Lee is standing and smiling in front of a stone wall. They are a masculine-presenting, light-skinned individual with short brown hair and wearing dark-rimmed glasses, a blue button-down shirt, a grey cardigan, and a grey tie.

Lee Tyson

Pride Fellow, Center for LGBTQ Education, Outreach, and Services
Phone: (607) 274-7050
Office: Towers Concourse 110

Lee Tyson (they/them) is the second Pride Fellow to serve Ithaca College’s Center for LGBTQ Education, Outreach, and Services. They are a multiracial (Japanese American, white), non-binary trans educator and advocate interested in creative strategies for building accessible campus communities of belonging and mutual care. Lee holds a B.A. in music from the University of Nevada, Reno, an M.M. in musicology and graduate certificate in gender studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D. in musicology with an LGBT studies graduate minor from Cornell University, where they researched queer pop music and trans vocal practices. Lee is excited to return to Ithaca after a year as a postdoctoral fellow in humanities leadership at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. When not at work, Lee spends time reading graphic novels, enjoying downtown Ithaca, relaxing with their cat, Cheese, and chatting with folks from their hometown of Anchorage, Alaska. They are thrilled to connect with the IC community and hope that you’ll come by to chat about trans rights, queer media, and things to do around Ithaca!

Schedule a meeting with Lee here.