Dana Elizabeth Lee is a second-year master’s degree student at Harvard Divinity School, specializing in the study of Islam.  Prior to this program, Dana earned a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in Political Science and Chinese from the University of Notre Dame, and a juris doctor from UCLA School of Law, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif.  During law school Dana was the co-chief articles editor of the Asian Pacific American Law Journal, as well as the co-chair of the Violence Against Women Act Clinic.  In her final year of law school, she served as research assistant to UCLA Law Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl, and continues this work to present.  She also actively advocates for refugee policy reform as a member of the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project through the Harvard Kennedy School.  Dana’s primary scholarly interests are in classical Islamic jurisprudence and theology, and in furtherance of her passion for the pursuit of knowledge, she plans to undertake a Ph.D. following the master’s degree program.  While she aspires to a life of research and teaching, she also strives to remain fully engaged in policy work and legal advocacy throughout her career.