Dan Li, Ph.D.
Research Associate IDEA
- Manhattan KS
Dan Li wrote her dissertation on parental mediation of children’s television viewing.
Social
Biography
Dan grew up in China and moved to Milwaukee in 2003 to pursue her M.A. in mass communication at Marquette University. After earning the degree in 2005, she attended Northwestern University for her Ph.D. in media, technology, and society. While working on her dissertation on parental mediation of children’s television viewing, Dan moved to Manhattan and joined the IDEA Center research team in 2011. Having spent most of her life in metropolitan areas, Dan enjoys the peaceful atmosphere in Manhattan and looks forward to stargazing in the summer.
Industry Expertise
Education/Learning
Research
Areas of Expertise
Higher Education
Program Development
Distance Learning
Adult Education
Survey Design
Communications
Survey Research
Statistical Analysis
Outcomes Assessment
Education
Northwestern University
PhD
Media, Technology, and Society
Marquette University
MA
Mass Communication
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
BA
Journalism
Affiliations and Past Experience
- Association for Institutional Research : Member
IDEA Blog
Articles
Response to “A Better Way to Evaluate Undergraduate Teaching”
IDEA2015
In the January/February issue of Change, Carl Wieman argues, in “A Better Way to Evaluate Undergraduate Teaching,” the current methods of evaluating teaching effectiveness in higher education lack validity and do little to offer the means for improvement.
Validity and Reliability of IDEA Teaching Essentials
IDEA2015
Most institutions of higher education have some system in place for collecting student ratings of instruction (SRI) data from classes on a systematic basis. SRIs are a relatively simple way of gauging student perceptions of teaching and the course.
