Paul Lorton, Jr.

Professor of Management and Information Systems

Tel: 415-422-6185
Fax: 415-422-2502
TDD: 415-422-6439
lorton@usfca.edu

University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street, Malloy Hall
San Francisco, CA 94117-1045 U.S.A.

• Ph.D., Educational Psychology, Stanford University 1973
• MS, Educational Psychology, Ohio State University 1974
• BS, Psychology, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1961

• BA374: Technological Perspectives for Business
• BA472: Seminar in DBMS

Academic Positions Held

• At the Univeristy of San Francisco since 1973

• SFUSD: School Site Plan/SARC process, Statistical tools for using statistics as a tool, and Use of Computers in instruction.
• Industrial Changes/History of Commerce. Collecting information on key and colorful aspects of the second wave of industrial change in the hope that it will illuminate the Third Wave. Current activity on Technology and the Silk Road
• Opera ? Funding the Passion ? how Opera survives and thrives. There are several small Opera companies in the area (as well as the larger two) the study of which has implications for support of the performing arts. Current activity on Handel and the Business of Opera Industrial Changes/History of Commerce.

Selected Papers & Publications

• "Measuring Success in Opera: A Marketing Audit in the Performing Arts." AEA Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, Oct. 2005.
• "Evolution of a Computer Driven Evaluation Acquisition Process." AEA Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, Oct. 2005. With Davida Desmond and Lisa Kline.
• " High Stakes Testing ? Window or Wall." AEA Annual Conference, Reno/Sparks, NV, Nov. 2003. With Davida Desmond and Lisa Kline.
• "Evaluating Parameters for Success in a High Stakes Evaluation Environment." AEA Annual Conference, Washington, DC, Nov. 2002. With Davida Desmond and Lisa Kline.
• " Student Achievement Monitoring and Benchmarking the School Site Plan." AEA Annual Conference, St Louis, Mo, Nov. 2001. With Joanna Fong, Davida Desmond, Lisa Kline, Janet Dong and Lisa Wichser.
• " Linking School Site Activities and Outcomes: Moving to the Web." AEA Annual Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 2000. With Joanna Fong, Davida Desmond & Lisa Kline.

External Service & Assignments

• Property Master, San Francisco Lyric Opera (2004-present)
• Consultant to the Research Planning and Assessment division of the SFUSD on the School Accountability Report Card (1989 - present)
• Consultant to various SFUSD schools on the effective use of computers in support of instruction (1968 - present)
• Session chair and referee for various meetings of the American Evaluation Association. (1990 - present)