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Dan Li, Ph.D., NCC, LSC-NC (K-12)
Health Promotion Sciences

Dan Li, Ph.D., NCC, LSC-NC

Associate Professor

Hudson College of Public Health
801 Northeast 13th Street, Room 445
Post Office Box 26901
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104

(405) 271-8001

Dan-Li@ouhsc.edu

Dr. Dan Li is an Associate Professor of Health Promotion Sciences at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences (OUHS). She is a National Certified Counselor and a Licensed School Counselor (K-12) in North Carolina. Dr. Li earned her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation and Counselor Education, with a minor in Applied Statistics, from the University of Iowa in 2018. Before joining the Hudson College of Public Health at OUHS, she served as an Assistant Professor of Counseling at both the University of North Texas (UNT) and the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz.

Dr. Li’s earlier research in counseling explores two parallel processes: the training and supervision of counselors (educator-student or supervisor-supervisee) and the corresponding therapeutic outcomes (counselor-client). Central to her work is her commitment to serving minority and marginalized communities and addressing mental health disparities, a focus that underpins both processes. She emphasizes the profound interconnection between mental and physical health, which is reflected in her recent scholarly endeavors involving interdisciplinary collaborations. These efforts are particularly aimed at promoting mental health in underserved K-12 schools and studying the cumulative health impacts of environmental and psychosocial exposures on children’s development and well-being.

As an interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. Li employs a wide variety of research methodologies, including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. Her contributions include over 30 peer-reviewed publications (with 16 as first or sole author), two ongoing federal grants as a Co-PI (totaling over $5.6 million), two professional grants (sole PI), one internal grant (sole PI), and various awards and fellowships. Her work has earned notable recognition, including the 2022 Publication in Counselor Education and Supervision Award (a national award given to one recipient annually) and the 2021 UNT College of Education Junior Faculty Research Award. Dr. Li has also been selected as a Faculty Fellow (2024-2025) of the Institute for Community and Society Transformation (ICAST) at OU.

Education:

  • Ph.D., Rehabilitation and Counselor Education (Major), Applied Statistics (Minor), University of Iowa, 2018
  • M.A., Professional School Counseling, Appalachian State University, 2014
  • M.A., Linguistics, Hunan University of Technology, 2012
  • B.A., English, Nanjing University of Information, Science, & Technology, 2009

Appointments:

Associate Professor, Department of Health Promotion Sciences

Teaching:

  • HPS 6633 Health Promotion Theory I
  • HPS 6953 Advanced Research Methods in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Clinical/Research Interests:

  • Mental Health Promotion
  • School-Based Mental Health
  • Mental Health Disparities
  • Interdisciplinary Approaches to Total Health
  • Counselor Education and Clinical Supervision
  • Acculturation Studies
  • Quantitative Research Methods

Select Publications:

  1. Li, D. (2024). Social presence as a full mediator between online interaction and satisfaction: A structural equation modeling approach. Journal of Educators Online. https://doi.org/10.9743/JEO.2024.21.4.7
  2. Li, D., Liu, Y., & Werts, R. C. (2024). Counselor trainees’ lived experiences of online learning during COVID-19. Journal of Educators Online. https://doi.org/10.9743/JEO.2024.21.1.2
  3. Lemberger-Truelove, M. E., Li, D., Kim, H., Wills, L., Thompson, K., & Lee, Y.-Y. (2024). Meta-analysis of social and emotional learning interventions delivered by school counselors. Journal of Counseling & Development, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12537
  4. Liu, Y., Li, D., & Zhu, P. (2024). Children experiencing grief and loss-A social-cultural perspective. In L. V. C. Brown & T. Dari (Eds.), The Handbook of Research on Trauma with Children: Working with High Poverty Schools and Communities. Cognella Academic Publishing.
  5. Hastings, T., Lindo, N. A., Li, D., Webster, L., Blalock, S., Ceballos, P., & Werts, R. (2024). A career construction expressive arts group: An exploration of self-concept and adaptability of preadolescent girls. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-024-09701-7
  6. Kim, H., Molina, C. E., Watkinson, J. S., Leigh‐Osroosh, K. T., & Li, D. (2024). Theory‐informed school counseling: Increasing efficacy through prevention‐focused practice and outcome research. Journal of Counseling & Development, 102(2), 226-238. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12507
  7. Lindo, N. A., Li, D., Molina, C. E., Branch, M., Conner, C., Robinson, H., & Werts, R. (2024). Graduate students’ perceptions of the career construction interview. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 52(2), 334-347. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2023.2288123
  8. Lindo, N. A., Molina, C. E., Li, D., Line, A., Amundson, J., Opondo, H., & Werts, R. (2023). Career construction with high school girls: An expressive arts group intervention. Journal of Child and Adolescent Counseling. https://doi.org/10.1080/23727810.2023.2225758
  9. Li, D., & Liu, Y. (2023). Professional identity development of international counseling doctoral students: A hybrid approach of deductive and inductive thematic analysis. Counselor Education and Supervision. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12273
  10. Liu, Y., & Li, D. (2023). Anti-oppressive research in group work. The Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 48(2), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/01933922.2023.2170507