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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'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. -
The Future of STEM
Meet the Stanford Professor at the Center of the Knock-Down, Drag-Out Math Wars
Jo Boaler is leading the math-instruction revolution. Critics say her claims don’t always add up. -
Lingering Concerns
Eric Lander Left the White House Under a Cloud. Now He’s Back at Work, and Not Everyone’s Happy.
President Biden’s former science adviser is returning to the Broad Institute following allegations of bullying. -
Under the Microscope
Stanford President: Investigation Will ‘Affirm My Commitment’ to Scientific Integrity
Marc Tessier-Lavigne expressed confidence in his research in his longest public statement since the student newspaper first reported on concerns about papers he worked on. -
Data in Question
Stanford Is Investigating Its Own President Over Research-Misconduct Allegations
The inquiry stems from claims of manipulated images in papers co-authored by Marc Tessier-Lavigne. -
Academic Freedom
A Conference Says Academic Freedom Is in Danger. Critics Say the Event Is Part of the Problem.
To some at Stanford, the event — starring Peter Thiel, Scott Atlas, Jordan Peterson, and Amy Wax — is alarming evidence that the elite university is fueling threats to democracy and public health. -
Conflicts of Interest?
Big Oil Pours Millions Into Elite Universities’ Climate Research. Is Its Time Up?
Princeton says it will reject funding from the fossil-fuel industry’s biggest polluters. But a multimillion-dollar exception points to how difficult it may be to unwind such partnerships.
