Dan Li

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Master of Science

Mental Health Counseling

Dan Li is an assistant professor of counseling at the University of North Texas. She received her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision (and a Minor in Applied Statistics) from the University of Iowa in 2018. She received her master’s in Professional School Counseling from Appalachian State University in 2014. Li is a National Certified Counselor and a Licensed School Counselor (K-12) in North Carolina.

Li is an interdisciplinary scholar who adopts a variety of research methods to study counseling and supervision related phenomena, including quantitative (Markov chain analysis, sequential analysis, structural equation modeling, mediation analysis, moderation analysis, and hierarchical regression), qualitative (phenomenology, thematic analysis), and mixed methods (case study, content analysis). Li’s overarching research agenda centers on counselor training, and it covers three lines of inquiry: (a) relational dynamics of clinical supervision; (b) minoritized students and faculty in counseling; and (c) online/remote teaching and learning in counseling. These research endeavors led to more than 20 indexed, peer-reviewed publications, the 2022 Publication in Counselor Education and Supervision Award (which honors a significant publishing effort by an Association for Counselor Education and Supervision [ACES] member focusing on the education and supervision of counselors within the last 2 years), the 2020 ACES Research Grant Award, the 2018 ACES Research Grant Award, the 2021 UNT College of Education Junior Faculty Research Award, and the 2021 UNT Faculty Summer Grant.

As a student-centered educator, Li is dedicated to building a culturally sensitive, inclusive, interactional, and thought-provoking learning environment. At the doctoral level, she teaches Quantitative Research in Counseling; at the master’s level, she teaches School Counseling, Counseling Theories, and Career Counseling. Li also actively provides service to the counseling profession. She serves on the editorial review board for the Journal of Counseling and Development (the flagship journal for the American Counseling Association), the ACES Teaching Practice Briefs, and the Journal of International Students.

Refereed Journal Articles

Liu, Y., Li, D. (2023). Anti-oppressive research in group work. The Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/01933922.2023.2170507
Li, D. (2022). Predictors of counselor trainees’ satisfaction with online learning during COVID‐19. Counselor Education and Supervision, 61(4), 379–390. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12254
Li, D., Liu, Y. (in press). Professional identity development of International counseling doctoral students: A hybrid approach of deductive and inductive thematic analysis. Counselor Education and Supervision.
Lindo, N. A., Li, D., Hastings, T., Ceballos, P., Werts, R., Molina, C., Oller, M., Laird, A. (2022). Child and adolescent career construction: Lived experiences of an expressive arts group. Career Development Ouarterly, 70(4), 300-313. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12307
Hilts, D., Liu, Y., Li, D., Melissa, L. (2022). Examining ecological factors that predict school counselors’ engagement in leadership practices. Professional School Counseling, 26(1), 1-14. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2156759X221118042
Li, D. (2022). Moderation effects of supervisee levels on the relationship between supervisory styles and the supervisory working alliance. The Professional Counselor, 12(2), 167-184. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1348563.pdf
Li, D., Lindo, N. A. (2022). Acculturation moderating between international students’ career decision-making difficulties and career decision self-efficacy. Career Development Ouarterly, 70(1), 38-51. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cdq.12284
Kemer, G., Li, C., Attia, M. M., Chan, C. D., Chung, M., Li, D., Colburn, A. N., Peters, H. C., Ramaswamy, A., Sunal, Z. (2022). Multicultural supervision in counseling: A content analysis of peer-reviewed literature. Counselor Education and Supervision, 61(1), 2-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12220
Liu, Y., Zhu, P., Li, D. (2022). Development of mutual empathy through experiential growth groups: A mixed methods case study. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 47(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/01933922.2021.1950880
Li, D., Su, Y.-W. (2021). Online teaching and learning in counselor education: A 23-year content analysis. Counselor Education and Supervision, 60(4), 316-330. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12219
Li, D., Duys, D. K., Liu, Y. (2021). Working alliance as a mediator between supervisory styles and supervisee satisfaction. Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, 3(3), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.7290/tsc030305
Oller, M., Lindo, N. A., Li, D. (2021). Faculty of color mentorship experiences in counselor education. Counselor Education and Supervision, 60(2), 112-128. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12193
Liu, Y., Tan, T. X., Li, D., Xu, Y. (2020). Development and evaluation of the Disinhibited Social Engagement Scale (DSES): A tool for assessment and guide for counseling practice. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 42, 112-128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-019-09389-3
Li, D., Liu, Y. (2020). International counseling doctoral students’ teaching preparation: A phenomenological study. Counselor Education and Supervision, 59(3), 200-215. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12184
Li, D., Ai, Y. (2020). Ethics acculturation of international counseling students. Journal of International Students, 10(4), 1103-1109. https://www.ojed.org/index.php/jis/article/view/1442/1206
Li, D., Duys, D. K., Granello, D. H. (2020). Applying Markov chain analysis to supervisory interactions. Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 13(1), 1-30. https://repository.wcsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1325&context=jcps
Li, D., Duys, D. K., Vispoel, W. P. (2020). Transitional dynamics of three supervisory styles using Markov chain analysis. Journal of Counseling and Development, 98(4), 363-375. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12339
Liu, Y., Jacoby, R. P., Jang, H., Li, D. (2019). A content analysis of adoption research in counseling journals: A 30-year review. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 27(1), 67-74. https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480718809424
Li, D., Duys, D. K., Granello, D. H. (2019). Interactional patterns of clinical supervision: Using sequential analysis. Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 10(1), 70-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507686.2018.1553791
Li, D., Liu, Y., Lee, I. (2018). Supervising Asian international counseling students: Using the integrative developmental model (IDM). Journal of International Students, 8(2), 1129-1151. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v8i2.137
Liu, Y., Li, D., Xu, Y. (2017). Indiscriminate friendliness in children adopted from China to the United States: A mixed methods study. The Professional Counselor, 7(3), 208-222. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1165677.pdf
Li, D., Peng, L. (2011). Foreignization and domestication in translation from the perspective of the theory of yin and yang. Journal of Xi’an International Studies University, 19, 73-76. http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-XAWX201103017.htm

Book Chapters

Liu, Y., Li, D., Zhu, P. (in press). Children experiencing grief and loss-A social-cultural perspective. Cognella Academic Publishing.

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