Rev. Dr. Virginia A. Lee is Associate Professor of Christian Education and Director of Deacon Studies at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. Dr. Lee is also the co-executive director of the Garrett-Evanston Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools Program, a partnership with the city of Evanston, Evanston-Skokie School District 65, and other community groups including faith communities.
Rev. Dr. Lee is the co-editor, with Dr. Reginald Blount, of Let Your Light Shine: Mobilizing for Justice with Children and Youth, the first volume written by the Dale P. Andrews Freedom Seminary faculty. She received a BA from the College of William and Mary, MRE from Duke Divinity School, and EdD from Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education.