Stacy Dymond is professor of special education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her 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. Additionally, she is the editor of Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities.