Office：  4F, Building N

Tel.：      8590-2561

E-mail：  jwli@cityu.edu.mo                                                                 

Academic Qualification:  

Ph.D. in Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida

Master's in Hospitality and Tourism, Ohio University

Working Experience                                                                             

From 2020/8 to 2024/8                   Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant/Instructor, University of Central Florida

From 2019/6 to 2020/5                   Graduate Assistant for Housing and Residence Life: Housing Operations and

                                                           Guest Experiences, Ohio University                                         

From 2018/8 to 2019/5                   Graduate Assistant at the Patton College of Education, Ohio University

From 2015/9 to 2018/2                   Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau of Qingyuan, China

Teaching Area                                                                               

Research Area                                                                               

Professional Certification and Awards

Professional Certificate:

Advanced Quantitative Methodologies in Educational and Human Sciences Graduate Certificate,

awarded by the University of Central Florida, May 2023

Awards:

2025 Best Supervisor Award, The 4th Three-Minute Thesis Competition at the Macau University of Science and

Technology

2025 Best Paper (2nd Place), The 3rd Annual Academic Conference for Postgraduates in Tourism in

Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangzhou, China

2024 National Scholarship for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, China  Scholarship Council (CSC)

2023 The University of Central Florida's Graduate Dean's Dissertation Completion Fellowship

2021 Best Paper of the 6th Peking University Aging Health Ph.D. Student Forum

2019 Outstanding Graduate Student Award at the Patton College of Education, Ohio University

2013 Special Commendation from the Tourism Promotion Organization Asian PacificRegion Home-City Travel Product

Planning Contest, Busan, Korea

Academic Publication

Journal Paper

• Ridderstaat, J., Li, J., Park, J. Y., & Yost, E (2025). Extending the boundaries: Simpson's Paradox in the tourism-economic growth relationship. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 1-18.  (SSCI Q2)
• Pan, Y., Fu, X., Li, J., Liu, Y., & Liu, H. (2025). Does home culture matter? Influence of home culture connectedness on tourist behavioral intentions. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 1-20. (Corresponding author) (SSCI Q2)
• Pan, Y., Li, J., Fu, X., Liu, Y., & Guo, X. (2025). How does COVID-19 promote tourist behavioral intentions in a post-COVID world? Journal of China Tourism Research, 21(1), 292-316. (ESCI)
• Zhong, Y., Bottorff, T., Li., J., Beltran, S., & Thiamwong, L. (2025). Viewing hospitality from an interdisciplinary lens: A systematic review of third-year research on hospitality in healthcare. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 37(2), 333-357. (SSCI Q1)
• Li, J., Zhong, Y., Hancer, M., & Raab, C. (2024). Job competency expectations for senior living foodservice employees: An analysis of online job postings. Journal of Foodservice Business Research, 27(6), 2643-2661.  (ESCI Q2)
• Zhong, Y., Li, J., Jackson, A., Kim, D., Thiamwong, L., Crook, J., ... & Xie, R. (2024). Battling heat: Community engagement and health strategies for low-income older adults living alone. Innovation in Aging, 8(Suppl 1), 1292. (SSCI Q1)
• Chaulagain, S., Li, J., & Pizam, A. (2024). The impact of sense of community on residents' satisfaction, behavioral intentions, and life satisfaction in senior living communities. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 121, 103822. (SSCI Q1)
• Chaulagain, S., Li, J., Baniya, R., & Pizam, A. (2024). Should I stay or should I go back? Factors influencing snowbirds' intention to relocate to Florida permanently. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights, 7(5), 2643-2661. (ESCI Q1)
• Li., J., Chaulagian, S., & Yost, E. (2023). Residents' sense of safety in senior living communities: A conceptual paper. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 112, 103410.  (SSCI Q1)
• Chaulagain, S., Li, J., Pizam, A. (2022). What matters, and what matters most? Exploring resident satisfaction in continuing care retirement communities. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 34(7), 2472-2495. (SSCI Q1)
• Li, J., Ridderstaat, R., & Yost, E. (2022). Tourism development and quality of life interdependence with evolving age-cohort-based population. Tourism Management, 93(3), 104621. (SSCI Q1)

Conference Paper

• Li, J. (2025). Connecting needs and intentions: Investigating older adults' intentions to move to senior living communities. Presented a paper at the Annual China Population Association Conference, Shanghai, China, July 9-11, 2025. (Presented by Li)
• Li, J., Hancer, M., Pizam, A., Zhong, Z., Chaulagain, S., Godovykh, M., & Cassisi, J. Investigating How Meeting Older Adults' Needs Influences Their Intentions to Join Senior Living Communities: The Generational Perspective. (2025). Presented a paper at the Global Hospitality and Tourism Research Summit, Fukuoka, Japan, May 15-18, 2025. (Presented by Li)
• Li. J., Zhong, Y., & Shapoval. (2024). Extending the job-demands-resource theory: The role of wellness program and sense of calling on employee loyalty. Presented a paper at the 28th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism in Miami, Florida, January 4-7, 2024. (Presented by Li)
• Li, J., Pizam, A., Zhong, Y., Chaulagain, S., & Godovykh, M. (2023). Investigating the influence of meeting the needs of older adults on their intentions to move to senior living communities: A comparative study between the Silent Generation and the Baby Boomer Generation. Presented a paper at the 7th World Research Summit for Hospitality and Tourism, Orlando, Florida, December 8-11, 2023. (Presented by Li)
• Zhong, Y., Li, J., & Bottorff, T. (2023). Viewing hospitality from an interdisciplinary lens: A systematic review on hospitality in health-related services. Presented a paper at the 7th World Research Summit for Hospitality and Tourism, Orlando, Florida, December 8-11, 2023. 
• Ridderstaat, R., Li, J., & Park, J. Y. (2023). A System for Framing Tourism Relationships. Presented a paper at the NETTRA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 14-16, 2023. (Presented by Li)
• Li, J. (2023). Residents' sense of safety in senior living communities: A conceptual paper. Presented a paper at the 2023 UCF Student Scholar Symposium Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 27, 2023. (Presented by Li)
• Li, J. & Zhong, Y. (2023). Employee loyalty in senior living: Integrating sense of calling with job demands-resources theory. Presented a paper at the 8th Annual SECSA ICHRIE Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 10-11, 2023. (Presented by Li)
• Li, J., Chaulagain, S., Pizam, A., & Baniya, R. (2023). Factors influencing snowbirds' intentions to relocate to Florida permanently. Presented a paper at the 28th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism in Los Angeles, California, January 5 - 7, 2023. (Presented by Li)
• Li, J., Fu. X., & Chaulagain, S. (2023). The impact of resident-snowbird interaction on residents' attitudes toward snowbird destination development: Examining the mediating role of emotional solidarity. Presented a poster at the 28th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism in Los Angeles, California, January 5 - 7, 2023. (Presented by Li)
• Li, J., Zhong, Y., & Bottorff, T. (2023). Viewing from an Interdisciplinary Lines: A systematic literature review of senior living in hospitality, tourism, and recreation journals. Presented a paper at the 28th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism in Los Angeles, California, January 5 - 7, 2023. (Presented by Li)
• Li, J., & Zhong, Y. (2022). Role of sense of calling on emotional exhaustion, psychological well-being, and intention to level the senior living industry and moderating role of non-resident care versus resident care employees. Presented a proposal at the 41 ISTTE Annual Conference in the USA, October 5-7, 2022. (Presented by Li)
• Li, J., & Zhong, Y. (2022). Job competency expectations for frontline foodservice employees in the senior living industry: An analysis of online job postings. Presented a paper at the 5th Global Tourism & Hospitality Conference in Hong Kong (Virtual), June 13-14, 2022. (Presented by Li)
• Li, J., Chaulagain, S., & Pizam, A. (2022). Investigating resident perception of safety on place attachment in senior living communities. Presented a poster at the 27th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism in Houston, Texas, January 7 - 8, 2022. (Presented by Li)
• Chaulagain, S., Li, J., & Pizam, A. (2021). Sense of community among residents in senior living communities. Present a paper at the 6th World Research Summit for Tourism and Hospitality virtually on December 14-15.  (Presented by Li)
• Yost, E., Ridderstaat, J., & Li., J. (2021). Net financial wealth: A precursor of performance in the US restaurant industry. Presented a paper at the 2021 iAHFME Research Symposium, New York, NY, November 13, 2021. 
• Li., J. (2021). Understanding the perceived service quality by residents in an assisted living facility: A qualitative inquiry. Presented a paper at the 5th Peking University Aging Health Ph.D. Student Forum virtually on July 7-8, 2021. (Presented by Li)
• Chaulagain, S., Li, J., & Pizam, A. (2021). Factors affecting resident satisfaction in continuing care retirement communities. Presented a paper at the Global Conference on Services and Retail Management (GLOSERV 2021) virtually on May 10-13, 2021. (Presented by Li)
• Li, J. (2021). An understanding of perceived service quality by residents in an assisted living facility: A qualitative inquiry into the Lindley Inn Assisted Living Community, The Plains, Ohio. Presented a paper at the Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education 2021 Conference: Aging in a Digital World in Athens, Ohio, April 14-16, 2021. (Presented by Li)
• Li, J., Pizam, A., & Zhong, Y. (2021). Investigating the factors that affect college students' intentions to work in the senior living industry. Presented a poster at the 26th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism in Huston, Texas, January 06 - 08, 2021. (Presented by Li)
• Li, J., & Chen, S. (2020). Investigating significant factors influencing snowbirds' intention to reside in Sanya, China. Presented a poster at the 25th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 03 - 05, 2020. (Presented by Li)
• Li, J. (2013). The charm of Yantai flour sculptures. Presented at the Region Home-City Travel Product Planning Contest of the Tourism Universiade 2013 Tourism Promotion Organization (TPO), Asian Pacific in Busan, Korea, July 24-26, 2013. (Presented by Li)

Journal Editorial Board Member:

• Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights

Ad-hoc Reviewer

• Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights
• Services Marketing Quarterly
• Journal of Foodservice Business Research
• Journal of Destination Marketing
• International Journal of Hospitality Management
• International Journal of Tourism Research