Projects
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).