Dr. Yehyang Lee
- About
- Education
Biography
Yehyang (Yeh-Yang) Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education.
Current Courses
206.002Foundations of Instruction and Assessment in Special Education
344.001Teaching Secondary Content to Students with Disabilities
344.003Teaching Secondary Content to Students with Disabilities
206.003Foundations of Instruction and Assessment in Special Education
598.002Professional Practice In Applied Research
344.006Teaching Secondary Content to Students with Disabilities
Teaching Interests & Areas
Dr. Lee’s teaching interests include preparing future educators as changemakers with critical thinking and activism, working towards revitalizing classrooms into diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning environments for all students, thereby transforming the lives of their students, themselves, their communities, and the broader society.
Research Interests & Areas
As a first-generation immigrant scholar, Dr. Lee is dedicated to exploring the intersectional oppressions faced by students at the interplay of disability, race/ethnicity, language, culture, and other social markers. Specifically, her work challenges the systemic invisibility and multiple marginalizations faced by students with disabilities from underserved communities, fostering the transformative agency of vulnerable—but filled with potential—youths through education. Currently, she is working on a research project to understand the post-high school experiences of transition-age youths with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are experiencing homelessness, and to build collaborative research-practice partnerships among schools and communities to promote their well-being.