Stephanie M. Lee
Stephanie M. Lee is a senior reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education, where she writes about research, scholars, and how their work affects society.
Before joining The Chronicle in 2022, Stephanie was a science and technology reporter at BuzzFeed News. She is a recipient of the 2022 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting, which honored her investigative reporting about scientific misconduct. Her stories have been anthologized in The Best American Food Writing and noted in The Best American Science and Nature Writing.
Stephanie earned her bachelor’s degree in comparative literature at the University of California at Berkeley, where she got her start in journalism at The Daily Californian, and lives in San Francisco. Email her at stephanie.lee@chronicle.com or follow her on Twitter at @stephaniemlee. For sensitive communications and story tips, she can be reached at stephaniemlee@protonmail.com and on Signal. Reach her at 415-322-8701.
Stories by this Author
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Tainted TreasuresA Museum Was Warned About Looted Antiquities. It Didn’t Listen.
Emory University’s art museum wanted only the finest artifacts. Hundreds of them are tied to convicted and alleged traffickers. -
Research Misconduct
Scholar Accused of Research Fraud Sues Harvard and Data Sleuths, Alleging a ‘Smear Campaign’
Francesca Gino, the Harvard Business School professor and dishonesty expert, says her university punished her unjustly, and the blog Data Colada launched a “vicious” campaign against her. -
All in a Day's Work
Meet the Real-Life Scientists Who Got to Play Scientists in ‘Oppenheimer’
As extras in the World War II biopic, scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory shot scenes with Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. — and taught them a few things, too. -
Math Problems
The University of California Is Reversing Course on Its ‘Data Science’ Admissions Standard
A panel has voted to undo a benchmark that professors fear is not preparing students for college-level math, just as it is on the cusp of being written into statewide policy for high schools. -
Curricular Conundrum
The University of California Changed Its Math Standards. Some Faculty Aren’t Happy.
As California prepares to overhaul its approach to math education, professors are lobbying the UC system to rethink its embrace of high-school “data science.” -
Research Integrity
3 of Francesca Gino’s Allegedly Fraudulent Studies Will Be Retracted
The Harvard professor is now on administrative leave after a series of allegations about research fraud. -
A Question of Trust
A Dishonesty Expert Stands Accused of Fraud. Scholars Who Worked With Her Are Scrambling.
At Harvard Business School, Francesca Gino’s hot streak of buzzy research made her look like a model scholar. What if it was a warning sign? -
Data in Doubt
A Weird Research-Misconduct Scandal About Dishonesty Just Got Weirder
An already-retracted study by some of the world’s most prominent behavioral economists may be even more flawed than previously known. -
'Obvious Conflicts of Interest'
Big Oil Helped Shape Stanford’s Latest Climate-Research Focus
The university’s sustainability school chose greenhouse-gas removal after input from fossil-fuel executives. Critics say the industry’s involvement is cause for concern. -
Publishing
This Questionable Study Caught Fire in Anti-Vaccine Circles. How Did It Get Through Peer Review?
The study, now set to be retracted, used fuzzy methods to claim that hundreds of thousands had died from Covid vaccines, critics say.
