He earned his PhD at Syracuse University´s Maxwell School for Citizenship and Public Affairs and has served as a faculty member at Dartmouth College, Pennsylvania State University, and Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany. Dr. Lee is the author of a book, Older Order Mennonites: Rituals, Beliefs, and Community (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000), and has published his research in a variety of journals including Sociological Theory, Sociology of Religion, Soziale Welt, and Soziale Systeme.