Tae Kyoung Lee was born in South Korea. She received the B.A. degree in advertising and public relations from Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea, the M.A. degree in communication from the University of California, Davis, CA, USA, in 2010, and the Ph.D. degree in communication from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, in 2016. She was a Postdoctoral Researcher in Spring 2016 with the Syracuse University School of Information Studies. Since Fall 2016, she has been an Assistant Professor with the Department of Communication, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Her research interest include message processing. Dr. Lee is a member of the International Communication Association and National Communication Association.