Dr Wendy Li is an Associate Professor of Psychology in College of Healthcare Sciences at James Cook University, Australia. Dr Li is the Founding Convenor of the AusAsian Mental Health Research Group (AMHRG) and a Visiting Professor of Shanxi University and Taiyuan Psychiatric Hospital, China. Dr Li has won external and internal grants worth more than $165,000 since she joined JCU in 2011. She has also received grants of more than $50,000 offered by univesities and government departments in China to promote AMHRG research projects and collaborate with Chinese researchers in the field of Chinese mental health.

She was one of the five recipients of the JCU Rising Stars Early Career Researcher Leadership Program in 2012.  She was awarded a Research Performance Award by Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences in 2012 in recognition of her research excellence. Dr Li has served as Deputy Managing Editor of the JCU-owned Journal of Tropical Psychology and an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology  and the International Journal of Social Work and Social Services.

Prior to her current appointment she was a Teaching Fellow in School of Psychology at the University of Waikato, a Counsellor at the Asian Services of the Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand, and a Senior Lecturer at Guangdong Women’s Polytechnic College in China. Dr Li is currently a Research Fellow of The Cairns Institute, JCU; an Associate of WHO Collaborating Centres for Nursing and Midwifery Education and Research Capacity Building; a research associate with School of Psychology at the University of Waikato, New Zealand; and a Senior Research Consultant for Verité (a US-owned NGO) of the China Office. Dr Li has an extensive research experience and led projects in Australia, New Zealand and China in areas of ageing, mental health, intergroup relations and discrimination, migration and refugee, and problem gambling and substance abuse.

Dr Li has been active in voluntary sectors for many years in Australia and New Zealand. She was the founding Chairperson of the Hamilton Chinese Golden Age Society of New Zealand. Dr Li is currently the President of the Townsville Chinese Club, a Committee Member of Townville Sisters Cities Program and a Member of the Inclusive Community Advisory Committee for the Townsville City Council.

Teaching

• PY1101: Exploring Psychology: from Brain to Practice (Level 1; TSV)
• PY2018: Intercultural Psychology and Cross Cultural Communication (Level 2; CNS, SIN & TSV)
• PY3108: Personality Psychology: Decoding the Mysteries of Humans (Level 3; CNS, SIN & TSV)

Interests

Professional

• Active in voluntary sectors for many years in both Australia and New Zealand.

Research

• Ageing and geriatric mental health, social policy and ageing.
• Cultural diversity and discrimination.
• Intergroup relations, migrant and refugee mental health.
• Problem gambling and addiction.

Experience

• 2019 to present - Associate Professor, James Cook University (Australia)
• 2015 to 2018 - Senior Lecturer, James Cook University (Australia)
• 2011 to 2014 - Lecturer, James Cook University (Australia)
• 2009 to 2011 - Researcher/Teaching Fellow, University of Waikato (New Zealand)
• 2004 to 2007 - Counsellor/Researcher, Asian Services at the Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand (New Zealand)
• 1999 to 2002 - Senior Lecturer, Guangdong Women’s Polytechnic College (China)

Research Disciplines

• Psychology (1701)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Public Health (9204)
• Communication (9502)
• Specific Population Health (9205)

Awards

• 2017 - James Cook University Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
• 2017 - James Cook University Inclusive Practice Award
• 2015 - Certificate of Appreciation from Townsville City Council for my contribution to the Townsville Sister City Program
• 2013 - Appreciation Award for my service to the Townsville community by the Townsville Intercultural Centre
• 2012 - Research Performance Award by Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences, JCU
• 2012 - James Cook University Rising Stars Early Career Researcher Leadership Program
• 2009 - Best paper at the Annual Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Graduate Conference, University of Waikato, New Zealand
• 2008 - Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarship by the New Zealand Tertiary Education Committee
• 2007 - First Prize of the Social Research Post Graduate Poster Competition at the 3rd New Zealand Social Policy, Research and Evaluation (SPRE) conference

Fellowships

• 2015 - Associate of WHO Collaborating Centres for Nursing and Midwifery Education and Research Capacity Building
• 2013 - Research Fellow of The Cairns Institute, JCU
• 2010 - Research Associate of School of Psychology, the University of Waikato, New Zealand

Memberships

• 2017 - Editorial Board of the Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology
• 2017 - Treasurer of the Asian Association of Social Psychology
• 2014 - Committee Member of the Townsville Sister City Committee
• 2014 - Editorial Board of the International Journal of Social Work and Social Services
• 2014 - President of the Townsville Chinese Club
• 2014 - Committee Member of the Inclusive Community Advisory Committee for Townsville City Council
• 2014 - Network Member of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford
• 2013 - Associate Managing Editors of the Journal of Tropical Psychology
• 2013 - Committee Member of Townsville Intercultural Centre
• 2011 - Member of The Refugee Council of Australia
• 2010 - Task Force on Indigenous Psychology (Division 32, Society of Humanistic Psychology, APA)
• 2009 - International Society of Critical Health Psychology
• 2008 to 2010 - Founding Chairperson of the Hamilton Chinese Golden Age Society of New Zealand

Other

• 2013 - Senior Research Consultant for Verité (a US-owned NGO), China Office, China

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Journal Articles

• Li W and Forbes A (in press) Fang-tan in research among Chinese communities in New Zealand and Australia: a cultural approach to engagement. Qualitative Research in Psychology,
• Li W and Caltabiano N (2017) Prevalence of substance abuse and socio-economic differences in substance abuse in an Australian community-dwelling elderly sample. Health Psychology Open, 4 (1). pp. 1-7
• Li W and Miller D (2017) The impact of coping and resilience on anxiety among older Australians. Australian Journal of Psychology, 69 (4). pp. 263-272
• Xie G, Li W, Xu C, Li X and Xu G (2017) Investigation of occupation burnout and job satisfaction of medical staff. Sichuan Mental Health, 30 (6). pp. 551-555
• Li W (2016) Comparative study on social-economic status, trauma and mental health disorders among older and younger refugees in Australia. Journal of Tropical Psychology, 6 (e3). pp. 1-9

Book Chapters

• Li W and Au A (in press) Successful ageing and community. In: The SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Psychology. Sage Publications, London, UK
• Li W, Hodgetts D and Chhabra J (2018) Intercultural psychology in the Asia-Pacific region: recounting the present and looking to the future. In: Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Intercultural Psychology. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 232-239
• Li W and He L (2018) Intercultural Chinese Psychology in the Greater China Region. In: Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Intercultural Psychology. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 8-31
• Li W, Hodgetts D and Foo K (2018) An intercultural approach to the psychology of culture. In: Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Intercultural Psychology. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 1-7
• Li W (2017) Chinese Narrative: a method to explore problem gambling from a cultural perspective. In: SAGE Research Methods Cases. SAGE, London, UK, pp. 1-9
• Cummings S, Ponnuswami I, Li W and Park H (2016) Conclusion: ageing and mental health in the global community. In: Ageing and Mental Health: global perspectives. Nova Science Publishers, New York, NY, USA, pp. 197-208
• Li W, Huang X, Chen Y and Li H (2016) Aged care and mental health in China. In: Ageing and Mental Health: global perspectives. Nova Science Publishers, New York, NY, USA, pp. 151-165

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Current

• Pornography Consumption Among Men and it's Influence on Men's Attitudes Toward Women, Sex and Relationships. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Perinatal Depression in Fathers: A Mixed Method Perspective (PhD , Primary Advisor)

Completed

• Long distance commuting into Australian regions: its determinants and impacts on wellbeing in the region and social capital's capacity to mediate those impacts (2018, PhD , Associate Advisor)

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• Cheong, W. (2016) Role of sleep and napping in cognition among older adults. James Cook University

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