Selected Publications

* Student co-author   ____ co-first authors

Li, Y., Lu, D.*, Yu, X.* & Liao, C. (2025). Exploring characteristics of emerging nature education practices in China: Content analysis of lesson plans. Integrative Conservation. 4(3), 322–333.

Li, Y., Chan, Y-W. & Tseng, Y-C. (2025). Trends of nature education research in China: A scholarly review. Integrative Conservation. 4(3), 310–321.

Gierhart, A., Shefferly, N, Li, Y. & Speetzen, E. (2025). Generative artificial intelligence and postsecondary education: Rethinking policy and course design. In Cases on Enhancing P-16 Student Engagement With Digital Technologies. IGI Global.

Xiang, M.*, Zhang, J., & Li, Y. (2025). Examining the dynamics of knowledge convergence in online learning context: A network perspective. Computers and Education. 227, 105222

Zhao, F., Chen, S., Li, Y., Jarrett, L., Burnett, A. C., & Li, C. J. (2025). Assessing first-year geography-major students’ knowledge of climate change and their educational needs – a study in Wuhan, China. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 49(4), 453–469.

Folkman, M.*, & Li, Y. (2025). Applying the framework of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy to the unique cultural needs of queer students. Educational Studies, 61(3), 322–334.

Li, Y., Armstrong, A. K. & Krasny, M. E. (2024). MOOC teaching assistants’ global engaged-learning in the United States and China. Online Learning. 28(4), 147–171.

Zhu, W., Li, C., Zhu, G., Li, Y., Xing, W., & Shao, K. (2024). ISEA: Instructor-in-the-loop Student Engagement Analytics via FAccT AI. In Lindgren, R., Asino, T. I., Kyza, E. A., Looi, C. K., Keifert, D. T., & Suárez, E. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2024, 1598-1601.

Xiang, M.*, Zhang, J., & Li, Y. (2024). Understanding knowledge convergence in a cross-cultural online context: An individual and collective approach. In Proceedings of the 14th Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference, 779–784. 

Li, Y. & Krasny, M. E. (2022). Network climate action through MOOCs. In Wang, Y., Joksimović, S., San Pedro, M.O.Z., Way, J.D., Whitmer, J. (eds) Social and Emotional Learning and Complex Skills Assessment. An Inclusive Learning Analytics Perspective. Springer. 311-329.

Cho, J.*, Li, Y., Krasny, M. E., & Kizilcec, R. F. (2022). Measuring cultural dimensions of learning in online courses. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Learning at Scale (L@S). 395–399.

Cho, J.*, Li, Y., A. Armstrong, A. Russ, Krasny, M. E., & Kizilcec, R. F. (2021). Using social norms to promote actions beyond the course. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Learning at Scale (L@S). 161-172.

Krasny, M. E., Li, Y., Gonzales, D.*, and Bartel, A. (2021) E-Engagement: Approaches to using digital communications in student-community engagement. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. 25(4), 21-39.

Cho J.*, Li, Y., Krasny, M. E., A. Russ A. & Kizilcec, R. F. (2021) Online learning and social norms: Evidence from a cross-cultural field experiment in a course for a cause. Computer-based Learning in Context. 3(1), 18-36.

Li, Y., and Krasny, M. E. (2021) Relationship between networks and practice change in environmental education. The Journal of Environmental Education. 52(3), 174-189.

Li, Y., and Krasny, M. E. (2020). Development of professional networks among environmental educators. Professional Development in Education. 46(2), 337-353. 

Li, Y., and Krasny, M. E. (2019). Practice change in environmental education: Lessons from professional development. Environmental Education Research. 25(7), 1119-1136. 

Li, Y., Krasny, M. E., and Russ, A. (2016). Interactive learning in an urban environmental education online course. Environmental Education Research, 22(1): 111-118.