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Li Li

Associate Professor of English

Department: English

Office and address: Alamance Building, Office 320B 2338 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244

Phone number: (336) 278-5219

Professional Expertise

Professional Writing, Visual Rhetorics, International Rhetorics, College Writing

Brief Biography

Education:

  • PhD, Professional Writing and Rhetoric, Iowa State University
  • MSc, Cultural Studies, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • B.A, English, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China

 

News & Notes

Courses Taught

  • PWR 2120/212 Multimedia and Visual Rhetorics I 
  • PWR 3110/304 Understanding Rhetoric 
  • PWR 2110 Professional Writing and Rhetoric 
  • PWR 3985 Professional Writing and Rhetoric Internship
  • ENG 310 International Rhetorics 
  • ENG 312 Visual Rhetorics 
  • ENG 313 Special Topics in PWR with an Emphasis on Data and Information Visualization 
  • ENG 4890 Teaching and Learning Apprenticeship
  • ENG 1100/110 Writing Arguments and Inquiry 
  • ELN 1010 First Year Advising Seminar

Leadership Positions

 

Coordinator of Professional Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) Major

English Department, Elon University, Jan. 2019 to present

Coordinator of Professional Writing Studies (PWS) Interdisciplinary Minor

College Arts and Sciences, Elon University, Jan. 2019 to present

Publications

Recent Publications

Lindenman, Heather, Margaret Chapman, Jennifer Eidum, Lina Kuhn, and Li Li. "Beyond the 'Improvement Imperative': Writing to Change Oneself and the World in First-Year Composition." Composition Studies, vol. 52, no. 1, Spring 2024.

Li Li, Paula Rosinski, Michael Strickland. “Embedding Multimodal Writing Across a University at the Institutional, Administrative, and Curricular Level: The Undergraduate Professional Writing and Rhetoric Major as Agent of Change.” Professionalizing Multimodal Composition, edited by Shyam Pandey and Santosh Khadka, Utah State University/University of Colorado Press, 2023. 

Julia Bleakney, Heather Lindenman, Travis Maynard, Li Li, Paula Rosinski, Jessie Moore. “Understanding Alumni Writing Experiences in the United States.” Writing Beyond the University,  Oct. 2022.

Li, Li. “Defining the Racial and Ethnic ‘Other’: Constructing an American Identity through Visualizing Census Data in the U.S. Statistical Atlases.” Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Vol.52, no. 4, 2022, pp. 460-492. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472816221086523

Bleakney, Julia, Li Li, Paula Rosinski, Jessie Moore. “Rhetorical Training Across the University: What and Where Students and Alumni Learn about Writing.” Composition Forum, vol. 47, Fall 2021, p. N. PAG.  https://compositionforum.com/issue/47/rhetorical-training.php  

Li Li. “Visualizing Chinese Immigrants in the U.S. Statistical Atlases: A Case Study in Charting and mapping the Others” Technical Communication Quarterly, Vol. 29, Issue 1, 2020, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2019.1690695   (Nell Ann Pickett Award of the Best Article Winner in Technical Communication Quarterly in 2021)

Presentations

Selective Presentations

Julia Bleakney, Heather Lindenman, Travis Maynard, Li Li, Jessie L. Moore, and Paula Rosinski. “Understanding Alumni Writing Experiences in the United States”. The 2022 Conference of Engaged Learning (CEL). Elon. NC. June 2022.

Li Li and Michael Strickland. “The Burkean Parlor for Graduating Seniors: An Evaluative Exit Dinner as a Component of the Capstone Experience.” The 2021 Conference of Engaged Learning (CEL). Elon. NC. June 2021.

Lindenman, Heather, Lina Kuhn, Margaret Chapman, Li Li, Jennifer Eidum. “Writing to Change Oneself and the World: Adapting First-Year Writing during COVID-19.” The 2021 Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Online, March 2021.

Li Li and Jooyun Huang. “I Do What I see: A Comparative Visual Analysis of Infographics from China, United States, and WHO.” 2020 Annual International Conference of the Association of Business Communication (ABC). Online, October 2020.

Li Li. “Visualizing Diversity in the University Factbook.” 2019 Annual International Conference of the Association of Business Communication (ABC). Detroit, MI, October 2019.

Li Li and Jooyun Huang. “Framing the Tide Pod Challenge: Corporation Communication, News Coverage, and Social Media Responses in a Crisis Situation.” 2018 Annual International Conference of the Association of Business Communication (ABC). Miami, Florida, October 2018.

Paula Patch, Li Li, Dan Burns, Teresa LePors, and Patrick Rudd. “Reassessing Information Literacy: Methods and Findings from a Collaborative Assessment of College Writers’ Source Use.” 2018 International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference (IWAC), Auburn, Alabama. June 2018. (Panel presentation).

Li Li and Charles Kostelnick. “Defining the Other:  Constructing an American Identity through Visualizing Census Data in the U.S. Statistical Atlases.” 2018 Annual Conference Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW). Kansas City, Kansas. March 2018.

Li Li & Michael Strickland. “Creating User-Centered Flexibility: Preparing Students For Their Career Development Through A Multi-Faceted Assessment Strategy.” Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) 2017 Conference. Savannah, GA. Oct. 2017

Li Li, Rebecca Pope-Ruark, Michael Strickland. “Connecting Senior Assessment to Program Development in a Professional Writing and Rhetoric Program.” Elon annual Spring University Research Forum (SURF). April 2017.

Li Li, Rebecca Pope-Ruark. “Articulating a Professional Writing Identity: The Role of an Exit Portfolio and Dinner in Student Development and Program Assessment.” Conference on Rhetoric & Writing Studies Undergrad Programs 2016. El paso, TX. Oct. 2016.

Li Li, Rebecca Pope-Ruark, and Michael Strickland. “Connecting Senior Assessment to Program Development in a Professional Writing and Rhetoric Program.” Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) 2016 Conference, 5-6. Oct. 6-8, 2016, Savannah, GA. (The conference was canceled because of hurricane, but the poster presentation was published in the conference proceeding.)

Li Li. “Who are We? Visualizing the Changing ‘Native’ Identity in the Statistical Atlases in the 19th Century” 17th Biennial Rhetorical Society of America (RSA) Conference. Atlanta. Georgia. May 2016.

Li Li. “The Dao of Website Design: Exploring the Role of Culture in the Visual Rhetoric of Chinese and American University Websites.” 2015 Computers and Writing Conference. Menomonie. WI. May 2015.

Li Li. “The Invisible Men: Tracing the Visual Representation of Native Americans in the Historical Statistical Atlases.” 18th Annual Conference – Association of Teachers of Technical Writing. Tampa. March 2015.

Li Li, Marcy Leasum Orwig, and Joe Bartolotta “Approaches to Historical Methodologies in Business Communication Scholarship: Celebrating the Past While Envisioning the Future.” 2014 Annual International Conference of the Association of Business Communication. Philadelphia. Oct 2014 (Panel Presentation)

Li Li. “From Borders to a Continuum: Understanding Binaries in Intercultural Business Communication.” 16th Biennial Rhetorical Society of America Conference. San Antonio. May 2014

Li Li. ““Us” and “Them”: The Representation of Immigration in the Statistical Atlases of the United States from 1874 to 1925.” 16th Annual Conference – Association of Teachers of Technical Writing. Las Vegas. March 2013

Li Li. “The Myth of Indirectness: A Comparative Study of Rhetorical Strategies Adopted in American and Chinese Product Recall Messages. ”The 64th Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Las Vegas. March 2013

 

Professional Activities

Professional Workshops

 “Unlocking the Power of AI: Critical Literacy in Communications and Writing.” Workshop for Elon Writing Across the University (WAU). Elon. NC. Nov. 13. 2023. (with Julie C. Lellis)

“ChatGPT 101: Writing Techniques and Multimedia Adaptations for College Faculty.” Invited workshop for Bossier Parish Community College. Bossier City, LA. April, 20. 2023 (with Travis Maynard, Paula Rosinski)

 “Learning from the Writing Lives of Alumni: Implications for Teaching.” Worshop for Elon Writing Across the University (WAU). Elon. NC. November. 2022. (with Julia Bleakney, Heather Lindenman, Travis Maynard, Paula Rosinski)

“Teaching Information Design and Data Visualization in Writing Assignments.” Workshop for Elon Writing Across the University (WAU). Elon. NC. April. 2020.

 “Using Information Visualization to Create Significant Learning Experience for Students.”  2017 Elon Teaching and Learning Conference. Elon. NC. August 2017.

 “Data Visualization Workshop for Non-programmers.” 2016 Elon Teaching and Learning Conference. Elon. NC. August 2016.

Awards

Awards and Grants

  • Artificial Intelligence Engagement Grant, Summer 2023, Elon Univeristy

  • Elon University SGA-ATC Open Educational Resources Grant, Spring 2022, Elon University, shared with Travis Maynard, Paula Rosinski 

  • Nell Ann Pickett Award of the Best Article in Technical Communication Quarterly, June 2021, the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW)
  • Service-learning Scholar Program Fund, 2019-2020, Elon University
  • Winter Term Enhancement Grant , Winter 2017, Elon University
  • FR&D Summer Research Fellowship, Summer 2016, Elon University