DongMei Li, Fall 2017 DongMei Li Curriculum Vitae Postdoctoral Research Fellow Houston Education Research Consortium Department of Sociology Kinder Institute for Urban Research Rice University 6100 Main Street MS-258 dongmeili@rice.edu Houston, TX 77005 EDUCATION Ph.D. Department of Educational Administration, University of Texas (UT) at Austin, 2017 Dissertation: Holding Public Schools Accountable on Non-academic Measures: Examining Districts Perceptions and Implementation of the Community and Student Engagement Policy in Texas Committee: Jennifer Jellison Holme (chair), Angela Valenzuela, Mark A. Gooden, Kevin M. Foster, & Martha Ovando M.Ed. Department of Curriculum and Instruction, UT at Austin, 2011 M.A. School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China, 2006 B.A. Foreign Language College, Shandong Normal University, China, 2003 POSITIONS HELD 2017 July 1st-present Postdoctoral Research Fellow Houston Education Research Consortium Kinder Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, AND HONORS 2016-2017 Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Graduate School, UT at Austin 2014-2015 Continuing Fellowship, College of Education, UT at Austin PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles 2016 Jabbar, H., & Li, D. M., Multiple choice: How Public School Leaders in New Orleans s Saturated Market View Private School Competitors. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 24/94. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.24.2382 Book Reviews 2014 Li, D. M., Review of Marc S. Tucker (ed.). Surpassing Shanghai: An Agenda for 1
Book Chapters American Education Built on The World s Leading Systems. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Education Press. 2011. xii + 231 pp. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. doi:10.1080/09518398.2014.916004 2017 Li, D. M., Women Lives in Malaysia. In S.M. Shaw (ed.), Women s Lives around the World: A Global Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO publishers. 2015 Li, D. M., Place matters: A review of undergraduate admission policy in Mainland P.R. China. In V. Stead (Ed.), International Perspectives on Higher Education Admission Policy: A Reader (162-170). New York: Peter Lang Publishing. Policy Brief/Report 2015 Li, D. M., Obaskei, V., & Jackson, K. M., Post-Legislative Session Report: Primary and Secondary Education. Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis. 2014 Vasquez Heilig, J., & Li, D.M., Introducing China s Recent Education Reforms. The NEA Foundation. Under Review/To be Submitted Li, D. M. Illusion of Inclusion: Investigating Equity-Minded Migrant Education Policies in China Li, D. M. Holding Public Schools Accountable on Self-Evaluated Non-academic Measures: Surveying Texas School District Leaders Perceptions Jabbar, H., Fong C. J., Germain, E., Li, D. M., Sanchez, J. D., Sun, W. L., & DeVall, M. The Competitive effects of school choice on student outcomes: A Systematic review and meta-analysis. Li, D. M. Generational Status and Academic Achievement Among Asian American High School Students: Testing the Segmented Assimilation Theory. Li, D. M. How Does Local Accountability Work? Empirical Evidence from Texas Fong, C. J., Davis, C., Li, D. M., Kim, Y. W., & Hartman, C., Do Psychosocial Factors Predict Community College Transfer Student Success at Four-Year Institutions? A Meta-Analytic Investigation. In Progress Li, D. M. Textual Analysis of New Preferential Admission Policies in Higher Education of China Li, D. M. Understanding High Stakes Testing and Asian American Students 2
Li, D. M., Review of Yong Zhao. Who is Afraid of The Big Bad Dragon? Why Chia has The Best (And Worst) Education System in The World. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, AND HONORS Conference Support, Office of Graduate Studies, UT at Austin 2015, 2016, 2017 Graduate Student Professional Development Award Conference Support, Professional Associations 2017 Travel Grant Award, Division L: Educational Policy and Politics, American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2015, 2016, 2017 Travel Grant Award, Under-Represented Ethnic and Ability Groups, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 2015 Travel Grant Award, Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans SIG, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Scholarship, UT at Austin 2016 George I. Sanchez-MARRES Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Education, Dept. of Educational Administration 2011-2015 Scholarship Award, International Student and Scholar Services 2014 Hale Scholarship, Dept. of Educational Administration Jackson Scholar, University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) 2014, 2015 AERA Conference Support, fulfilled by UT at Austin 2013, 2014 UCEA Conference Support, fulfilled by UT at Austin Graduate Fellowship, Shanghai Jiaotong University, P.R. China 2003-2005 Graduate Fellowship REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS 2017 Migrant education in Shanghai: Policy implementation and impact of educational equity, The Annual Conference of American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, Texas, April 27-May 1. 2017 The competitive effects of school choice on student outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis, The Annual Conference of American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, Texas, April 27-May 1. 2017 A meta-analysis of noncognitive factors and community college transfer student success at four-year institutions, The Annual Conference of American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, Texas, April 27-May 1. 2017 Equality achieved or not? A textual analysis of the preferential admission policies in China, The Annual Conference of Comparative and International Educational Society, Atlanta, Georgia, March 5-9. 3
2016 Do psychosocial factors predict community college transfer student success at four-year Institutions? A meta-analytic investigation, The 7 th Annual Texas Higher Education Symposium, Austin, Texas, August 4-5. 2016 Migrant education in Shanghai: Policy implementation and impact, The annual conference of the Comparative and International Educational Society, Vancouver, Canada, March 6-10. 2015 Migrant education in Shanghai: Policy implementation and impact, The seventh International Research Conference for Graduate Students, San Marcos, Texas, November 17-18. 2015 Generational status and academic achievement among Asian American high school students: Testing the segmented assimilation theory, The annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 16-20. 2015 Place matters: A review of undergraduate admission policy in Mainland P.R. China, The annual conference of Comparative and International Educational Society, Washington DC, March 8-13. 2015 Generational status and academic achievement among Asian American high school students: Testing the segmented assimilation theory, The annual meeting of Hawaiian International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 5-8. 2014 Examining urban public schools response to charter competition pressure, The annual conference of the University Council for Educational Administration, Washington DC, November 20-23. 2013 A longitudinal analysis of high school math achievement: Understanding how race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status interact with sex, The annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 27- May 1. TEACHING EXPERIENCE UT at Austin, Co-Instructor Survey Research Methods in Post-Secondary Education (spring 2016) UT at Austin, Teaching Assistant The College Student (spring 2016) Gender and Adult Development (spring 2016) Advanced Quantitative Research Design and Analysis (fall 2015, fall 2014, fall 2013) Quantitative Research Design and Analysis (spring 2014, fall 2013, summer 2013) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 4
Summer 2017-Summer 2018 Postdoc Research Fellow, Houston Education Research Consortium, Rice University, Houston, Texas, Supervisor: Ruth N. López Turley, Spring 2017 Research and Planning Intern, Center for Public Policy Priorities, Austin, Texas Supervisor: Frances Deviney, Kristie Tingle 2016-2017 Data Science Fellow, OnRamps (Innovative Dual-Enrollment Program, UT at Austin, Advisor: Jennifer Porter Cleaned and analyzed student data and teacher professional development data 2016-2017 Graduate Research Assistant, Texas OnCourse Initiative (supporting student pathways to postsecondary and career success in Texas), UT at Austin, Advisor: Matthew S Giani Managed statewide data to examine the effectiveness of dual-credit programs 2014-2015 Education Policy Fellow, Office of Texas State Representative Mary Gonzalez, Advisor: Kevin M. Foster Managed statewide data to examine the effectiveness of dual-credit programs Summer 2015 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Educational Administration, UT at Austin, Advisor: Huriya Jabbar and Jennifer Jellison Holme Conducted background search for teacher turnover project and entered and coded pilot survey data to facilitate analysis Spring 2015 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Educational Administration, UT at Austin, Advisor: Huriya Jabbar Entered and coded survey data into excel to facilitate private school competition analysis, managed and analyzed survey data using SPSS and Stata PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Reviewer Journal of International Students, 2017 The Conference of American Educational Research Association, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 The Conference of Comparative and International Education Society, 2015, 2016 The Conference of University Council for Educational Administration, 2016 To Profession Session on Examining Charter School Trends in Enrollment, Placement, and Location, Session Chair, AERA Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 2017 Session on Teaching, teacher education, and teachers supports in East Asia, Session Chair, CIES Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2017 Session on Education Policy Making and Policy Directions, Session Chair, CIES Conference, 5
Vancouver, Canada, 2016 To Community Review Committee, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award 2015-2016, UT at Austin, 2016 Graduate Student Representative, Research Policy Committee, UT at Austin, 2015-2016 Selection Committee, Excellence in Graduate Research Award, UT at Austin, 2010 OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Conference Volunteer, ACM-International Collegiate Programing Contest, 2004-present Conference Volunteer, DARE Texas Summit, Center for Public Policy Priorities, Fall 2016 Data Analyst, The Board of Trustees, Austin Independent School District, Spring 2016 Conference Volunteer, Network for Public Education National Conference, Spring 2014 Data Analyst, Leadership Representation Study-National Latino/a Education Research and Policy Project, Fall 2013 Translator, 21 st Century Education Research Institute, Beijing, China, Summer 2013 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2017 William L. Boyd National Education Politics Workshop-Mentor Matching for emerging scholars, San Antonio, TX 2016 William L. Boyd National Education Politics Workshop-Mentor Matching for emerging scholars, Washington, DC 2015 Jackson Scholars Workshop, UCEA, Chicago 2015 Jackson Scholars Workshop, UCEA, Philadelphia METHODOLOGICAL TRAINING 2015-2016 Stata Workshops, UT at Austin, and Stata Corp 2015 Introduction to Geographic Information System, Statistic Institute, UT 2014 Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Statistic Institute, UT 2014 Structural Equation Modeling, Statistic Institute, UT 2014 AERA Statistical Analysis Institute on Statistical Analysis for Education Policy: Causal Analysis Using International Data, Washington, DC, AERA DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE SPSS, Stata, HLM, Nvivo 6
ArcGIS, Tableau, Microsoft Access TEACHING AREAS Foundations of Education Policy Educational Policy and Politics Educational Policy Analysis and Implementation Chinese Society and Education Educational Development and Policies in China Statistics for Behavior and Social Science Survey Research Methods in Education LANGUAGES Chinese: Native English: Advanced reading, writing, speaking French: Beginner speaking PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Educational Research Association, 2013-present Comparative and International Education Society, 2014-present University Council for Educational Administration, 2013-present REFERENCES Jennifer Jellison Holme, Associate Professor Department of Educational Administration The University of Texas at Austin 374F Sanchez Building 1912 Speedway D5400 Austin, Texas 78712 (512)475-9398 jholme@austin.utexas.edu Angela Valenzuela, Professor Department of Educational Administration The University of Texas at Austin 374H Sanchez Building 1912 Speedway D5400 Austin, Texas 78712 7
(512) 232-6008 valenz@austin.utexas.edu Mark Anthony Gooden, Professor Department of Educational Administration The University of Texas at Austin 310H Sanchez Building 1912 Speedway D5400 Austin, Texas 78712 (512) 475-8574 gooden@austin.utexas.edu Victor B. Sáenz, Associate Professor Department of Educational Administration The University of Texas at Austin 310N Sanchez Building 1912 Speedway D5400 Austin, Texas 78712 (512) 475-8585 vsaenz@austin.utexas.edu 8