about loren r grossman: curriculum vitae
college counselor/educational advocate/independent educational consultant (1999-present):
college / university admissions counseling (including early entrance & international students), senior high school, & community college transfers; Pre-K–16 special educational advocacy, including Asperger’s, highly / profoundly / exceptionally gifted, & twice exceptional (“2e”); lectures; legal research & public policy analysis; program development; consultation
miscellaneous educational activities:
- guest lecturer; member, Special Education Advisory Council, Mount St. Mary’s College (2008-11)
- member, Special Education Task Force, Mental Health Advocacy Services (2000-present)
- member, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) parent committees (1994-2009)
- consulting research analyst, USC External Relations, multi-year funding proposal re USC community outreach to W.K. Kellogg Foundation for Community Education Academy (2005)
- founding parent, New West Charter Middle School (1999-2003)
- co-creator, LAUSD Schools for Advanced Studies (SAS) program (1998)
- creator, Model Foreign Language Gifted/Highly Gifted K-8 Center Plan for LAUSD (1997)
- member, LAUSD Ad Hoc Gifted Committee (1996-9)
highlights of previous work experience:
- Paralegal /Law Clerk, Memphis TN & LA CA
- Health Care Consultant (Planning & Information Systems), Vancouver WA & Portland OR
- Information Systems Analyst, Alameda County Health Care Services Administration (Fairmont Hospital), Oakland & San Leandro CA
- Information Systems Specialist (Mental Health/Mental Retardation), Mon Valley Health & Welfare Council, Monessen PA
- Mental Retardation Research Assistant/Aide, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute
- Medical Statistician, Sepulveda VA Hospital, Predictive & Evaluative Models Research Lab, Department of Psychology
education:
- Certificate in College Counseling, University of California Los Angeles UCLA Extension (Earned with Distinction, 2010)
- Ed.D., Educational Leadership, K-12 Leadership In Urban School Settings, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California (2008)
- J.D., University of Memphis TN (1983)
- Biology graduate studies, California State University East Bay (1975/6)
- M.S., Health Science, Health Statistics & Research, California State University Northridge (1974)
- A.B., Sociology (Religion, Pre-medicine), University of California Berkeley (1972)
- miscellaneous studies: Administration & Policy in Gifted Education, University of Iowa (2007); micro- & macro-economics, architecture, & child development, Santa Monica College (1998-2000)
selected papers:
- Grossman, L.R., The Intersection of Gender Equity and Gifted Elementary Education: Does Numerical Parity Tell the Whole Story? Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Southern California, 2008. See also, University of Southern California, Los Angeles Basin Clinical and Translational Science Institute (www.labctsi.org).
- Grossman, L.R., Draft Proposal for LAUSD Gifted/Highly Gifted Center: Venice Gifted/Highly Gifted/Foreign Language Academy/Magnet, Curriculum, & Consortium (1997)
- Grossman, L.R., The Case of FTC v. AMA & its Aftermath: Regulation of the Learned Professions, research paper in partial fulfillment of requirements for J.D. (1983)
- Grossman, L.R., Newberg OR Community Hospital Certificate of Need Application for Hospital Expansion & Remodeling (1979)
- Rivera, E.C., Rivera, A.C., Grossman, L.R., & Casavantes, E., Review of the Cultural & Programmatic Variables Effecting [sic] the Delivery of Social Services to the Spanish Speaking, prepared for the CA Department of Benefit Payments (1977)
- Grossman, L.R., A Survey of the Information Needs of MH/MR Administrators in the Central & Western Regions of the PA Department of Public Welfare (1975)
- Grossman, L.R., Multiple Linear Versus Multiple Logistic Regression, thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of requirements for M.S. degree (1974)
- Gocka, E.F., Rostami, H.J., & Grossman, L.R., “Subroutine for Multiple Logistic Discriminant Function Analysis”, Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation (1974)
professional license:
- Attorney, Tennessee
professional association:
- National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)