, she trained undergraduates to incorporate computational biology and chemistry into their curricula, visiting institutions throughout the United States to train their faculty how to implement her curriculum.<ref name=":2" /> Later she joined the [[Howard Hughes Medical Institute]] in order to develop an undergraduate research for analyzing microbial communities.<ref name=":2" />
 In Fall 2019, Joslynn Lee became a chemistry professor at Fort Lewis College.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /> In the same year, she launched the Monitoring Environmental Microbiome program which focused on the mining impacts on the San Juan Watershed, hoping to encourage Native American and underrepresented students to explore data science and scientific computing.<ref name=":4" /> Lee encourages the use of indigenous languages such as her own, [[Navajo|Diné]], in the classroom in order to create a safe space for other Native students.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /> She identifies with the six percent of indigenous faculty employed at Fort Lewis, despite almost over half of students also having native ancestors.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Sieg |first=Stina |date=3 January 2023 |title=Once a boarding school, a college now aims to reclaim education for Native people |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/01/03/1146780998/once-a-boarding-school-a-college-now-aims-to-reclaim-education-for-native-people |url-status= |access-date=15 November 2024 |website=NPR}}</ref> She also runs the Fort Lewis Equity Group that was launched in 2022 with a $25,000 grant.<ref name=":0" />
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 == Publications ==
 * Bolyen, E.; Rideout, J.R.; Dillon, M.R.; Bokulich, N.A.; Abnet, C.; Al-Ghalith, G.A.; Alexander, H.; Alm, E.J.; Arumugam, M.; Asnicar, F.; et al. (2019) Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2. [[Digital object identifier|doi:]][https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31341288/ 10.1038/s41587-019-0209-9.] [[PMID]] [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31341288/ 31341288] [[Semantic Scholar|S2CID]] [https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Reproducible%2C-interactive%2C-scalable-and-extensible-Bolyen-Rideout/133bcd7488a3c07cb0f493a87564c30e5433768c 198496880]
-* Bolyen E, Rideout JR, Dillon MR, Bokulich NA, Abnet CC, Al-Ghalith GA, Alexander H, Alm EJ, Arumugam M, Asnicar F,; et al. (2019) Author Correction: Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2. Nat Biotechnol. Erratum for: Nat Biotechnol. 2019 Aug;37(8):852-857. [[Digital object identifier|doi:]] [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31399723/ 10.1038/s41587-019-0252-6.] [[PMID|PMID:]] [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31399723/ 31399723]. [[Semantic Scholar|S2CID]] [https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Author-Correction%3A-Reproducible%2C-interactive%2C-and-2-Bolyen-Rideout/453d09ac789816435f701407494d4aeda0006dd0 199519152]
+* Bolyen E, Rideout JR, Dillon MR, Bokulich NA, Abnet CC, Al-Ghalith GA, Alexander H, Alm EJ, Arumugam M, Asnicar F,; et al. (2019) Author Correction: Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2. Nat Biotechnol. Erratum for: Nat Biotechnol. 2019 Aug;37(8):852-857. [[Digital object identifier|doi:]] [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31399723/ 10.1038/s41587-019-0252-6.] [[PMID]]: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31399723/ 31399723]. [[Semantic Scholar|S2CID]] [https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Author-Correction%3A-Reproducible%2C-interactive%2C-and-2-Bolyen-Rideout/453d09ac789816435f701407494d4aeda0006dd0 199519152]
 * Lacher, S.E., Lee, J.S., Wang, X., Campbell, M.R., Bell, D.A., & Slattery, M. (2015). Beyond antioxidant genes in the ancient Nrf2 regulatory network. ''Free radical biology & medicine, 88 Pt B,'' 452-465 . [[Digital object identifier|doi:]][https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26163000/ 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.06.044.] [[PMID]] [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26163000/ 26163000] [[Semantic Scholar|S2CID]] [https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Beyond-antioxidant-genes-in-the-ancient-Nrf2-Lacher-Lee/6378547d57cf6447f80358e5e8eea815086a440a 13781789]
 * Zhang, Y., Lee, J.K., Toso, E.A., Lee, J.S., Choi S.H., Slattery, M.G., Aihara, H., Kyba, M. (2016). DNA-binding sequence specificity of DUX4. Skelet Muscle 6(8). [[Digital object identifier|doi:]][https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26823969/ 10.1186/s13395-016-0080-z.] [[PMID]] [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26823969/ 26823969] [[Semantic Scholar|S2CID]] [https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/DNA-binding-sequence-specificity-of-DUX4-Zhang-Lee/1e416ccd972b91304acd3c2d8e16b7a4e1b718a2 3514854]
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