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Kwangwon Lee

Associate Professor
Education
Biography

Dr. Kwangwon Lee is an Associate Professor of Early Childhood Special Education. He is also a co-coordinator of Eastern's Master of Science in Special Education program. Dr. Lee’s research foci include parent-mediated, social communication interventions for children with autism and embedded assistive technology instruction in early childhood teacher education. His research has been published and presented globally. He earned both his Ph.D. and M.S. Ed. in Special Education from Indiana University-Bloomington and his B.S. in Educational Studies from the University of Evansville.

Research Interests
  • Early intervention for children with autism
  • Autism
  • The relationship between preverbal social communication competencies
Of Note

Dr. Lee is a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the Council for Exceptional Children, Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities. In addition, he has served as a peer reviewer for the Journal of Child and Family Studies and the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders and was on the editorial board for the Journal of Special Education Technology.

Teaching Interests
  • Early childhood special education
  • Early intervention
  • Early childhood development
  • Autism
Publications

Park, E., Lee, K., & Kim, S. B. (2024). Navigating travel constraints for individuals with mental health conditions. Current Issues in Tourism. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2024.2318453

Lee, K., & Messmer, M. L. (2023). “It Gave Me Some Hope.” Parent experiences with a new telehealth parent-mediated learning intervention for an autistic child. Journal of Early Childhood Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476718X231210651

Lee, K., Godina, F., & Pike, D. (2023). A social turn-taking, parent mediated learning intervention for a young child with autism: Findings of a pilot telehealth study. Early Childhood Education Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-023-01467-x.

Lee, K., & Schertz, H. H. (2022). Association of turn-taking functions with joint attention in toddlers with autism. Autism, 26(5), 1070-1081.

Lee, K., & Staggs, A. (2021). Defining turn taking in intervention for young children with autism: A review of the literature. Journal of Childhood, Education & Society, 2(2), 139-153. 

Lee, K., & Schertz, H. H. (2020). Brief report: Analysis of the relationship between turn taking and joint attention for toddlers with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50(7), 2633-2640.

Lee, K. (2019). The Relationship Between Turn Taking and Joint Attention in Interactions Between Caregivers and Young Children with Autism (Doctoral dissertation, Indiana University).

Ochoa, T. A., Erden, E., Alhajeri, O., Hurley, E., Lee, K., Ogle, L., & Wang, T. (2017). Disability laws and special education provisions in China, Kuwait, South Korea, Turkey, and the United States. International Journal of Special Education, 32(2), 325.