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SOOMI LEE, Ph.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE
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Updated July 24, 2016
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Biobehavioral Health
The Pennsylvania State University
422 Bio Behavioral Health Building, University Park, PA 16802
E-mail: smlee@psu.edu
http://bbh.hhd.psu.edu/lab/Sleep-Health-Society/soomi-lee

EDUCATION

2011 2015

Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Dissertation Title: Spending Too Little Time or Perceiving Too Little Time: Linking
Time Use, Perceived Time Adequacy, and Well-Being of Employed Parents
Chair: David M. Almeida, Ph.D.
Committee: Susan M. McHale, Ph.D., Ann C. Crouter, Ph.D., Wayne Osgood, Ph.D.

2008 2011

M.S. in Human Development and Family Studies

Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Thesis Title: The Quality of Multiple Roles and Psychological Health of Employed
Mothers
Chair: Sookhyun Lee, Ph.D.

1995 1999

B.S. in Child Development

Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Links between work and family across the lifespan, particularly in mid and later life
The implications of work conditions for the well-being of employees and their family members
Time as a resource Time use and perceived time adequacy/pressure for daily activities (e.g., time with
children, time with spouse, time for self physical exercise & sleep)
Physiological and health biomarkers, including sleep, stress hormones, and cardiometabolic risk

RESEARCH & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

2015 Present

Postdoctoral Scholar
Mentor: Orfeu M. Buxton, Ph.D.
(http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/profile/OrfeuBuxton)
Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University
Park, Pennsylvania

2011 2015

Graduate Research Assistant

Advisor: David M. Almeida, Ph.D.,

(http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/profile/DavidAlmeida)
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Grant title: A Daily Diary Evaluation of the Health Benefits of a Workplace
Intervention
Work, Family, and Health Network (http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/wfhn/home)
(Funded by National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, National Institute on Aging, National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health, and William T. Grant Foundation, Alfred P Sloan Foundation, and
the Administration for Children and Families, USA)
2008 2011

Graduate Research Assistant

Advisor: Sookhyun Lee, Ph.D.
(http://che.yonsei.ac.kr/eng/departments/child/professor.php)
Department of Child and Family Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Grant title: Intensive Mothering Ideology: Qualitative Study on Motherhood in the
Life Course of Married Women in South Korea
(Funded by Korea Research Foundation, South Korea)

2006 2007

Sales Manager
Systems and Service Department
IBM, Seoul, South Korea

2001 2006

Marketing Manager
Marketing Department
IBM, Seoul, South Korea

2000 2001

Web Marketing Specialist

e-Commerce Department
miClub.com, Seoul, South Korea

1999 2000

Brand Marketing Specialist

Cosmetic Department
Yves Saint Laurent, Seoul, South Korea

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (9)

Lee, S., Davis, K. D., Neuendorf, C., Grandey, A., Lam, C. B. & Almeida, D. M. (accepted). Individual and
organizational work-to-family spillover are uniquely associated with hotel managers work
exhaustion and satisfaction. Frontiers in Psychology: Organizational Psychology.
Lee, S., Koffer, R., Sprague, B., Charles, S. T., Ram, N. & Almeida, D. M. (provisionally accepted).
Activity diversity and its associations with subjective well-being across adulthood. Journal of
Gerontology, Psychological Sciences.
Buxton, O., Lee, S., Beverly, C., Berkman, L. F., Moen, P., Kelly, E., Hammer, L., & Almeida, D. M. (in

press). Work-family conflict and sleep: Evidence from Information Technology employees. Sleep.
Lee, S., Duvander, A-Z., & Zarit, S. H. (2016). How can family policies reconcile fertility and womens
employment? Comparisons between South Korea and Sweden. Asian Journal of Womens Studies.
Online Advance Publication. doi: 10.1080/12259276.2016.1202027
Barnett, R. C., Brennan, R. T., & Lee, S. (in press). The work-family interface. In C. B. Travis & J. W.
White (Eds.), Handbook of the Psychology of Women (Chapter. 29). American Psychological
Association.
Lee, S. & Almeida, D. M. (2016). Daily diary design. In S. K. Whitbourne (Ed.), Encyclopedia of adulthood
and aging (pp. 297-300). Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.
Almeida, D. M., Davis, K. D., Lee, S., Lawson, K., Walter, K., & Moen, P. (2015). Supervisor support
buffers daily psychological and physiological reactivity to work-to-family conflict. Journal of
Marriage & Family, 78(1), 165-179. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12252
Lee, S., Almeida, D. M., Davis, K. D., King, R. B., Hammer, L. B., & Kelly, E. (2015). Latent profiles of
time adequacy for paid-work, parenting, and partner roles. The Journal of Family Psychology, 29(5),
788-798. doi: 10.1037/a0039433
Lee, S., & Lee, S. (2010). The quality of multiple roles and psychological health of employed mothers.
Journal of Korea Association of Family Relations, 15(3), 6790.
Complete list of peer-reviewed, NIH supported publications:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/soomi.lee.1/bibliography/48522812/public/?sort=date&di
rection=ascending

PAPERS UNDER REVIEW OR IN THE PROCESS OF REVISION (5)

Lee, S., Almeida, D. M., Berkman, L., Olson, R., Moen, P., & Buxton, O. M. (revise & resubmit). Age
differences in workplace intervention effects on employees nighttime and daytime sleep. Sleep
Health.
Marino M., Killerby M., Lee S., Klein L. C. , Moen P., Olson R., Kossek E., King R., Erickson L., Berkman
L. F., & Buxton O. M. (revise & resubmit). The effects of a randomized controlled workplace
intervention on sleep outcomes in an extended care setting. Sleep Health.
Lee, S., Davis, K. D., McHale, S. M., Kelly, E., Kossek, E., & O'Donnell, E. (under review). Maternal
evening and weekend work shifts and youths daily time use.
Lee, S., McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C., Hammer, L. B., & Almeida, D. M. (under review). Longitudinal
profiles of time use and time adequacy for work and parenting.
Lee, S., McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C., Kelly, E., & Almeida, D. M. (under review). Perceived time
adequacy, time use, and daily well-being: Can workplace intervention enhance the effects of
time resources on daily well-being?

PAPERS IN PREPARATION (11)

Lee, S., Crain, T. L., McHale, S. M. Berkman, L., Almeida, D. M., & Buxton, O. M. (in preparation). Daily
antecedents and consequences of nightly sleep.
Lee, S., Martire, L., Damaske, S. A., Mogle, J. A., Almeida, D. M., Buxton, O. M. (in preparation). Coupled
couples: Covariation in nightly sleep within partnered dyads.
Crain, T. L., Hammer, L. B., Johnson, R. C., Bodner, T., Lee, S., Almeida, D. M., Perry, M. L., & Buxton, O.
M. (in preparation). Daily work-family experiences and sleep: The moderating role of contextual
structural resources.
Almeida, D. M., Lee, S., Davis, K. D., & Moen, P. (in preparation). STAR effects on changes in daily
stressor reactivity of IT employees.
Almeida, D. M., Lee, S., Walter, K. N., & Lawson, K. M. & Buxton, O. M. (in preparation). The effect of a
workplace intervention on employees cortisol awakening response flexibilities.
Davis, K. D., Liu, Y., Lee, S., McHale, S. M. (in preparation). Stability and change in mothers work
schedules and adolescent adjustment over time.
Koffer, R., Lee, S., Mogle, J. A., & Almeida, D. M. (in preparation). Assessing the effect of daily stressor
reactivity on financial well-being.
Chen, T-Y., Lee, S., & Buxton, O. M. (in preparation). Insomnia symptoms as a predictor of single and
recurrent falls.
Chen, T-Y., Cheng, H.-L., Lee, S., & Buxton, O. M. (in preparation). Insomnia symptoms: A cause or
consequence of falls among older adults?
Lee, S., Mogle, J. A., & Buxton, O. M. (in preparation). Perceived inequality in work impairs older workers
sleep over time: Through spillover of work stress to the home.
Lee, S., Buxton, O. M., Marino, M., Berkman, L., & ++ (in preparation). Sleep quality and cardiometabolic
risks.
PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS (17)

Buxton, O. M. & Lee, S., (2016, June). The workfamily interface and psychophysiological and sleep
outcomes in employees. Symposium co-organized at the 3rd Work and Family Researchers Network.
Washington D.C., USA.
Buxton, O. M. & Lee, S., (2016, June). The impact of a workplace intervention on the health and wellbeing
of employees and their family members. Practitioner Day Symposium co-organized at the 3rd Work
and Family Researchers Network. Washington D.C., USA.
Lee, S., McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C., Hammer, L. B., & Almeida, D. M. (2016, June). Longitudinal
profiles of time use and time adequacy for work and parenting. Paper presented at the 3rd Work

and Family Researchers Network. Washington D.C., USA.

Lee, S., McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C., & Kelly, E., Almeida, D. M. (2016, June). Perceived time adequacy,
time use, and daily well-being: Can a workplace intervention change how time is experienced?
Paper presented at the 3rd Work and Family Researchers Network. Washington D.C., USA.
Lee, S., Crain, T. L., McHale, S. M. Berkman, L., Almeida, D. M., & Buxton, O. M. (2016, June). Daily
antecedents and consequences of nightly sleep. Paper presented at the Sleep 2016 The 30th
Anniversary Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC (APSS). Denver, CO, USA.
Lee, S., Almeida, D. M., Berkman, L., Olson, R., Moen, P., & Buxton, O. M. (2016, June). Age differences
in workplace intervention effects on employees nighttime and daytime sleep. Poster presented at
the Sleep 2016 The 30th Anniversary Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC
(APSS). Denver, CO, USA.
Lee, S., Almeida, D. M., Berkman, L., Olson, R., Moen, P., & Buxton, O. M. (2016, April). Age differences
in workplace intervention effects on employees nighttime and daytime sleep. Poster presented at
the 1st Annual Founder's Endowment for Excellence and Innovation Research Day. The
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Lee, S., Koffer, R., Sprague, B., Charles, S. T., Ram, N. & Almeida, D. M. (2015, November). Activity
diversity and its associations with subjective well-being across adulthood. Poster presented at the
68th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA). Orlando, FL, USA.
Lee, S., Almeida, D. M., & Mogle, J. A. (2015, September). Positive affect and changes in daily physical
activities across adulthood. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Postdoctoral Research Exhibition.
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. Won the 2nd place prize among 31
postdoctoral presenters.
Lee, S., Koffer, R., Sprague, B., & Almeida, D. M. (2014, November). Diversity of daily activities and
age-related changes in subjective well-Being. Paper presented at the 67th Annual Scientific Meeting
of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA). Washington D.C., USA.
Lee, S., Davis, K. D., McHale, S. M., Kelly, E., Kossek, E., & O'Donnell, E. (2014, June). Maternal evening
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and weekend work shifts and youth daily time use. Paper presented at the 2 Work and Family
Researchers Network. New York, NY, USA.
Lee, S., & Crain, T. L. (2014, June). Investigating daily and weekly relationships between the
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work/non-work interface and sleep. Symposium co-organized at the 2 Work and Family
Researchers Network. New York, NY, USA.
Lee, S., Almeida, D. M., & Mogle, J. A. (2013, November). Positive affect and changes in daily physical
activities across adulthood. Poster presented at the 66th Annual Scientific Meeting of The
Gerontological Society of America (GSA). New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Lee, S., Koffer, R., Mogle, J. A., & Almeida, D. M. (2013, June). Assessing the effect of daily stressor
reactivity on financial well-being. Paper presented at the 20th World Congress of IAGG
(International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics). Seoul, South Korea.

Lee, S., Mogle, J. A., & Almeida, D. M. (2013, April). Longitudinal effects of daily time use on physical
and emotional states across adulthood. Paper presented at the Penn State workshop on Intensive
Longitudinal Methods: Analysis of dairy and experience sampling data. The Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA, USA.
Lee, S., Almeida, D. M., Davis, K. D., Rosalind B. King, Leslie B. Hammer, & Erin L. Kelly (2012,
November). Latent profiles of time adequacy for paid-work, parenting, and partner roles. Paper
th
presented at the 74 NCFR Annual Conference. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Wesley Burr Graduate
Student Scholarship Award by National Council on Family Relations.
Lee, S., Almeida, D. M., Neuendorf, C., Lam, C. B., & Davis, K. D. (2012, June). Individual and
organizational work-family spillover: Multilevel predictors of hotel managers work exhaustion and
st
satisfaction. Paper presented at the 1 Work and Family Researchers Network. New York, NY,
USA.

SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

2016

Work and Family Researchers Network Early Career Fellowship

By the Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN), USA
Competitive cash award ($500) and additional stipend to cover membership and
registration fees for the 2016 WFRN conference

2015

Recognition of Outstanding Teaching

By the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
For HDFS 129 (Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies) summer course
for undergraduate students
Based on a high score on Student Rating of Teaching Effectiveness (the score of 6.22, on a
1-7 scale)

2015

A Prize Winner of the 8th Annual Postdoctoral Research Exhibition

By the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
Competitive cash award ($300) and certificate for the 2nd highest average judge score of the
postdoctoral scholars presentations of their posters

2014

Recognition of Outstanding Teaching

By the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
For HDFS 312W (Empirical Inquiry) summer course for undergraduate students
Based on a high score on Student Rating of Teaching Effectiveness (the score of 7.00, on a
1-7 scale)

2012

Wesley Burr Graduate Student Paper Award

By the National Council on Family Relations, USA
Competitive cash award ($200) for the highest average reviewer score of the graduate
student submissions

2011

University Graduate Fellowship

By the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State

University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

One-year fellowship that provides tuition remission, a health insurance coverage, and a
living stipend of $17,100 for a limited number of graduate students whose application
received high scores
2011

Hintz Fellowship
By the College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Competitive cash award ($3,000) for a very promising graduate student

2009

Brain Korea Fellowship

By Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Competitive fellowship that provides a stipend for one year for an outstanding graduate
student

2007

Sales Achievement Recognition Award

By IBM, Asia Pacific
A cash bonus with an oversea travel for employees who achieved the years sales target

2004

Marketing Program Award

By IBM, Asia Pacific
Competitive cash award for a marketing team who successfully developed and launched a
creative customer win-back strategy

1999

Honor Student Award

By Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Based on a high GPA

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS / ACTIVITIES

Member, Kappa Omicron Nu

Member, Gerontological Society of America
Member, National Council on Family Relations
Member, Work and Family Researchers Network
Member, American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Member, Sleep Research Society
Member, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Member, National Postdoctoral Association
Member, Korea Association of Family Relations
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Aging and Mental health
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Managerial Psychology
Ad Hoc Reviewer, International Journal of Behavioral Development
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Marriage and Family

PROJECTS JOINED

Work, Family, and Health Study

Sleep, Health, & Society Program

Fragile Families

Center for Healthy Aging

Population Research Institute

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

Teaching Instructor
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
2015, Summer

HDFS 129 (Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies,

undergraduate course)
Co-Instructor: Nicole DePasquale, M.S.

2014, Summer

HDFS 312W (Empirical Inquiry, undergraduate course)

Co-Instructor: Jennifer Morack, M.S.
Received a Recognition of Outstanding Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
2015, Spring

HDFS 239 (Adolescent Development, undergraduate course)

Instructor: Hobart H. Cleveland III, Ph.D.
HDFS 312W (Empirical Inquiry, undergraduate course)
Instructor: Sherry E. Corneal, Ph.D.

2014, Fall

HDFS 129 (Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies,

undergraduate course)
Instructor: David M. Almeida, Ph.D.

2014, Spring

HDFS 312W (Empirical Inquiry, undergraduate course)

Instructor: Martin John Sliwinski, Ph.D.

Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

2009 2010

Family Relations, undergraduate course

Instructor: Sookhyun Lee, Ph.D.

Guest Lecturer
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
2016, Spring

HDFS 439 (Family Relationships, undergraduate course)

The Work-Family Interface

2014, Fall

HDFS 129 (Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies,

undergraduate course)
Career Development and Work Life

2013, Summer

HDFS 129 (Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies,

undergraduate course)
Work and Leisure in Midlife and Old Age

Online Teaching Certificate

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
2015, Fall

OL 4500 (Essentials of Online Teaching)

Successfully obtained the online teaching certificate from the World Campus
on December, 2015

COMPUTER SKILLS, FLUENCY WITH:

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

SPSS
SAS
MPlus
R
Lisrel

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

Dr. Orfeu M. Buxton, Associate Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State
University, 206 Biobehavioral Health Building, University Park, PA 16802,
814-867-5707, Orfeu@psu.edu, http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/profile/OrfeuBuxton
Dr. David M. Almeida, Professor, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, The
Pennsylvania State University, 422 Biobehavioral Health Building, University Park,
PA 16802, 814-865-2656, dalmeida@psu.edu,
http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/profile/DavidAlmeida
Dr. Susan M. McHale, Distinguished Professor, Department of Human Development & Family Studies,
The Pennsylvania State University, 0114 Henderson Building, University Park, PA
16802, 814-865-2663, x2u@psu.edu,
http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/profile/SusanMcHale
Dr. Kelly D. Davis, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, The
Oregon State University, 410 Waldo Building, Corvallis, OR 97331-6406,
541-737-7243, Kelly.Davis@oregonstate.edu,
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kelly_Davis3