Esther Geva, PhD is a Professor of Applied Psychology & Human Development (with a cross-appointment in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), a unit of the University of Toronto. She teaches graduate courses and supervises graduate students in the areas of reading in a second language, assessment and intervention in multicultural/bilingual contexts, and cross-cultural perspectives on children's psychological problems. Dr. Geva's primary research focus has been on second language and literacy skills of typically developing