Kris Yeager is a former high school special education teacher, working mainly with students with learning disabilities and emotional/behavioral disorders. Currently, he conducts research on developing strengths-based and supportive transition plans, and he teaches university courses on transition, research, and legal issues in special education.

• Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award - University of Nevada, Las Vegas (01/01/2019-01/31/2019)
• UNLV Graduate College Summer Doctoral Fellowship - University of Nevada, Las Vegas (05/01/2018-05/31/2018)
• Leadership Institute - Council for Learning Disabilities (10/01/2017-10/31/2017)

• Ph D in Special Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2019)
• M.Ed in Special Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2014)
• BA in American Studies and Film Studies, College of William and Mary (2013)

• Mothers’ perceptions of satisfaction, trust, and power in the individualized education program process Inclusion 9 4 (2021), Belkis Choiseul-Praslin, Malarie E. Deardorff, Kristopher H. Yeager.
• Strengths-Based Transition Planning: A Positive Approach for Students with Learning Disabilities Intervention in School and Clinic (2021), Kristopher H. Yeager, Malarie E. Deardorff.
• Conducting Meaningful Transition Interviews to Benefit Students with Emotional and Behavior Disorders Beyond Behavior 30 3 (2021), Kristopher H. Yeager.
• Transition Strengths and Needs of High School Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals 44 4 (2021), Kristopher H. Yeager, Joseph J. Morgan, Kyle Higgins, Monica R. Brown, Iesha Jackson.
• Transition-Related Social Support of High School Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth (2020), Kristopher H. Yeager, Joseph J. Morgan, Kyle Higgins, Monica Brown, Iesha Jackson.

• Parent perceptions of trust, satisfaction, and power in the IEP process (2021), Volume Fort Worth, Texas, Malarie Deardorff, Kristopher H. Yeager.
• Transition perceptions of students with learning disabilities: A qualitative metasynthesis (2021), Volume Las Vegas, Nevada, Kristopher H. Yeager, Joseph Morgan.
• Strengths-based transition planning for students with learning disabilities (2021), Volume Las Vegas, Nevada, Kristopher H. Yeager, Malarie Deardorff.
• Celebrating the strengths of students with disabilities for the transition from youth to adulthood (2021), Kristopher H. Yeager.
• The University of Texas at El Paso, College of Education: Driving Change through Partnerships (2021), Volume Kazan Federal University, Holly K. Fields, Beverley Calvo, Clifton Tanabe, Olga Kosheleva, Kristopher Yeager, Paul Carrola.
• A positive SPIN on transition: Addressing strengths and assets for the transition component of the IEP (2021), Kristopher H. Yeager, Malarie Deardorff.
• Parent perceptions of IEP meetings: An update (2021), Belkis Choiseul-Praslin, Malarie Deardorff, Kristopher H. Yeager.
• A strengths-based approach to transition planning and assessment (2020), Volume Virtual, Kristopher H. Yeager, Malarie Deardorff.
• Transition interviews: Strategies for individualizing questions and techniques (2020), Volume Virtual, Kristopher H. Yeager.
• Building School and Community Partnerships (2020), Volume El Paso, TX, Kristopher H. Yeager, Beverley Argus-Calvo.
• Transition Perceptions of Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: A Comprehensive Literature Review (2020), Volume Portland, OR, Kristopher H. Yeager, Joseph J. Morgan.
• Transition Strengths, Needs, and Supports: An Analysis of Student, Parent, and Teacher Perceptions (2019), Volume Seattle, WA, Kristopher H. Yeager, Joseph J. Morgan.
• A literature review of interviews with adolescents with learning disabilities (2019), Volume San Antonio, TX, Kristopher H. Yeager.

• Project BLESSED: Bridging Leaders in Education: School Counselor and Special Educator Development