Grants:

• 05/2025-04/2026: PI, Exploring Information-Seeking Behavior with Generative AI: A Comparison Between 2D Interfaces and Virtual Reality, Pilot Research Award, College of Communication and Information Sciences (C&IS), University of Alabama, $2,500.
• 06/2024 — 05/2025: PI, Human-Centered Generative Artificial Intelligence Application Design and Evaluation in Information Science and Technology Education​, Alabama Commission on Higher Education, $5,000. 
• 01/2024 — 12/2025:  Co-PI (with PI Dr. Hengyi Fu), Digital Footprints of Distress: Addressing differences in mental health search patterns across socioeconomic spectrums at the county level in Alabama, University of Alabama, $5,571. 

On-going research projects: 

• Project 1: Libraries in the Age of Generative AI: Exploring Public Perception via X (Twitter)
• Project 2: Navigating Complexity: Human–Generative AI Collaboration in Information tasks
• Project 2: Generative AI as a Creative Partner in Fashion Design

Reach out to me at yuan.li (at) ua.edu if you want to learn more about my projects.