Hea-Ream Lee

Lead Mentor 2024-2025
Lecturer, Department of English
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Hea-Ream Lee, MFA, is a writer interested in science and the natural world and the ways they transect human experiences. She has a background in biology and received an MFA in creative nonfiction at the University of Arizona, where she edited fiction for Sonora Review. She currently teaches in the English department as a lecturer at the UA. Hea-Ream’s work has appeared in Shenandoah, Terrain.org, Popula, Hobart, and others, and she has received fellowships from Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference and the Wormfarm Institute. Her current project is a book about seed banks and longing. As a former Carson Scholar, Hea-Ream understands the value of an interdisciplinary space dedicated to teaching the art of science communication. She is thrilled to be returning to the program as a mentor to the next generation of Carson Scholars.

CARSON SCHOLARS PROGRAM SPONSORED BY

Thomas R. Brown Family Foundation

College of Engineering 

College of Science Galileo Circle

Graduate College

Arizona Institute for Resilience

Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment & Social Justice

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences