Yanling Li Gould

I am a disabled woman growing up in China. I have a mobility disability. I am attracted to the Disability Studies program because of my personal experiences.

Why did you choose DHD at UIC?
For the Ph.D. Program in Disability Studies

What do you want to do with a DHD degree?
To promote equal opportunities for education for disabled people.

Research Interests
Access to Higher Education for disabled students in China

Selected Presentations
5/21/2011: “Insider or outsider – Challenges of conducting disability research in one’s own culture” at the 7th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
6/4/2010: “Struggles Beyond Paperwork – Personal Experiences of Disabled Students Applying for Universities in China”, at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Society for Disability Studies in Philadelphia
4/6/2010: Guest lecturer, “Cultural Conceptions of Disabilities and Language” for the course “Disability and Global Health” at Northwestern University.

Selected Publications
Rodakowski, J., Kelly, E. & Gould, Y.L. (2009). Race, culture and disability: Implications for training and educating future generations (in F. Balcazar, Y. Suarez-Balcazar, T. Taylor-Ritzler, & C. Keys, Eds.), *Race, culture and disability: Rehabilitation science and practice*. Jones and Bartlett: Boston, MA.**
de las Heras, C. G., Geist, R., Kielhofner, G., & Li, Y. (2007). The Volitional Questionnaire (VQ) (Version 4.1), published in Chicago, Model of Human Occupation Clearinghouse, Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
Li, Y. & Kielhofner, G. (2004). Psychometric properties of the volitional questionnaire. The Israel Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13, E85-E98.

Awards and Honors
Jun. 2003 Winner of ELA (Ethel Louise Armstrong) Foundation Scholarship
Jan. 2003 Winner of AHEAD (Association of Higher Education and Disability) Scholarship
May 2001 Winner of the International Peace Scholarship by PEO Organization

Education
MS/C, Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2004; MA, English for Specific Purposes (Linguistics and Applied Linguistics), University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST), PR China, 1996; BA, English for Specific Purposes (Science & Technology), Harbin Shipbuilding Engineering Institute (HSEI), PR China, 1990