Ryun Jung Lee is an Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). She is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and core faculty of the Center for Urban and Regional Planning Research at UTSA. Her research focuses on investigating the links between built environment, neighborhood change, and quality of life through geospatial analysis and statistical approaches with an emphasis on community resilience and environmental justice. Lee has published in various planning and urban studies journals such as Landscape and Urban Planning, Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, and Sustainable Cities and Society.