Lei Sun

Lei Sun, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. She completed her B.A. and M.A. in Taiwan before changing the career path to become a speech-language pathologist (SLP). Dr. Sun speaks Mandarin Chinese as her first language and English as a second language. Before joining CSULB in 2011, she was a school-based SLP, primarily working in preschools and elementary schools. Dr. Sun is passionate about developmental language disorder, language-based learning disability, and evidence-based practice.

 

  • Ph.D. in Communication Disorders and Sciences, University of Oregon
  • M.S. in Communication Disorders and Sciences, University of Oregon
  • M.A. in Communication, Shih Hsin University (Taiwan)
  • B.A. in Political Science, National Taipei University (Taiwan)

  • Developmental language disorder
  • The relationship between language and cognition
  • Speech sound disorders

  • SLP 456 Introduction to Speech Sound Disorders
  • SLP 662 Seminar in Language and Literacy Disorders in School-Age Children and Adolescents
  • SLP 663 Seminar in Preschool Language Disorders and Speech Sound Disorders

  • Fitzgerald, A., Konrad, S., Daughrity, B., & Sun, L. (2023). Healthcare students' perceptions of professional identity and program support. Studies in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2023.2232381
  • Hung, P-F, Brock, K., Sun, L., Hanson, J., Larsen, S., & Small, C. (2023).  Perceived factors that facilitate or prevent the use of speech-generating devices in bilingual individuals with aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(4),1644-1664. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-22-00235
  • Sun, L. (2023). Speech sound remediation. In J. Ostergren & M. Vento-Wilson. Speech-Language Pathology Assistants: A resource manual (3rd ed., pp. 405-430). Plural Publishing.
    • Sun, L. (2019). Speech sound remediation. In J. Ostergren. Speech-Language Pathology Assistants: A resource manual (2nd ed., pp. 361-386). Plural Publishing.
    • Sun, L. (2014). Speech sound remediation. In J. Ostergren. Speech-Language Pathology Assistants: A resource manual (pp.355-379). San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing.
  • Nair, V. K. K., Khamis, R. ., Ali, S. ., Aveledo, F. ., Biedermann, B. ., Blake , O. ., Brea, M. R. ., Cheng, L. ., Chiou, H. S. ., Cruz, D. ., Cushing , I., de Diego-Lázaro, B. ., Eads, A. ., Amin, M. E. ., Fabiano-Smith, L. ., Morrison Fagbemi, A. ., Brown Gandhi, A. ., Saldívar García, E. ., Hackett, A. .,… Zisk, A. H. . (2023). Accent Modification as a Raciolinguistic Ideology: A Commentary in Response to Burda et al. (2022). Journal of Critical Study of Communication and Disability, 1(1), 105–112. https://doi.org/10.48516/jcscd_2023vol1iss1.21
  • Yu, B., Nair, V., Brea, M., Soto-Boykin, X., Privette, C, Sun, L., Khamis, R., Chiou, H., Fabiano-Smith, L., Epstein, L., & Hyter, Y. (2022). Gaps in Framing and Naming: Commentary to “A Viewpoint on Accent Services.” American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00060
  • Hung, P-F., & Sun, L. (2022). Semantic Processing and Word Finding Difficulty Across the Lifespan: A Practical Guide for Speech-Language Pathologists. Plural Publishing. https://www.pluralpublishing.com/publications/semantic-processing-and-word-finding-difficulty-across-the-lifespan-a-practical-guide-for-speech-language-pathologists  
  • Sun, L., & Hung, P-F. (2018). School-based speech-language pathologists clinical decision-making processing in the state of California. Journal of Speech Pathology & Therapy. 3(2). DOI: 10.4172/2472-5005.1000133 
  • Sun, L., & Wallach, G. (2014). Language Disorders Are Learning Disabilities: Challenges on the Divergent and Diverse Paths to Language Learning Disability. Topics in Language Disorders. 34(1), 25-38. doi: 10.1097/TLD.0000000000000005 
  • Sun, L., & Wallach, G. (2013).  Adolescent Literacy: Looking Beyond Core Language Learning Deficits. Perspectives on Language Learning and Education. 20(2), 57-66. https://doi.org/10.1044/lle20.2.57
  • Sun, L., & Nippold, M. (2012). Narrative writing in children and adolescents: Examining the literate lexicon. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. 43, 2-13. https://doi.org/10.1044/0161-1461(2011/10-0099)
  • Nippold, M., & Sun, L. (2010). Expository writing in children and adolescents: A classroom assessment tool. Perspectives on Language Learning and Education, 17, 100-107. https://doi.org/10.1044/lle17.3.100
  • Nippold, M., & Sun, L. (2008). Knowledge of morphologically complex words: A developmental study of older children and young adolescents. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in School, 39, 365-373. https://doi.org/10.1044/0161-1461(2008/034)
  • Translated Chapters
    • Kim, M. (2020). Comprehension. (P-F. Hung & L. Sun Trans.). In L. LaPointe & J. Stierwalt (Ed.) Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Language Disorders. (5th ed., pp. 90-99). Thieme Medical Publishers Inc. (Original work published 2018). 
    • Beeson, P., Rising, K., & Rapcsak, S. (2020). Acquired impairments of reading and writing. (P-F. Hung & L. Sun Trans.). In L. LaPointe & J. Stierwalt (Ed.) Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Language Disorders. (5th ed., pp. 100-112). Thieme Medical Publishers Inc. (Original work published 2018). 
    • DeDe, G. & O’Bryan, E. (2020). Syntax and linguistic-based approaches. (P-F. Hung & L. Sun Trans.). In L. LaPointe & J. Stierwalt (Ed.) Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Language Disorders. (5th ed., pp. 113-123). Thieme Medical Publishers Inc. (Original work published 2018). 
    • Togher, L. (2020). Pragmatics and discourse. (P-F. Hung & L. Sun Trans.). In L. LaPointe & J. Stierwalt (Ed.) Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Language Disorders. (5th ed., pp. 124-134). Thieme Medical Publishers Inc. (Original work published 2018).