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Yue Li
Assistant Professor, University of Florida
- 30 Under 30
- 2016
- Advisory Council
Dr. Yue Li is an assistant professor of environmental education in the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on AI integration into environmental education, professional development for environmental educators, environmental action, and community engagement. Her recent projects explore the role of AI in empowering environmental educators and engaging audiences to advance environmental education practices. She also investigates how the Community Action Projects for the Environment (CAPE) framework can be applied to audiences ranging from youth to senior adults. She mentors graduate students in the Environmental Education and Action Lab who conduct research in international contexts. She also collaborates with scholars across disciplines to conduct interdisciplinary research in both online and face-to-face settings and across diverse cultural contexts.
Yue is also a Fellow of the Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute (NRLI) Class 25 and a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowship Cohort 25. At UF, she teaches Environmental Education Program Development and Conservation Behavior. Before joining UF, she served as an assistant professor of educational sustainability in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She also worked as a postdoctoral researcher and research associate at Cornell University, where she taught environmental and sustainability MOOCs to students, educators, and professionals worldwide. Yue earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Education from Cornell University, her M.S. in Natural Resources from Beijing Normal University, and her B.S. in Soil and Water Conservation from Beijing Forestry University.