Profile: Dr. Lawrence R. Fleischer
Dr. Fleischer, a member of Gallaudet's Class of 1967, is chair of the Department of Deaf Studies at California State University, Northridge. He taught mathematics at Gallaudet from 1967 to 1970. Fleischer received his doctor of education degree in educational administration from Brigham Young University in 1975.
He has extensive experience serving on organizations that benefit deaf people, including president of the Council on Education of the Deaf, president of the American Sign Language Teachers Association, president of the American Athletic Association of the Deaf, and member of the National Certification Board of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. He is also an author of books and magazine articles, and film producer on topics related to American Sign Language and deaf culture.
