Dr. Wendy Li is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology in College of Healthcare Sciences at James Cook University, Australia. Prior to her current appointment, she was a Teaching Fellow in School of Psychology at the University of Waikato, a Counsellor at the Asian Services of the Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand, and a Senior Lecturer at Guangdong Women’s Polytechnic College in China. Dr. Li is currently a Research Fellow of The Cairns Institute, JCU; an Associate of WHO Collaborating Centres for Nursing and Midwifery Education and Research Capacity Building; a research associate with School of Psychology at the University of Waikato, New Zealand; and a Senior Research Consultant for Verité (a US-owned NGO) of the China Office. Dr. Li has an extensive research experience and has led projects in Australia, New Zealand, and China in areas of aging, mental health, intergroup relations and discrimination, migration and refugees, and problem gambling and substance abuse.

Dr. Li has won external and internal grants worth more than $165,000 since she joined JCU in 2011. She was one of the five recipients of the JCU Rising Stars Early Career Researcher Leadership Program in 2012. She was awarded a Research Performance Award by Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences in 2012 in recognition of her research excellence. Dr. Li has served as Deputy Managing Editor of the Journal of Tropical Psychology and an Editorial Board Member the International Journal of Social Work and Social Services.

Dr. Li has been active in voluntary sectors for many years in Australia and New Zealand. She was the founding Chairperson of the Hamilton Chinese Golden Age Society of New Zealand. Dr. Li is currently the President of the Townsville Chinese Club, a Committee Member of Townville Sisters Cities Program and a Member of the Inclusive Community Advisory Committee for the Townsville City Council.