Peiwei Li
Associate Professor, Counseling and Psychology, Lesley University
Lesley University
Peiwei Li is an associate professor of Counseling and Psychology and the research coordinator for the PhD program of Counseling and Psychology in Transformative Leadership, Education, and Applied Research at Lesley University. Peiwei’s cross-cultural experiences as an immigrant and a Chinese woman growing up in the late socialist/emerging capitalist era in China have fueled her interest in understanding the intersection of culture, class, race, gender, and complex power relations from a transnational perspective, and how social and systemic pathologies and psychological sufferings entangle. Her scholarship locates in the borderland of critical psychology and critical qualitative methodologies, pertaining to identity development, emancipatory interest, consciousness-raising, recognition, solidarity, and potentials for liberatory actions. Substantively, she has engaged in research on diversity and social justice education, immigration and detention, gender-based violence, and collective spiritual development.
Areas of Expertise
- Cultural Studies
- Immigration
- Race and Ethnicity
- Social Theory
- Critical Qualitative Methodology
Methodology
- Focus Groups
- Interviews
- Mixed Methods
- Qualitative Methods
- Survey Methods and Questionnaires
- Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)
- Affiliates
- Inaugural - Faculty