Summary
Hongxin Li is an Associate Professor and department chair in Sport Management with a Ph.D. from the University of North Texas and over a decade of teaching, research, and leadership experience across China and the U.S. Her career spans academic roles from graduate teaching fellow to postdoctoral researcher and department chair at Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, demonstrating steady progression into senior academic leadership. She blends sport management scholarship with practical media experience—having worked as a broadcast journalist covering Chinese Super League matches—and entrepreneurial grit from co-founding a business consulting firm. Her research and teaching intersect sport pedagogy, sociology of sport, and educational psychology, underpinned by a background in economics. Based in Beijing, she brings international perspective and cross-cultural collaboration to curriculum design and departmental strategy. A detail often overlooked: she sustained simultaneous academic and entrepreneurial roles early in her career, signaling strong multitasking and stakeholder engagement skills.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Sociology of Sport, Master's degree Sociology of Sport at Zhengzhou University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Sport Management Sport Pedagogy Educational Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Sport Management Sport Pedagogy Educational Psychology at University of North Texas