Professor
Youngsun Lee
Youngsun Lee, Ph. D., Principal Investigator, is a tenure track professor of Special Education at EWHA Womans University. Before Dr. Lee joined Ewha, she was a faculty at Inha University in the Department of Education and worked as a researcher at the University of Kansas in Beach Center on Disabilities. Dr. Lee has many years of expertise in the area of special education technology, with recent research focused on AI/technology for people with disabilities and their quality of life.
For further information and scheduling an appointment, contact her via email
Email. ylee@ewha.ac.kr
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND ACADEMIC DEGREES
2007 Ph.D. Special Education, University of Kansas, U.S.A.
Major: Special Education (Low-incidence disabilities, Advisor: Dr. Michael Wehmeyer)
Minor: Research
Instructional, intraindividual and dispositional factors promoting self-determination and student involvement in transition planning. Doctoral Dissertation, Univ. of Kansas.
2004 MS. Special Education, University of Kansas, U.S.A.
Major: Special Education (Transition, Advisor: Dr. Gary Clark)
2001 BA. Special Education, Ewha Womans University, Korea
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY: ACADEMIC UNIT
2021 to present EWHA WOMANS UNIVESITY, Dept. of Special Education
2021 to present Professor
2009 to 2021 INHA UNIVERSITY, Dept. of Education
2009 to 2014 Assistant Professor
2015 to 2019 Associate Professor
2020 to 2021 Professor
2008 to 2009 EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY, Dept. of Special Education
2008 to 2009 Full-time Lecturer
UNIVERSITY: RESEARCH UNIT
2018 to 2019 Visiting Scholar, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Beach Center on Disabilities
UNIVERSITY: SERVICE UNIT
2023. 2. to present Associate Vice President of University Planning & Coordination,
Ewha Womans University
2023. 2. to present Director, Future Innovation Center, Ewha Womans University
2022. 8. - 2023. 1. Department Chair, Dept. of Special Education, Ewha Womans University
2018 to 2021 Vice-Dean, Graduate School of Counseling, Inha University
2016 to 2018 Director, Center for Teaching, Learning, & Technology, Inha University
Director, INHA MOOC Center, Inha University
Research Interests
Promoting Self-Determination of young adults with disabilities
Serious games for Development Disabilities & Autism Spectrum Disorders
Quality of life & technology
Interaction design & human-computer interaction
Design for diverse users/ Human-centered design