Rebecca C. Lee, PhD, MSN, RN, PHCNS-BC, CTN-A, FTNSS, FNAP

Associate Professor & Director, RN-BSN Online Program
University of Cincinnati College of Nursing Phone: 513-236-9267
E-mail: Rebecca.lee@uc.edu

Website: https://researchdirectory.uc.edu/p/lee2rc

https://www.online.uc.edu/blog/meet-rebecca-lee-program-director-for-uc-s-rn-to-bsn-online-degree.html

Expertise Areas:

  • Public health and health disparities
  • Health promotion
  • Appalachian culture
  • Homelessness & Poverty
  • Food insecurity
  • Chronic disease management
  • Vulnerable populations
  • Ethnonursing
  • Ethnography
  • Phenomenology
  • Grounded theory
  • Community-Based Participatory Research

Languages spoken, read/write*:

English

Select Publications:

  • Lee, R. C., & Hovan, H. (2026). Faculty-academic coach collaboration: Cultivating caring relationships behind the screen. In H. Watkins & R. Williams (Eds.), Academic coaching in modern online education. IGI Scientific Publishing.
  • Shidende, P., Bates, R., Dick, G., & Lee, R. (2025). Midwives’ perceived knowledge, perceptions, and experiences of managing paternal postnatal depression in Tanzania: A qualitative descriptive study. Midwifery, Advance online publication.
  • Lee, R. C. & Bauer, M. (2024). First, seek to understand: Deconstructing the concept of poverty for nursing education. The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.
  • Campinha-Bacote, J. & Lee, R. C. (2020). People of African American heritage. In L. Purnell & E. Fenkl (Eds). Textbook for transcultural health care: A population approach. New York: Springer Nature.
  • Lee, R. C. (2018). Culture care meanings, expressions, and lifeways of Appalachian mothers experiencing homelessness. In M.R. McFarland & H.B. Wehbe-Alamah (Eds.), Transcultural nursing: Concepts, theories, research, and practice (4th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings.

Present/Future Directions 

Dr. Rebecca C. Lee is an Associate Professor of Nursing and Director of the RN-BSN Online Program at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and currently serves as President of the Transcultural Nursing Society. Her career integrates culturally congruent education, community-engaged research, and leadership to advance health equity locally, nationally, and globally. Grounded in advanced training in qualitative inquiry and transcultural nursing frameworks, Dr. Lee’s current and future scholarship examines the social determinants of health, homelessness, and culturally responsive cancer care, with particular focus on rural Appalachian communities. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, global engagement, mentorship, and policy-relevant scholarship, she seeks to translate evidence into workforce development, equitable practice, and systems-level change. Long term, Dr. Lee aims to develop scalable research and educational initiatives that cultivate cultural humility across the health professions and meaningfully improve health outcomes for marginalized populations across diverse care settings.

Updated 02/2026