Eunsil Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
201 L Human Ecology
517.432.3249
Fax: 517.432.8108
leeeunsi@msu.edu

Research interests: Human perception and behavior in relation to culture, sustainable lighting design, Workplace design and job performance, evidence based design

Dr. Lee is an assistant professor in Interior Design program. She joined the faculty in 2008 after obtaining her Ph.D. in Human Environment Design and Management at Michigan State University. Dr. Lee’s teaching experience centers on design theory, design studio, presentation media and techniques, and lighting design.

Prior to working on her Ph.D. at MSU, she practiced professionally as an interior designer at design firms for four years in Seoul, Korea. Her professional specialty is grounded in hospitality, commercial, and residential design. Her teaching and research is based on the combination of her professional experiences and educational background from multiple disciplines including interior design, lighting design, housing, and facility management.

Her principle areas of research address human perception and behaviors in relation to culture, including cross-cultural analysis of residential design, cross-cultural housing adjustment process, cultural differences in lighting perception, and workplace design and national culture. Most recently her research addresses sustainability issues in the built environment, including sustainable building performance and sustainable lighting design. She is currently working on a project exploring people’s attitude about energy efficient lighting and a longitudinal study of housing adjustment processes of cross-cultural sojourners in the Lansing area.