Projects
Predictors of Immigrant Achievement in English-Only Instructional Environments: The Role of Background Variables on English Acquisition and Academic Achievement
Multicultural Views of Mainstream Instructional Practices
Awards & Honours
Education Advocate Award, Association of British Columbia Deans of Education, 2023
Reading Hall of Fame, Inducted 2021
Honorary Lifetime Membership for Contributions to Research in Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities Association of Vancouver, March, 2010
BC TEAL Lifetime Contributors Award, May, 2009
UBC President’s Award for Education Through the Media, March 2009
British Columbia Deans of Education Association, 2008/2009 Media Contributor of the Year Award
Selected Publications
D’Silva, R. & Gunderson, L. (2014, January) Teaching to Kinetic Diversity Multicultural Canadian classrooms in the 21st century. Education Canada.
Gunderson, L, D’Silva, R, & Murphy Odo (2014). ESL (ELL) literacy instruction: A guidebook to theory and practice (3rd ed.). NY: Routledge.
Gunderson, L. (2014). Theorizing Multiculturalism: Modeling the Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in School–Based Multicultural Settings. In K. Shimizu & W.S. Bradley (Eds.) Multiculturalism and Conflict Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific: Migration, Language and Politics. (62-78). London: Palgrave.
Gunderson, L., D’Silva, R. & Murphy Odo, D. (2012). Immigrant Students Navigating Canadian Schools: A Longitudinal View. TESL Canada Journal, v. 29, n. 6, pp. 142-156.
Murphy Odo, D., D’Silva, R. & Gunderson, L. (2012). High School May Not Be Enough: An Investigation of Asian Students’ Eligibility for Post-Secondary Education. Canadian Journal of Education, v. 35. n. 2, pp. 249-267.
Gunderson, L. (2011.2012) “Bi-cultural identity as an academic variable”, AMSSA Cultures West. v. 29, n. 2: Winter 2011/12, pp. 22-23.
Angerilli, M., Beatty, K., D`Silva, FR., Gunderson, L., Helmer, S., Humphries, C., Kosel, B., LaRizza-Evans, R., McMillan, D., Murphy Odo, D., Monkman, G., Neilson, D., Shea, D., Tijman, D., & Wright, J. (2012). “LOMERA” BC Teacher, v. 24, n 4, January/February, available at http://bctf.ca/publications/NewsmagArticle.aspx?id=25048
Siegel, L., & Gunderson, L. (in press). The Assessment of Individual Learning Needs of Students from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds. Victoria, BC: Ministry of Education, Skills and Training.
Gunderson, L., Murphy Odo, D. & D’Silva, R. (2011). Assessing the English Language Learner. In D. Lapp & D Fisher (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts (3rd ed.) (pp. 343-349). New York: Routledge.
Gunderson, L., Murphy Odo, D., & D’Silva, R. (2011). Second language literacy. In E. Hinkel (Ed.), Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning (Vol. 2) (pp. 472-487). New York: Routledge.
Gunderson, L., D’Silva, R., & Chen, L. (2011). Second language reading disability: International themes. In A. McGill-Franzen & R.L. Allington (DEds.), Handbook of reading disability research (pp.13-24). New York: Routledge.
Gunderson, L. (2011). Preface to Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt and Althier Lazar, We Can Teach and We Can Learn: Achievement in Culturally Responsive Literacy Classrooms. NY: Routledge.
Gunderson, L. (2010). Foreword to Guofang Li & Patricia Edwards (Eds.), Best Practices in ELL Instruction. NY: Guilford Publications.
Gunderson, L., Murphy Odo, D., & D’Silva, R. (2010). Manual for the Lower Mainland English Reading Assessment (LOMERA). Vancouver: Lower Mainland ESL Assessment Consortium.
Gunderson, L. (2009), Book Review of Social Justice through Multilingual Education. Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Robert Phillipson, Ajit K. Mohanty & Minati Panda (Eds.). Toronto: Multilingual Matters, 2009, pp. xviii +389, ISBN: 978-1-84769-189-7 (pbk). Language and Education, London: Routledge.
Gunderson, L. (2009). ESL(ELL) Literacy Instruction: A Guidebook to Theory and Practice (2nd ed.). NY: Routledge.
Gunderson, L. (2008). Commentary: The state of the art of secondary ESL teaching and learning. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 52(3), 184-188.
Gunderson, L. (2008). Bilingual education. In S. Mathison & W. Ross (Eds.), Battleground Schools (pp. 57-64). Westport, CN: Greenwood Press.
Gunderson, L. (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010). The Burnaby English Reading Assessment. Burnaby: Burnaby School District. (Normative data and manual).
Gunderson, L. (2007). English-only instruction and immigrant students in secondary schools: A critical examination. Mawah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Gunderson, L. (2007). A Review of ESL Services in the Abbotsford School Board (pdf).
Gunderson, L. (2007). Where have all the immigrants gone? Contact, 32, 18-128. TESL Ontario, available at http://www.teslontario.org/uploads/publications/researchsymposium/ResearchSymposium2007.pdf
Gunderson, L. (2007). A review of immigrant students and literacy by Gerald Compano.Teachers College Journal. Invited review.
Gunderson, L. (2006). But she speaks English! In R. Jimenez & D. Ong-Pang (Eds.), Race, Ethnicity, and Education (pp. 1-20). Westport, CT: Routlege (Taylor & Francis).
Lopez, M., & Gunderson, L. (2006). Oaxacan parents’ perceptions of literacy. In R. Jimenez & D. Ong-Pang (Eds.), Race, Ethnicity, and Education (pp. 95-115). Westport, CT: Routlege (Taylor & Francis).
Lopez, M., & Gunderson, L. (2006). Parental views of literacy learning: A Mexican View. English Quarterly, 38(10), 6-13.
Gunderson, L. (2006). Foreward to Li, Guofang. Culturally Contested Pedagogy: Battles between Mainstream Teachers and Asian Immigrant Parents. Buffalo: State University of New York Press.
Gunderson, L. (2006). Foreword to Schmidt & Ma, 50 literacy strategies for culturally responsive teaching. NY: Corwin Press.
Chen, L., Seror, J., & Gunderson, L. (2005). Multiple perspectives on Educationally Resilient Immigrant Students. TESL Canada Journal.
Gunderson, L. (2004). The Language, Literacy, Achievement, and Social Consequences of English-Only programs for Immigrant Students. In J. Hoffman & D. Schallert (Eds.), The NRC Yearbook (pp. 1-27). Milwaukee: National Reading Conference.
Gunderson, L. (1995, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010). The Richmond English Reading Assessment. Richmond, BC: The Richmond School District. (Normative data and manual).