Dr. Lisa Gunderson
PhD
NV, USKnown for her incredible energy, enthusiasm, passion, and smile, Dr. Gunderson is a seasoned educator and has been called inspirational. She received bachelor degrees in psychology and social sciences and communication, and a Masters and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Southern California. All of her research and clinical work is with racialized adolescent and young adults. She completed her clinical residency at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1998. As a first generation African American of Jamaican ancestry, she has lived in Alaska, Hawaii, California, West Virginia, Oregon, Spain and Jamaica. She has traveled throughout Europe and spent a month in Beirut.
Affectionately known as Dr. G. by her students, she was an award winning tenured professor of psychology at Sacramento City College (SCC) from 2003-2012, and an assistant professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles from 1999-2003. In December 2011, she gave up her tenure and relocated to Victoria, BC.
Currently, she is an equity consultant and counselor. She is also a registered clinical counselor and a child specialist with the Collaborative Law Group in British Columbia, Canada and a licensed Californian clinical psychologist. She is a board member of Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Center Society and a member of the Greater Victoria Police Diversity Advisory Committee. She is also a psychology adjunct professor.
She has won numerous awards for her work both in and out of the classroom. In February 2013, she was awarded the African Heritage Association of Vancouver Island's (AHAVI) Entrepreneurial Award for "her outstanding role in business activity and employability to strengthen and to promote growth of the Canadian economy and of her status as a role model in engaging immigrant women in the business community". In February 2012, Dr. Gunderson received the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC) Full Time Member of the Year Award. FACCC is a 9,000+ member organization that represents the 112 community colleges which service 2.6 million students. She was the statewide chair of the professional development committee for four years. Under her leadership, FACCC held the first statewide diversity conference for community colleges.
In the fall of 2010, she was awarded the "Someone You Should Know Award" for her work on behalf of students with disabilities. In the spring of 2009, Dr. Gunderson won the Associated Student Government's Humanitarian Professor of the Year Award. This award represents a professor who has exhibited dedication and commitment to the 23,000 students at SCC. She was also a 2009 recipient of the NISOD (National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development) Excellence Award. This national award honors individuals who have demonstrated teaching and leadership excellence in institutions of higher education. While at Loyola Marymount, she received the Psi Chi Teacher of the Year Award twice and an outstanding professor honor. She most recently published an addendum on psychology and diversity for Pearson Education Ontario, and most recently published articles and conducted webinars on Identity Matters for parents who have Transracially Adopted children. She is currently writing a book on the 10 Things All Excellent Educators Know.
Dr. Gunderson has spoken and delivered presentations to students, parents, faculty, and employees of small and large organizations. She moderates and MCs many events in the United States and Canada. For example, at the end of October, she traveled to New Orleans to be the Educator of Ceremonies for the Pacific Educational Group's National Summit for Courageous Conversations (www.pacificeducationalgroup.com/pages/summit). This five-day event brought over 900 educators from across the United States, Australia and Canada to learn how to eradicate the racial disparity in student academic achievement.
If you are ready for Change that Matters, contact Dr.G.!
Known for her incredible energy, enthusiasm, passion, and smile, Dr. Gunderson is a seasoned educator and has been called inspirational. She received bachelor degrees in psychology and social sciences and communication, and a Masters and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Southern California. All of her research and clinical work is with racialized adolescent and young adults. She completed her clinical residency at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1998. As a first generation African American of Jamaican ancestry, she has lived in Alaska, Hawaii, California, West Virginia, Oregon, Spain and Jamaica. She has traveled throughout Europe and spent a month in Beirut.
Affectionately known as Dr. G. by her students, she was an award winning tenured professor of psychology at Sacramento City College (SCC) from 2003-2012, and an assistant professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles from 1999-2003. In December 2011, she gave up her tenure and relocated to Victoria, BC.
Currently, she is an equity consultant and counselor. She is also a registered clinical counselor and a child specialist with the Collaborative Law Group in British Columbia, Canada and a licensed Californian clinical psychologist. She is a board member of Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Center Society and a member of the Greater Victoria Police Diversity Advisory Committee. She is also a psychology adjunct professor.
She has won numerous awards for her work both in and out of the classroom. In February 2013, she was awarded the African Heritage Association of Vancouver Island's (AHAVI) Entrepreneurial Award for "her outstanding role in business activity and employability to strengthen and to promote growth of the Canadian economy and of her status as a role model in engaging immigrant women in the business community". In February 2012, Dr. Gunderson received the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC) Full Time Member of the Year Award. FACCC is a 9,000+ member organization that represents the 112 community colleges which service 2.6 million students. She was the statewide chair of the professional development committee for four years. Under her leadership, FACCC held the first statewide diversity conference for community colleges.
In the fall of 2010, she was awarded the "Someone You Should Know Award" for her work on behalf of students with disabilities. In the spring of 2009, Dr. Gunderson won the Associated Student Government's Humanitarian Professor of the Year Award. This award represents a professor who has exhibited dedication and commitment to the 23,000 students at SCC. She was also a 2009 recipient of the NISOD (National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development) Excellence Award. This national award honors individuals who have demonstrated teaching and leadership excellence in institutions of higher education. While at Loyola Marymount, she received the Psi Chi Teacher of the Year Award twice and an outstanding professor honor. She most recently published an addendum on psychology and diversity for Pearson Education Ontario, and most recently published articles and conducted webinars on Identity Matters for parents who have Transracially Adopted children. She is currently writing a book on the 10 Things All Excellent Educators Know.
Dr. Gunderson has spoken and delivered presentations to students, parents, faculty, and employees of small and large organizations. She moderates and MCs many events in the United States and Canada. For example, at the end of October, she traveled to New Orleans to be the Educator of Ceremonies for the Pacific Educational Group's National Summit for Courageous Conversations (www.pacificeducationalgroup.com/pages/summit). This five-day event brought over 900 educators from across the United States, Australia and Canada to learn how to eradicate the racial disparity in student academic achievement.
If you are ready for Change that Matters, contact Dr.G.!
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