Stacy K. Dymond, Ph.D., is professor of special education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests focus on curriculum and instruction for students with severe intellectual disabilities in inclusive school and community settings. She has directed numerous grant funded projects related to service learning, access to the general curriculum, personnel preparation, and the development of leadership personnel. Dr. Dymond is editor of Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities and serves on the editorial board of several additional journals. She also coordinates the initial special education teacher licensure program as well as the advanced teacher licensure program in severe disabilities.

Dr. Dymond's research focuses on curriculum issues related to educating secondary and transition-age students with severe intellectual disabilities in inclusive school and community settings. She is particularly interested in exploring how students' curricular goals can be addressed within hands-on activities such as service learning, extracurricular activities, community-based instruction, and job sampling.