Zhi Li, University of Saskatchewan

Research

COVID-19 online xenophobic behaviors Asian communities social impact of the pandemic moral panic critical discourse analysis

Latest papers

Using Corpus Analyses to Help Address the DIF Interpretation: Gender Differences in Standardized Writing Assessment.
Frontiers in psychology · 2020 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Bilingualism and Multilingualism (BAM2) conference and community outreach event
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$44,940
Online xenophobia against Asian communities during the COVID-19 pandemic on Twitter: A Data-Driven Sociolinguistic Analysis
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$24,966
Collaborative development of written academic genre awareness by international graduate students
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$58,461

All 3 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Using Corpus Analyses to Help Address the DIF Interpretation: Gender Differences in Standardized Writing Assessment.

Li Z, Chen MY, Banerjee J

Frontiers in psychology2020First author

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01088 PMID: 32581944

Bilingualism and Multilingualism (BAM2) conference and community outreach event

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Makarova, Veronika

Keywords: Bilingualism; multilingualism; multiculturalism; scholars-community connection; official and minority languages of Canada

$44,940

Online xenophobia against Asian communities during the COVID-19 pandemic on Twitter: A Data-Driven Sociolinguistic Analysis

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) COVID-19 Special Initiative

Principal investigators: Li, Zhi

Keywords: COVID-19; online xenophobic behaviors; Asian communities; social impact of the pandemic; moral panic; critical discourse analysis

$24,966

Collaborative development of written academic genre awareness by international graduate students

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Makarova, Veronika

Keywords: Academic writing by international graduate students; Collaborative learning; Computer-assisted Collaborative learning; Socialization in language learning; English as a Second Language; Systemic Functional Linguistics; English as a Second Language academic writing; Genre of an academic research paper; Difficulties with academic writing among international sts; Computer corpora text analysis

$58,461

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: COVID-19 Dear Professor Li, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Using Corpus Analyses to Help Address the DIF Interpretation: Gender Differences in Standardized Writing Assessment." (2020), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Online xenophobia against Asian communities during the COVID-19 pandemic on Twitter: A Data-Driven Sociolinguistic Analysis" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]