RESUME

Esther S.Lee, Ph.D.

(Formerly known as Esther Lee Yao)

Dean of Graduate School

Troy State University Montgomery

334-241-5481

I.        CURRENT POSITION:

        Dean of Graduate School, Troy State Univ Montgomery, 2002 –

II.        EDUCATION:   

Ph.D.                June 1971, Purdue University

M.S.                January 1969, Northern Illinois University

B.S.                June 1967, National Taiwan Normal University

III.        PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

Chair and Professor, Department of Education, DePauw University,1999-2002

Professor, School of Education, Southern Arkansas University,           1998-1999

Syndicated Columnist, INTERACTIVE PARENTING, 1996-present

Executive Producer, INTERACTIVE PARENTING video tapes, 1996-98

President, America-China Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC, May       1993 - January 1996

National Director for Coalition Asian/Pacific Americans for  Bush/Quayle ‘92, Washington, DC, June - November 1992

Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC, July 1990 - September 1991

Board Member, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, January 1990 - July         1990

Associate Professor, University of Houston/Clear Lake, 1979-1992

(on leave to serve the state and federal governments)

Assistant Professor, University of Houston/Clear Lake, 1975 - 1979

Consultant and Free Lance Writer, September 1970 - December 1975

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Purdue University, 1969-1970

Graduate Research Assistant, Northern Illinois University, 1967-              1969

Teacher, Chin Mei High School, Taiwan, Taiwan, 1965 - 1967

IV.        MAJOR APPOINTMENTS: (not full-time employment)

Federal: 

Appointed to serve on the Board of Examiners of NCATE, 2001-

Appointed by President Bush to the Fulbright Scholarship Board, 1992-1993

Appointed by Majority leader Senator Bob Dole to the congressional Commission for the Study of International Migration and Cooperative Economic Development, 1987-1990

Appointed by Secretary William Bennett to the National Advisory and Coordinating Council on Bilingual Education, 1986-1987

Selective System Service Board Member, 1988-1990

State:

Appointed by the Indiana Professional Standard Board (IPSB) to serve on the Teacher Education Committee, 1999 -

Appointed by Governor Huckabee to serve on the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission from August 1998 to July 2001.

Appointed by Governor Clements to the Texas Literacy Council, 1987-1989

Appointed by Governor Clements to the Asian Advisory Committee, 1986-1987

City:

Appointed by Mayor Kathy Whitmire to Police Advisory Committee, Affirmative Action Advisory Commission, and Youth 2000

V.        MAJOR HONORS:

Appointed to the NCATE/Board of Examiner, August, 2001

Named Outstanding Alumna of National Taiwan Normal University, June, 2001

Recipient of public and private research and training grants between 1977-1990

Listed a number of national and international publications of Who's Who since 1983-90

Fulbright fellow to India in 1987

Awarded U.S. Presidential Achievement Award in 1982

Named as one of the Outstanding Young Women of America for 1978

Won the first prize of the national piano contest in Taiwan, Republic of China, 1965

VI.        PUBLICATIONS:

Syndicated columns of INTERACTIVE PARENTING, currently

Six books and over 50 professional articles in both English and Chinese

Column writings for newspapers, and magazines, since 1970

Over 50 professional articles since 1967

VII.        PUBLIC SPEECHES:                                                                

Over 200 presentations at conferences at all levels since 1971

More than 80 radio and TV interviews since 1979                        

VIII.        MAJOR GOP INVOLVEMENT:

Member of The President’s Club, RNC

Member of the Congressional Council formed by Congressman Tom DeLay

Elected to the Arkansas GOP state convention as a delegate from Columbia County, May 1998

Vice Chairman for "Volunteers for Dole-Kemp and the Republican Ticket", Leadership Texas '96  (as a surrogate speaker)

National coordinator for Asian/Pacific American Coalition for Bush/Quayle '92 as a full time campaign staff in Washington, DC, 1992

Elected delegate from CD 25 to national GOP convention, 1992

Congressional candidate from CD 25, 1992

National co-chairman of Asian Americans for Dole for president,         1988

Founder of Texas Asian Republican Caucus (TARC), 1985

Alternate to national GOP convention, 1984

Delegate to Texas state conventions, 1982-92

Involved in all levels of campaign since 1978

IX.        COMMUNITY SERVICES:

In addition to the above appointments and GOP participation, I have also been involved in more than 30 educational, civic and religious organizations.

X.        CONSULTING:

Cross-culture consultant for U.S. Census Bureau, school districts, McGraw Hill and several major corporations in oil, gas, auto, beverage,

              Telecommunication, computer, financial since1984                                

Education consultant to the U.S. Department of Education

Trainer for several government, i.e. FBI, and non-profit educational organizations

XI.   REFERENCES: (The list of congressional references is attached.)

The Honorable Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor Department

The Honorable Chase Undermeyer, former White House Personal Director, 281-518-1093