Myungji Lee is a sociocultural anthropologist working on the intersection of religious life and political community in contemporary Turkey/Türkiye. During the 2025-2026 academic year, she will be a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Anthropology and the College. 

Myungji's research examines how religious sensibilities shape collective life in a polarized society. She explores the question in the context of Turkey, where Sunni Muslims are divided over the question of the social role of Islam and the state intervention in religious life. Her first book project, based on her dissertation titled The Edge of Authority, focuses on Turkish women preachers' bureaucratized Islamic education practices. Myungji analyzes how these preachers, hired by the state as public servants, teach indifference as an indispensable virtue for conservative Muslim women to navigate the divided society full of disagreeable others.