Hajung Lee, PhD, JD, MBE

Hajung Lee, PhD, JD, MBE, MAT is an Associate Professor of Religion, Spirituality & Society, and Bioethics at the University of Puget Sound. She earned her Ph.D. in Religion and Society, specializing in Social Ethics, from Boston University and holds a Master of Bioethics from Harvard Medical School. She holds a JD from Seattle University School of Law, a Master of Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, and a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University. She has co-chaired the Religion, Spirituality, and Bioethics Affinity Group and the Baccalaureate Bioethics and Humanities Educators Affinity Group at the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, as well as the Bioethics and Religion Group at the American Academy of Religion. She has served as Interim Director of the Bioethics Program at Puget Sound and has been an active member of the Institutional Review Board. She has served on the Institutional Review Board at Partners Healthcare at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and as a member of the Optimum Care Committee at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her interdisciplinary expertise spans bioethics and religion, public health, biotechnology, and health law, with a focus on immigrant health, reproductive ethics, and health equities. Her publications include work on Korean traditional prenatal care, organ donation, and vaccine religious exemptions. She has received the 2024 Thomas A. Davis Teaching Award from Puget Sound and the Outstanding Teaching Award from Boston University. Her current research explores prenatal care for immigrants and moral conflicts on religious teachings related to reproductive ethics.