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Distinguished Emeritus Professor Bill Tunmer
Distinguished Emeritus Professor
Institute of EducationWilliam E. Tunmer is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology at Massey University, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Canterbury. He has been involved as an advisor to the “A Better Start National Science Challenge” and served as an advisor to the “Reading for Understanding” research project (funded by the U.S. Institute of Education Sciences) at Harvard University. Professor Tunmer also served on the National Literacy Reference Group, which was established in 2007 by the Ministry of Education to provide advice and guidance for the New Zealand Literacy Strategy. He has published over 150 journal articles, book chapters, and books on language and literacy development, reading difficulties, and reading intervention strategies, and has served on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals. A highly distinguished researcher, Professor Tunmer is recognized nationally and internationally for his contributions to literacy research and related topics. In 1999, he was co-winner of the International Reading Association’s Dina Feitelson Award for Excellence in Research and in 2019 was the recipient of the Eminent Researcher Award of the Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties. His latest book was published in 2020 in the Springer Series in Cognitive Neurosciences, Linguistics and Psychology and is entitled The Cognitive Foundations of Reading and its Acquisition (with Dr Wes Hoover).
Teaching and Supervision
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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1998
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Keith Greaney
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Doctor of Philosophy
The Effects of Rime-Based Orthographic Analogy Training on the Word Recognition Skills of Children with Reading Disability. -
1997
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Alexandra Iversen
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Doctor of Philosophy
Reading Recovery as a Small Group Intervention.
Co-supervisor of:
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2017
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Paweena Chatsungnoen
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Doctor of Philosophy
Needs Analysis for an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Course for Thai Undergraduates in a Food Science and Technology Programme -
2015
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Jessica Craig
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Doctor of Philosophy
Word level literacy skills of Adolescents and their Teachers: An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study -
2015
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Shanthi Tiruchittampalam
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Doctor of Philosophy
School years, summer holidays and the reading achievement gap -
2014
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Mary Turner
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Doctor of Philosophy
The effects of book reading over the summer holidays on the reading skills and attitudes to reading of Year 3 students -
2012
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Laura Tse
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Doctor of Philosophy
Can Phonics Instruction & Big Book Shared Reading in Combination Work Better Than on their Own? - view more...