Dr. Li Li

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Ohio University, 2008-2012
  Communication Studies
Major Areas: Instructional Communication, Research Methods
Dissertation: Student Misbehaviors and Teacher Techniques in Online Classrooms: Development and Validation
Advisor: Dr. Scott Titsworth
Committee: Drs. Jerry Miller, Mirit Shoham, and Gordon Brooks

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Jia, M., Zhang, H. & Li, L. (2020). The power of teacher supportive communication: Effects on students’ positive emotions and engagement in learning. The Northwest Journal of Communication, 48 (1), 9-36.
 
Qian, Y., & Li, L. (2017). Student off-task electronic multitasking predictors: Scale development and validation. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 17 (2), 53-73.
 
Chen, Y. W., Li, L., & Lou, S. (2016). “The superhero in our hearts is Chairman Mao”: The structurating of Chinese sojourners’ conceptualizations of (super)heroes identities. The Howard Journal of Communications, 27 (3), 218-235.
 
Jia, M., Li, L., & Titsworth, S. (2015). Teaching as emotional work: Instructor’s empathy
and students’ motives to communicate out of class. The Electronic Journal of Communication, 25 (3-4).
 
Li, L., & Titsworth, S. (2015). Student misbehaviors in online classrooms: Scale development and validation. The American Journal of Distance Education, 29, 41-55.
 
Li, L., Ziwoya, F., Black, L., & Hartz-Karp, J. (2013). Are they doing what they are supposed to do?: Assessing the facilitating process of the Australian Citizens’ Parliament. In L. Carson, J. Gastil, J. Hartz-Karp, & R. Lubensky (Eds.), The Australian Citizens’ Parliament and the future of deliberative democracy. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press.     
 
Li, L., Chen, Y. W., & Nakazawa, M. (2013). Voices of Chinese Web-TV audiences: A case of applying Uses and Gratifications theory to examine popularity of Prison Break in China. China Media Research, 9, 63-74.
 
Li, L., Mazer, J., & Ju, R. (2011). Resolving international teaching assistant language
inadequacy through dialogue: Challenges and opportunities for clarity and credibility. Communication Education, 60,461-478.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Li, L. (2022). “A woman’s place:” Subversion, resistance, and transformation [Participant]. National Communication Association Convention, November, New Orleans, LA.
 
Li, L., & Reed, D. (2022). Unmasking the mask issue on Reddit: An investigation of the online public deliberation around the mask controversy. Digital Health Communication: Issues and Perspectives--International Communication Association Post-Conference, May-June, Dijon, France.
 
Pei, W., & Li, L. (2022). An investigation of the Chinese LGBT people’s online coming-out narratives: Cultural influences, co-cultural practices, and predictors for outcomes. International Communication Association Convention, May, Paris, France.
 
Li, L. (2021). Renewing and transforming our “selves”: Self-care through Feminist Praxis and Activism [Participant]. National Communication Association Convention, November, Seattle, WA.
 
Li, L., & Rasner, R. (2018). What is in play? Exploring the effect of student note-taking and exam mode on student perceived teacher clarity and student learning. National Communication Association Convention, Salt Lake City, UT.
 
Jia, M., & Li, L. (2016). Power of teachers’ supportive communication: Effects on students’ academic emotions and engagement. International Communication Association Convention, June, Fukuoka, Japan.
 
Jia, M., & Li, L. (2016). The power of emotion on college student learning and success: Embracing opportunities to enhance instructional practices [Participant]. International Communication Association Convention, June, Fukuoka, Japan.
 
Qian, Y., & Li, L. (2015). Student electronic multitasking predictors: Scale development and validation. International Communication Association Convention, May, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
 
Qian, Y., & Li, L. (2014). Predicting electronic multitasking in the classroom. Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association--Xi’an International Conference, Xi’an, China.
 
Li, L., & Titsworth, S. (2013). Scale development of teacher techniques in online classrooms. National Communication Association Convention, Washington, DC.
 
Li, L., & Titsworth, S. (2013). Student misbehaviors in online classrooms: Scale development and validation. International Communication Association Convention, June, London, UK.
 
Chen, Y.-W., Li, L., & Lou, S. (2013). “Hybrid” superheroes an in increasingly globalized world? Deconstructing Chinese sojourners’ conceptions of superheroes. Sino-US Bilateral Conference on Journalism and Communication: Communication History Research in the Age of Globalization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
 
Li, L., & Titsworth, S. (2012). Exploring teachers’ persuasive communication within the college classroom: Types and goals of teacher messages. National Communication Association Convention, November, Orlando, FL.
 
Li, L., Mazer, J., Ju, R., & Miller, J. (2012). They are not just venting online: Exploring characteristics of students’ evaluations of Chinese teachers in American universities. International Communication Association Convention, May, Phoenix, AZ.
 
Titsworth, S., Jia, M., & Li, L. (2012). Emotional momentum in the teacher-student relationship: A rationale for expanding Emotional Response Theory. Central States Communication Association Convention, April, Cleveland, OH.
 
Li, L., Chen, Y. W., Ju, R., & Nakazawa, M. (2011). Voices of Chinese Web-TV audiences:
A case of applying Uses and Gratifications theory to examine popularity of Prison Break in China. National Communication Association Convention, November, New Orleans, LA.
 
Jia, M., Li, L., & Titsworth, S. (2011). Teaching as emotional work: Instructor’s empathy
and students’ motives to communicate out of class. National Communication Association Convention, November, New Orleans, LA.
 
Li, L. (2011). The “foreign” voice: Using research and narratives of international teaching
assistants to design training and development [Participant]. Preconference of National Communication Association Convention, November, New Orleans, LA.
 
Li, L. (2011). Learning from the Tuscon Tragedy: Listening to the Voices of Students with
Invisible Illness [Participant]. National Communication Association Convention, November, New Orleans, LA.
 
Li, L., & Ziwoya, F. (2011). Are they doing what they are supposed to do?: Assessing the
facilitating process of the Australian Citizens’ Parliament. Ohio Communication Association Convention, September, Findlay, OH. 
 
Li, L. (2011). Enabling experiences: The pedagogical implications of Chinese TAs’
narratives. Ohio Communication Association Convention, September, Findlay, OH.
 
Li, L., Mazer, J., & Ju, R. (2011). Resolving language inadequacy through dialogues:
The effects of international teaching assistant self-disclosure of language inadequacy on student perceived clarity and credibility. Central States Communication Association Convention, April, Milwaukee, WI. [Top Four Paper in Communication Education Interest Group]
 
Li, L., & Titsworth, S. (2011). In our exam we can draw what we know. Central States
Communication Association Convention, April, Milwaukee, WI.  
 
Li, L., & Ju, R. (2010). Ugh, let’s talk: Bridging the speaker and the audience. National
Communication Association Convention, November, San Francisco, CA.
 
Li, L. (2009). Inspired by diversity [Participant]. Ohio Communication Association, October,
Columbus, OH.

FELLOWSHIP & GRANTS

Li, L. (2022-2023). Zimmerman Faculty Fellowship. University of Wyoming at Casper.

Li, L. (2022). Center for Global Studies (CGS) Faculty and Staff International Research Grant, University of Wyoming.

Li, L. (2015, 2014, 2013). Innovative Course Grant, University of Wyoming.

Jia, M., & Li, L. (2014). Monmouth University Research and Creation Grant, Monmouth University, NJ.

SERVICE

Journal Editorial Board
·       Communication Education
 
Manuscript Referring for Journals
·       Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

International Communication Association

National Communication Association