faculty
Ming-Chun Lee
Assistant Professor
mingchun@mail.utexas.edu
WMB 4.116B | office
+1 512 475 6158 | phone
The University of Texas at Austin
School of Architecture
1 University Station B7500
Austin, TX 78712
Education
B.S., National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 1991M.S., National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 1993
M.Arch., University of Washington, 2001
Ph.D., University of Washington, 2008
areas of interest
Community informatics and community-based technology; e-Government & digital democracy; Place-based community development and neighborhood planning; Community design; Applications of digital visualization, GIS, 2-D and 3-D graphic media in urban design & planning.Ming-Chun Lee teaches and conducts research in the areas of community technology, e-government, digital democracy, and issues around media policy and public access to information and communication technology (ICT).
Specific areas of expertise include: 1) community-based technology initiatives aimed at linking community development efforts with the opportunities that ICT presents; 2) Internet-based online public education and community problem solving tools providing usable/practical knowledge for public policy and city planning; 3) value-sensitive design approach to e-government/digital government accounting for human values in a comprehensive manner throughout the design process of online technological systems.
Ming-Chun Lee also stresses the use of digital technologies in urban design and planning processes and emphasizes the importance of integrating computers into every aspect of urban design and planning education. He has had five years teaching experiences in digital visualization, geographic information system (GIS), and web-based applications at the University of Washington.