Luye Li, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice

Luye Li is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice. Her research focuses on police legitimacy and procedural justice, intimate partner violence, and a comparison of criminal justice systems between China and the United States. Her publications appear in the Criminal Justice Review, Policing: An International Journal, Police Practice and Research, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Journal of Family Violence, and Journal of Asian Criminology. She is licensed with a Machine Learning Certificate from Stanford University.
Before her academic appointment, Luye was a data scientist at the Center for Drug and Health Study, University of Delaware. There, she managed the Delaware School Survey and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, both funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She received the 2020 Literati Award for Outstanding Reviewer from the Emerald Publishing company and currently serves on the Editorial Board of the journal, Policing: An International Journal.