Yehyang Lee
Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education
Illinois State University 
ylee46@ilstu.edu

Yehyang Lee, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education at Illinois State University. As a first-generation immigrant scholar, she is dedicated to exploring the intersectional oppressions faced by students at the crossroads of disability, race, language, culture, and other social markers. Her research specifically seeks to challenge systemic invisibility and foster the transformative agency of students with disabilities experiencing homelessness through collaborative research-practice partnerships. As a teacher educator, she is committed to nurturing future educators as culturally and linguistically responsive changemakers in the public education system. 

Selected Publications 

Lee, Y., Ko, D., & Lim, S. (2024). Marginalization at the intersection of language, culture, and disability: Systemic contradictions perceived by special education teachers in serving culturally and linguistically diverse students with disabilities in South Korea. Peabody Journal of Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/0161956X.2024.2307800

Ko, D., & Lee, Y. (2023). Culturally sustaining inclusive systemic design to address overrepresentation of students of color with and without dis/abilities in school discipline. Published Online First in Equity & Excellence in Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2023.2248482