Lee Ann Jung

Lee Ann Jung

Lee Ann Jung, PhD, is an associate professor in the department of Early Childhood, Special Education, and Rehabilitation Counseling at the University of Kentucky, where she joined the faculty in 2002. Her research and university courses focus on intervention planning and working with families.

Dr. Jung has worked in the field of education since 1994 as a special educator, administrator, consultant, and researcher. Her research is informed by and grounded in her own work with families of children with disabilities. The methods she has developed respond to schools' urgent need for solid, evidence-based intervention planning and progress monitoring, and they are also responsive to teachers' need for practicality and efficiency.

Dr. Jung is associate editor of Young Exceptional Children and has served as guest editor of Topics in Early Childhood Special Education. She is an editorial board member for these journals as well as Journal of Early Intervention. Dr. Jung has authored more than 30 journal articles, books, and book chapters and has received in excess of $3 million in funding to support personnel preparation and research. She serves on the board for Visually Impaired Preschool Services and is the higher education representative for a governor-appointed board that advises the Department of Public Health on Kentucky's early intervention system. Dr. Jung was named Outstanding Junior Faculty Researcher at the University of Kentucky in 2002.

She is a graduate of Auburn University, with degrees in special education (PhD, 2001; MEd, 1997) and psychology (BA, 1994).

Presentations

• Intervention Planning and Progress Monitoring
• Grading and Reporting for Exceptional and Struggling Learners
• Standards-based IEPs: Connections to the Common Core