Biography

Soyoung Park received a Ph.D. in Special Education with a concentration in Learning Disabilities and Behavior Disorders from the University of Texas at Austin. She specializes in developing evidence-based mathematics interventions to identify effective instructional strategies for students with learning disabilities, as well as providing high-quality guidelines to pre-service and in-service teachers to enhance their expertise in data-based individualization for mathematics intervention.

Areas of Expertise
  • Evidence-based mathematics interventions
  • Students with learning disabilities
  • Data-based individualization
Education
  • Ph.D. in Special Education, The University of Texas at Austin
  • M.A. in Special Education, Seoul National University

Research

Research Center/Institute/Lab Affiliations
  • Toni Jennings Exceptional Education Institute Affiliate Faculty
Faculty Cluster Initiatives
  • Learning Sciences Cluster Affiliate Faculty
Current Funded Projects
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Project ASD-MSI: Training Special Education Teachers and Speech-Language Practitioners in Autism Spectrum Disorders at a Minority-Serving Institution ($1.25 million grant; U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, 2025–2029; Grant H325M240055)

Awards

Courses

  • EEX 3221: Assessment of Exceptional Students
  • EEX 4763: Technology for Classroom Teachers of Students with Special Needs