Dr. Lee is a unique blend of a practical and pastoral theologian and a licensed psychologist, bringing a rich combination of pastoral experience and clinical expertise to his teaching. His interest lies in the convergence of psychology, religion, and spirituality, and his research focuses on clinical and pastoral practice in multicultural contexts and the use of empirical methods in practical theology. He is an official trainer for the ACPE’s Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy program and the Executive Director of The Clinebell Institute for Counseling and Psychotherapy. Before joining the CST faculty, he served on the faculty of Yale University Divinity School and Wesley Theological Seminary. He served as President of the Society for Pastoral Theology and led the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education in developing multicultural competency standards.
From March 1, 2024, Dr. Lee has served as the Vice President for International Relations and the Director of the Doctor of Professional Counseling degree.
Lee, K.S. (with Danjuma Gibson) (2021). “Caring Over Troubled Waters: Creative and Critical Pastoral Theological Imaginations in the 21st Century,” Journal of Pastoral Theology, 31(1), pp. 1-3.
Lee, K.S. (with Danjuma Gibson) (2020). “Pastoral Theological Imagination in Times of Social Unrest: Speaking for Freedom,” Journal of Pastoral Theology, 30(3), pp. 157-159.
Lee, K.S. (with Danjuma Gibson) (2020). “Changing Face of Pastoral Theology,” Journal of Pastoral Theology, 30(2), pp. 83-85.
Lee, K.S. (with Danjuma Gibson) (2020). “Caring for Souls and Polis in the Age of Terror,” Journal of Pastoral Theology, 30(1), pp. 1-2.
Lee, K.S. (with Danjuma Gibson) (2019). “Founders and Shapers of Pastoral Theology,” Journal of Pastoral Theology, 29(3), pp. 143-144.
Lee, K.S. (with Melinda McGarrah Sharp) (2019). “Pastoral theology that resists cultural scripts of single stories,” Journal of Pastoral Theology, 29(2), pp. 63-66.
Lee, K.S. (with Melinda McGarrah Sharp) (2019). “Awakening forms and transformations of activist pastoral theology,” Journal of Pastoral Theology, 29(1), pp. 1-5.
Lee, K.S. (2018). “Pastoral Counseling with Disabled Persons in Korean Contexts,” in Theological Implications for Disability Ministry (Seoul, Korea: Segye Milal), 231-256.
Lee, K.S. (with Melinda McGarrah Sharp) (2018). “Interrogating identities, histories, and cultures: Intersectional pastoral theology and care),” Journal of Pastoral Theology, 28(3), pp. 133-138.
Lee, K.S. (with Melinda McGarrah Sharp) (2018). “Introduction (to a special Catholic Pastoral Theologies Issue),” Journal of Pastoral Theology, 28(2), p. 55.
Lee, K.S. (with Melinda McGarrah Sharp) (2018). “Spheres of Prophetic Pastoral Theology: Healing Ecologies of Selves, Systems, and World,” Journal of Pastoral Theology, 28(1), p. 1-4.
Lee, K.S. (2017). “Pastoral Theology’s Ever-Expanding Boundaries: Narrating the Pasts and Futures of a Field (Editorial),” with Melinda McGarrah Sharp, Journal of Pastoral Theology, 27(2), 71-73.
Lee, K.S. (2017). “Changing the Margins: Mentoring and Research in the 21st Century,” with Lee Butler, Journal of Pastoral Theology, 27(2), pp.
Lee, K.S. (5/11/2017). “In Memoriam: The Rev. Tongho Kim,” Christian Weekly. Los Angeles, CA.
Lee, K.S. (Apr/May/June 2017). “Season of Significant Losses,” (Invited Guest Column) Somang Society Quarterly Journal, No. 18. [In Korean]
Lee, K.S. (2017). “Postcolonial theology and Korean international missionary work (Part I),” (Invited Guest Column) Hope5L2F, Vol. 3(2). [In Korean]
Lee, K.S. (2017). “Postcolonial Theology and Korean international missionary work (Part II),” (Invited Guest Column) Hope5L2F, Vol. 3(3). [In Korean]
Lee, K.S. (2017). “Christian responsibility for Interreligious Conflict.” Leadership Is Discipleship. Nashville, TN: Discipleship Ministries of the United Methodist Church. [in Korean]
