Lei Sun

Lei Sun, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. Dr. Sun is a first-generation immigrant who moved to the U.S. in her late 20s. She completed her B.A. and M.A. in Taiwan before changing her 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 91制片厂 in 2011, she worked as a school-based SLP, primarily in preschools and elementary schools. Dr. Sun is passionate about Developmental Language Disorder, language-based learning disabilities, and evidence-based practice.

Dr. Sun has been teaching a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses on developmental and acquired language disorders across the lifespan since joining 91制片厂 in 2011. In addition, she has been actively involved in department-level administrative work, including serving as interim department chair (2024鈥2026), graduate advisor (2020鈥2024), undergraduate mentor (2016鈥2019), and NSSLHA chapter faculty advisor (2011鈥2016). Much of her work has focused on departmental service, including chairing student theses, leading faculty searches and evaluations (chair/tenure-track/lecturer), and overseeing the restructuring and development of numerous undergraduate and graduate courses.

Dr. Sun has also served on several CHHS committees, including the Professional Leave and Sabbatical Committee, Graduate Council, Educational Policy Council, Awards and Scholarships Committee, and Faculty Council. At the university level, she serves on the Institutional and Program Assessment Council (IPAC). Dr. Sun also actively advocates for minorities, especially AAPI communities, by serving as the 91制片厂 APIN co-chair, a member of the East Asia Subcommittee, and as co-president (2019鈥2021) and executive board member (2022鈥2024) of the API SLP Caucus. She was also a member of the CSHA Diversity and Inclusion Committee from 2019 to 2022. 

  • 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
  • SLP 661 Seminar in Cognitive-Communication Disorders after Acquired Brain Injury
  • SLP 665 Seminar in Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Language Disorders

  • Daughrity, B., Sun, L., Fitzgerald, A., & Konrad, S. (2024).Professional Identity in Speech-Language Pathology Students. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups- Issues in Higher Education, 1-10.
  • Huang, T., Du, Y., Sun, S., Ito, N., Sun, L., Yu, B., Cheng, L-R, & Chiou, H. (2024). Promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in speech-language-hearing sciences. Perspectives on Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, 
  • Fitzgerald, A., Konrad, S., Daughrity, B., & Sun, L. (2023). Healthcare students' perceptions of professional identity and program support. Studies in Higher Education,
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 鈥淎 Viewpoint on Accent Services.鈥 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
  • Hung, P-F., & Sun, L. (2022). Semantic Processing and Word Finding Difficulty Across the Lifespan: A Practical Guide for Speech-Language Pathologists. Plural Publishing. 
  • 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). 
  • 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. 
  • Sun, L., & Wallach, G. (2013).  Adolescent Literacy: Looking Beyond Core Language Learning Deficits. Perspectives on Language Learning and Education. 20(2), 57-66. 
  • 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. 
  • Nippold, M., & Sun, L. (2010). Expository writing in children and adolescents: A classroom assessment tool. Perspectives on Language Learning and Education, 17, 100-107. 
  • 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. 
  • 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鈥橞ryan, 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).