Learning Disabilities

Jing Wang

faculty
Assistant Professor
Special Ed & Communic Disorders
4024724875
jwang99@unl.edu

Bio

Jing Wang, an assistant professor with the Department of Special Education and Communications Disorders at the University of Nebraska, is a certified special education teacher with a teaching license from Illinois. Her research aim is to improve mathematics outcomes for elementary school English learners with or at risk of learning disabilities. She seeks to develop and implement culturally responsive mathematics interventions and to investigate the specific learningneeds of students with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, including English language learners. Her areas of expertise include learning disabilities and math disabilities, evidence-based math interventions, culturally and linguistically responsive teaching methods and English learners with or at risk of disabilities. (Updated January 2025)