Yiran Li, MA, joined the language education and multilingualism program at UB’s Graduate School of Education in February 2022. After graduating from college in China with a BA in English, Yiran worked for an exam-oriented English training as an administrator and pre-service teacher, then received a master’s in TESOL from the University of Leicester. Yiran’s research interests include language education, literature learning and instruction, social identity, adult language learning and language anxiety.