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Travis Lee
Ph. D. Student (ABD)
advisor:
Hiroshi Kitamura
Email:
[[thlee02]]
Current Research:
U.S.-East Asian Relations, Hawaiʻi, Immigration, Labor
Bio
Travis is a fifth-year PhD candidate. His current research focuses on the legal politics of Chinese Exclusion in Hawaiʻi during the time of its annexation by the United States.Travis graduated summa cum laude from the University of South Carolina in 2022, where he earned a BA in History. In 2023, he received an MA in History from William & Mary, for which he produced the thesis “Printing the Pacific: How American Writers Set the Terms for Pacific-American Relations in the Nineteenth Century.” In the Spring 2026 semester, Travis was the instructor of record for a course on the history of U.S.-China relations from 1784 to present day. He previously served as an editorial apprentice at the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.