Educational Qualifications

2015
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, U.S

2012
M.S. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, U.S

2010
B.A. Beijing Normal University, China

Academic and Professional Experience

July 2022 – January 2026
Capstone Project Coordinator, Singapore University of Social Sciences (S R Nathan School of Human Development)

June 2021 – Present
Lecturer, Singapore University of Social Sciences (S R Nathan School of Human Development)

January 2020 – June 2021
Associate Faculty, Singapore University of Social Sciences (S R Nathan School of Human Development)

April 2019 – December 2020
Mandarin Teacher, House on the Hill Montessori Preschool

August 2016 – January 2019
Associate Professor, Guizhou Education University (GEU)

August 2010 – August 2015
Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)

Selected Publications

Liang, Y., Cao, H., Zhou, N., Bao, R., & Li, J. (2024). Body mass index, peer victimization, and internalizing symptoms from late childhood through early adolescence: Disaggregation of within-person and between-person effects. Psychology of Violence. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/vio0000525 

Liang, Y., Zhou, N., Cao, H., Li, J., & Bao, R. (2024). Revisiting implications of early family economic conditions for adolescent adaptations: An integrative cascade model. Journal of Family Psychology, 38(1), 174–188. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001124

Tan, Y. & Li, J. (2022). Introducing engineering design process to block play: A qualitative case study with kindergarten one children in a Singapore preschool. Early Educators, Dec, 41-53

Liang, Y., Cao, H., Zhou, N., Li, J., & Zhang, L. (2020). Early home learning environment predicts early adolescents’ adjustment through cognitive abilities in middle childhood. Journal of Family Psychology, 34(8), 905–917. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000675

Li, J., Hestenes, L. L., & Wang, C. Y. (2016). Links between observed pretend play in childcare outdoor environments and preschool children's social skills. Early Childhood Education Journal, 44, 61-68, DOI 10.1007/s10643-014-0673-2

King, E., Pierro, R., Li, J., Porterfield, M. L., Rucker, L., & Cassidy, D. (2016). Classroom quality in infant and toddler classrooms: Impact of age and programme type. Early Child Development and Care, DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2015.1134521

Cao, H., Zhou, N., Fine, M., Liang, Y., Li, J., & Mills-Koonce, W. R. (2017). Sexual minority stress and same-sex relationship well-being: A meta-analysis of research prior to the U.S. nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage. Journal of Marriage and Family, 79, 1258-1277, DOI:10.1111/jomf.12415

Tudge, J., Payir, A., Merçon-Vargas, E., Cao, H., Liang, Y., & Li, J., & O’Brien, L. (2016). Still misused after all these years? A re-evaluation of the uses of Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological theory of human development. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 8, 427-445.

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