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Dr. Yehyang Lee

Assistant Professor
Special Education
Office
DEG Degarmo Hall 533
Office Hours
Tuesdays 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., and by appointment.
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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.

PhD Special Education

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas, United States

MA Philosophy of Education and Curriculum Studies

Sookmyung Women's University
Seoul, South Korea

BA Elementary Special Education

Daegu University
Daegu, South Korea