Lillian Glass

Education

Glass received a bachelor of science degree from Bradley University in Speech and Hearing Sciences, where she was named one of Glamour Magazine's Top 10 College Women. She earned her master of science degree from the University of Michigan, where she became interested in gender differences in communication and the study of cranial and dental- facial abnormalities.

At age 24, she received a doctorate degree from the University of Minnesota and was awarded a Bush Foundation fellowship. She majored in communication disorders, with an emphasis on speech and hearing sciences, and minored in clinical genetics. Because of her interest in psychology, her doctoral dissertation focused on Psychosocial Perceptions of Speech and Cosmetic Appearance of Patients with Craniofacial Abnormalities.

She received a post doctorate in Medical Genetics at UCLA School of Medicine where she received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant and did research on speech and hearing problems of patients with a variety of genetic diseases, including those with neurological and skeletal problems. Glass published her research in various professional journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine where she described distinct voice patterns in patients with neurofibromatosis. She also discovered a genetic syndrome involving deafness and a dental abnormality, described as the Glass-Gorlin Syndrome (oligondtia and sensorineural deafness).

In 2013, Glass attended Pepperdine University's School of Law Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, where she studied mediation.

Academics

Upon completing her post doctoral training at UCLA School of Medicine, Glass became an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California (USC). She held joint appointments with the School of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, School of Dentistry, and Department of Speech Communication and was a researcher at the University of Southern California Speech Research Lab.

Private practice

Glass began her private practice in Beverly Hills, California, treating patients with speech and hearing difficulties. Her practice progressed to training actors for movie roles. One of her first clients was Dustin Hoffman, whom she helped train to talk like a woman for his role in the film Tootsie. Subsequently, she helped other actors including Sean Connery. She also coached deaf actress Marlee Matlin, in speaking publicly at the Academy Award Ceremonies and in film roles., and Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan - known as Milli Vanilli - during their press conference when they gave back their Grammy for lip synching. Transgender Caitlyn Jenner also worked with Glass to learn how to feminize her voice and body language as she transitioned from being Bruce Jenner.

Glass has lectured on the topic of communication and body language.

Media

Glass began her television career as a co-host on Alive and Well on USA Network and as a psychology reporter for the ABC affiliate in Los Angeles, KABC Television. She has since appeared on a variety news and talk shows, including Good Morning America and the Today Show. She has appeared as a body language expert on HLN's Nancy Grace Show, MSNBC, Entertainment Tonight, and others. and on 20/20 Finally, she has appeared on numerous reality shows, and was the body language expert on Season 8 of Dancing With the Stars, BRAVO's Millionaire Matchmaker, and Swift Justice.

Glass has written a monthly body language column for Cosmopolitan Magazine.

Along with her "Dr. Lillian Glass Body Language Blog'", Glass also writes about celebrities and newsmakers in her blog, Reading People, for Psychology Today. She has also been a contributor to Women in Crime Ink.

Legal consultant

Glass has provided expert testimony regarding body language, speech and vocal forensics and behavioral analysis. She has been retained by attorneys as a jury/litigation consultant, and has done jury selection and witness preparation. Glass is also a member of the American Society of Trial Consultants and a member of the Pro Bono Committee of the ASTC which provides free jury and trial consulting for pro bono groups.

Honors and awards

She was selected as "Outstanding Young Graduate" by Bradley University and inducted into membership into their highest alumni honor society, "The Centurion Society", for alumni who have achieved national and international fame.

Glass was also honored by Glamour Magazine as one of 10 "Outstanding Young Working Women" and also selected as one of the nation’s nine "Successful Business Women."

Noise pollution awareness advocacy

As a USC professor, Glass helped create public awareness via a media campaign, to warn the public against the dangers of noise pollution. She, along with a group of celebrities also advocated the building of acoustical or noise barriers to help mitigate noise pollution in Los Angeles. She was also on the Board of Directors of a consumer advocate group established by the American Speech Language and Hearing Association to help create awareness with regard to noise pollution.

Copyright infringement of Glass's materials

In 2010, Glass won a jury verdict for copyright infringement against Marsha Petrie Sue for having published in 2007 a book entitled Toxic People. Glass had written a book by that same title in 1995, and the 2007 book contained word-for-word copying of Glass's work.

Books