Background
Lothrop, Gloria Ricci was born on December 30, 1934 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Leo N. and Maria (Angeli) R.
Lothrop, Gloria Ricci was born on December 30, 1934 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Leo N. and Maria (Angeli) R.
Bachelor of Arts in English (with honors), Immaculate Heart College, 1956; Master of Arts in Education, Immaculate Heart College, 1963; student, University of Pisa, Italy, 1960; student, University Mysore, India, 1963; postgraduate, University of California, Los Angeles, 1964-1965; Doctor of Philosophy in History, University of Southern California, 1970.
Teacher English, History, Sacred Heart High School, 1956-1960; training teacher, teaching internship program, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964; teacher History, Beverly Hills High School, 1962-1964; part time supervisor of teaching interns, Las Virgenes Unified School District, 1964-1965; part time supervisor of teaching interns, University California, Riverside, 1965; coordinator of teacher training, summer internship program, University California, Los Angeles, 1965; part time instructor, United States History, Los Angeles Valley Community College, 1966-1967; archivist, Southwest Regional Laboratory for Ednl. Research and Development, 1967; lecture series coordinator, Current Affairs, Loyola Marymount University, 1969-1972; visiting lecturer, Western American History, University California, 1969-1970; supervisor student teachers, assistant professor, History, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1970-1974; supervisor student teachers, associate professor, History, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1974-1979; visiting professor, Art Center College of Design, 1978-1980; acting chair, Department of Liberal Studies, California State Polytechnic University, 1974, 77; Adjunct Professor, Master in Liberal Arts Program, University Southern California, 1980-1986; CSU administrative fellow, Office of the Dean of School of Letters and Science, California State University, Los Angeles, 1981-1982; professor of history, State Polytechnic U., 1979-1994; Whitsett chair California history, California State University, Northridge, since 1994. Consultant Ontario Museum of History and Art, 1992, Rancho Los Cerritos, 1991, Constitutional Rights Foundation, 1988, University of Southern California School of Cinema, 1988-1989, CSU Institute for Teaching and Learning, since 1989, California Heritage Quilt Project, 1987-1988, Los Angeles History Project, Public Television Station KCET, 1986-1988, California Project, 1987-1989, Afro-American Museum, 1985-1988, El Pueblo State Historic Park, since 1986, Cattlekate Productions, 1987, Southern California Gas Company andRadio Station KFAC-AM-FM, 1980-1988, Ontario Centennial Celebration, 1980, Columbia Broadcasting System Television "Bicentennial Minutes", 1979-1980, California Council for Humanities, and participation in numerous other professional activities.
Board governors California Maritime Academy, 1980-1982, 82-85. Board directors Photo Friends, Los Angeles Public Library., 1990-1996, Los Angeles City Historical Society, St. John's Seminary and College. President Committee to Save Italian Hall, 1990-1993.
Member State and Local History Day Committees, 1987-1989. President board directors El Pueblo Park Association, 1984-1985, board directors, 1986-1987, president emeritus 1988. Member Los Angeles 200 Executive Committee and acting chair education committee, 1979-1991.
Member citizens Advisory Committee for the 1984 Olympics, 1981-1984. Board directors Los Angeles International Visitors Council, 1981-1987. Secretary to the executive committee Los Angeles Archdiocesan Archival Center, 1982-1989.
Chair publications committee, board directors California History Society, 1987-1988. Fellow History Society of Southern California. Member American History Association, American Italian History Association, Organization of America Historians, National Women's Studies Association, Western History Association, Southwest Labor Studies Association, West Coast Association for Women Historians, Friends of the Huntington.