Jooyoung Lee, PhD
@joojitsulee.bsky.social
Sociology Professor at U of Toronto. Author of Blowin' Up (2016) & The Walking Wounded (2026). TEDx speaker. Gun Violence, Health. True Crime Docs on Hulu, MGM, Oxygen. Bylines in NYT, VICE, Globe and Mail. BJJ Black Belt. Judo Brown Belt. Tired Dad.
Just got the cover art from the press! Dropping in March 2026!
October 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Just got the cover art from the press! Dropping in March 2026!
Some 🦋 friends don’t know this, but I have published work on serial homicide investigations and have been in a number of serial killer documentaries. Just got a Google notification that CTV is showing Catching a Serial Killer, which originally debuted on Oxygen and is now streaming on CTV. 🎥
April 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Some 🦋 friends don’t know this, but I have published work on serial homicide investigations and have been in a number of serial killer documentaries. Just got a Google notification that CTV is showing Catching a Serial Killer, which originally debuted on Oxygen and is now streaming on CTV. 🎥
Just published a new article on using L.A. Noire to teach Sociology students about serial homicide investigations.This was a sneak peak into my teaching methods, which include video games and streaming on Twitch.Very stoked that the article includes hyperlinks to Twitch clips from my streams 👀🎮📚
March 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Just published a new article on using L.A. Noire to teach Sociology students about serial homicide investigations.This was a sneak peak into my teaching methods, which include video games and streaming on Twitch.Very stoked that the article includes hyperlinks to Twitch clips from my streams 👀🎮📚
Revisiting Interaction Ritual Chains by Randall Collins (2004) and blown away by this passage. He really foresaw how addicting social media would become. Sabbatical is all about returning to my microsociological roots, and it feels like I'm coming home.
February 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Revisiting Interaction Ritual Chains by Randall Collins (2004) and blown away by this passage. He really foresaw how addicting social media would become. Sabbatical is all about returning to my microsociological roots, and it feels like I'm coming home.