Xia Li 1180 Raymond Blvd, Apt 22H, Newark, New Jersey, 07102| (201)423-5499 |[email protected] Permanent Residency

Education 2021 The New School, Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment, New York, NY Ph.D. Candidate, Public and Urban Policy Dissertation title: “Understanding Educational Inequality of Rural Children in China” Dissertation Committee: David R. Howell, Ying Chen, Mark W. Frazier 2015 Rutgers University, Newark , NJ Certificate in Nonprofit Management, School of Public Affairs and Administration

2014 Renmin University of China, Beijing, China Master of Management, Urban and Rural Planning and Management

2013 Rutgers University, Newark , NJ Master of Public Administration, School of Public Affairs and Administration

2011 China Youth University of Political Studies, Beijing, China Bachelor of Laws in Sociology, School of Social Work

Research Interests

Educational Inequality Policy Analysis Social Class and Stratification Urbanization and Migration Comparative Education

Teaching Interests

Analytical Research Methods Quantitative Analysis Statistics Policy Analysis International and Comparative Education

Awards and Scholarships

2020 University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) International Doctoral Practicum Exchange Fund (program was cancelled due to COVID-19) 2019 India China Institute (ICI) Student Research Fellowship 2019 New York University’s Steinhardt Faculty First-Look (FFL) Scholar 2019 Equity and Inclusion Fellowship, Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) 2019 Student Research Award Recipient, Provost’s Office Research Support, The New School 2015 The President’s Scholarship, The New School 2014 Fellowship on Equity and Opportunity Studies, The Center on Law in Metropolitan Equity, Rutgers-Newark 2010 Award of Comprehensively Qualified Student, China Youth University of Political Studies 2009 Academic Excellence Award, China Youth University of Political Studies 2009 Second Prize of the “Spark of Wisdom” Student Academy Competition, China Youth University of Political Studies 2009 Excellent Practice Report of “Focusing on Pioneering Work, Caring for People’s livelihood”, China Youth University of Political Studies 2008 Award of Outstanding Volunteer, China Youth University of Political Studies

Publications and Reports

Majora Carter, James Chase, Xia Li, and Jose Galvez Contreras. (2018). Digital Use by Small Businesses in Low Income Communities: Hunts Point/Longwood Case Study. A report for the New York City Economic Development Corporation. New York, NY

Works in Progress

Xia Li, Qin Gao, Jie Tang, “Targeted Poverty Alleviation in China: An Empirical Study of the Process and Impacts of Poverty Registration System”

Ying Chen, Xia Li, Jie Tang, “Structural Inequality in Education and Social Class Mobility in China”

Conferences/Workshop Presentations

2020 Presenter, “Understanding Local Education Policymaking in China: A Focus on the Variation in Urban Public School Enrollment Eligibility Requirements for Migrant Children,” Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), Virtual, November 11-13

2019 Presenter, “Educational Inequality in China” China Studies Graduate Student Group Talk, The New School for Social Research, October 22

2013 Presenter, “Changes of Rural Governance During the Process of Government-led Urbanization: A Chengdu Perspective,” International Conference on Public Administration (9th ICPA), Cape Town, South Africa, October 31 – November 2

Service

Review for Journals: Land Use Policy

Teaching Experience

2018 - Current Teaching Fellow Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, The New School, New York, NY Course: Statistics with SPSS Complete responsibility for the course, syllabus design, learning goals, assessments, and managed online platform for group discussion

2018 - Current Instructor Economics Department, Fordham University, New York, NY Courses: Statistics I Statistical Decision Making

Xia Li.2 2017 – 2018 Adjunct Associate Applied Analytics, School of Professional Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY Courses: Introduction to Machine Learning Capstone Project: Building Data-Savvy Organizations

2016 – 2017 Graduate Teaching Assistant Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment, The New School, New York, NY Courses: Quantitative Methods Advanced Quantitative Methods

Research Experience

2017 – 2018 Research Assistant on Project “Class Reproduction within Education” The New School for Social Research, New York, NY Professor Ying Chen • Cleaned and organized data using SPSS and R • Conducted statistical analysis • Wrote report on the findings of social class mobility in rural China and prepared presentation at the Robert L.Heibroner Center for Capitalism Studies

2016 – 2018 Research Assistant on Decent Jobs Project Report to Washington Center for Equitable Growth Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment, New York, NY Professor David R. Howell • Produced figures and tables using excel to show the change of job qualities in different age groups, gender, and educational attainment over time in the U.S. • Presented large data sets in visually innovative ways to make it easier to comparatively study the job quality and economic growth in developed countries

2016 – 2017 Principal Researcher Majora Carter Group LLC & NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), New York, NY • Designed survey for the research project Digital Tools Use in Small Business • Conducted interviews with 100 local small business owners and 6 NGOs leaders / government agencies • Performed descriptive and inferential data analysis • Wrote and submitted the research report to NYCEDC

2011 – 2014 Research Assistant School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, Beijing Professor Jie Tang • Assisted with information collection and data analysis for project of Government-led Urbanization in Chengdu and Research on the impacts of “Gated Community” in Beijing • Analyzed data using SPSS and generated reports on the study of “Social Management and Public Security in Rural Area of China” • Interviewed local officials, villagers and collected first-hand information of new practices in grassroots democracy • Involved in the writing of the book “Coordination of Urban and Rural Development in China: learning from Chengdu” Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub

Xia Li.3 (November 30, 2013)

2008 Researcher Association of Chinese Youth Volunteer, China Youth University of Political Studies, Beijing • Designed survey and conducted interviews with local rural residents • Wrote “The Impact of Food Price Increase on Farmers” report

Scholarly or Professional Association Memberships

Present Member, American Economic Association (AEA) Present Member, Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) 2017 – 2018 Secretary, Public and Urban Policy Doctoral Student Association, The New School 2013 – 2014 Member, Phi Alpha Alpha the Global Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration (PAA)

Skills

Mandarin (native), English (fluent) Proficient in R, SPSS and Microsoft Office software Familiar with Tableau and SQL National Computer Second-level Certificate - Database program design (Access)

References

David R. Howell Professor of Economics and Public Policy Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment The New School 72 Fifth Avenue, Room 702 New York, NY 10011 [email protected]

Ying Chen Assistant Professor of Economics Department of Economics New School for Social Research The New School Fifth Avenue, Room 1125 New York, NY 10003 [email protected] +1-212-229-5717 Ext. 3402

Mark W. Frazier Professor of Politics Department of Politics New School for Social Research The New School 6 E. 16th Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10003

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