Assistant Professor
Dr. Kwon, Eun Young (Key) is an assistant professor in the Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education department at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Kwon brings 17 years of experience as a Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, having worked across various educational settings in the Delta School District and BC Provincial School for the Deaf. Prior to that, she served as a Speech-Language Pathologist in Korea, supporting young children with autism and developmental delays.
Dr. Kwon co-coordinates the Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing concentration within the Special Education graduate program, where she teaches courses in literacy, curriculum development, and the capstone project seminar. She also serves as a faculty advisor, supervising graduate students in the program during their field practicum.
Scholarly Interests:
- Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
- Children with Multiple Disabilities
- Equitable & Inclusive Practices
- Immigrant Families and Disability
- Multilingual Language Development
- Community Engagement and Partnerships
- G.M. Dunlop Dissertation Award from the Canadian Association of Educational Psychology (2024)
- Inspirational Deaf Educator’s Achievement Award from the Canadian Association of Educators of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing-BC (2021)
EPSE 524 Practicum and Seminar in the Education of Learners who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
EPSE 598 Field Experiences: Extended Practicum
EPSE 426 Introduction to the Education of Students Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
University of British Columbia, 2023, Ph.D
University of British Columbia, 2007, M.Ed. in Special Education (Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing)
Ewha Womans University, 1998, M. A. in Special Education (Language and Learning Disabilities)
Kwon, E. Y., Cannon, J. E., & Guardino, C (2024). Examining the language and communication factors of a deaf child with autism spectrum disorder from an immigrant Korean family, American Annals of the Deaf, 168(5), 274-295. https://doi.org/10.1353/aad.2024.a927614
Kwon, E. Y., Cannon, J. E., Guardino, C., Mercer, S. M., & Knight, V. (2023). Effects of social stories on increasing social interaction and communicative behaviors of deaf and hard of hearing students with autism spectrum disorders in inclusive settings. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53, 1915-1929. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05430-4
Kwon, E. Y., Guardino, C., & Cannon, J. E. (2022). Deaf and hard of hearing students with disabilities who are also multilingual learners. In J. E. Cannon & C. Guardino (Eds.), Deaf or hard of hearing Multilingual Learners: Foundations, strategies, and resources (pp. 219-263). Routledge.