Lynchburg College > Prospective Students > Academics > Majors, Minors & Pre-Professional Programs > School of Education & Human Development > Faculty and Staff > Glenn H. Buck, Ed.D.

Gena Barnhill, Ph.D. - Jeanne Booth, Ph. D. - Glenn H. Buck, Ed.D. - Deanna B. Cash - Elizabeth B. Farnsworth, Ph.D. - Mary Ellen Gordon-Scudder, Ed.D. - Kathy L. Husted, M.A. - Loretta C. Jones, Ed.D. - Roger E. Jones, Ed.D. - Barbara D. Kurtz, Ed.S. - Gregory M. Martin, Ph.D. - Woodrow "Woody" McKenzie, Ph.D. - Connie A. Messerschmidt, M.Ed. - Steven K. Nielsen, Ed.D. - Mandy L. Perryman, Ph.D. - Edward A. Polloway, Ed.D. - Jan S. Stennette, Ph.D. - Susan Thompson, Ph.D - Merrill P. Tolbert, Ed.S. - Jeri Watts, Ed.D. - G. Kenneth West, Ph.D. - Cheryl B. Pendergraft, Administrative Assistant - Dixie D. McClain, Administrative Assistant

Associate Professor
The Elizabeth Forsyth Professor of the School of Education and Human Development
E-mail: buck@lynchburg.edu
Office: Courts 332-G
Phone: 434/544-8689

Believing that education serves as a catalyst for social reform, Dr. Buck often challenges his students to examine their worldview in relation to many dimensions of the human experience. Themes relating to the oneness of mankind, world unity (looking beyond national identity), freedom from prejudice, harmony between science and religion, liberty and human rights, and universal education are typically found embedded in his courses.

Originally from Clark Mills, NY, Dr. Buck has taught in the areas of music, gifted, and special education (all grade levels). At Lynchburg College he serves as the coordinator of the undergraduate and graduate special education degree programs and he holds the position of The Elizabeth Forsyth Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Development. He is currently the President of the Board of Directors for Elizabeth’s Early Learning Center and he serves as an advisor for New Vistas School (a private school for students with learning challenges). Recently, he along with other colleagues trained teachers on the island of St. Lucia in the West Indies.

His research interests are varied, as reflected in his publications and his work as a regional consultant and teacher inservice provider. Research efforts have focused on the areas of:

• Multicultural Education,
• Referral to Identification Processes,
• Inclusionary practices,
• Instructional Methodology (for students with mild-moderate disabilities),
• Holistic Behavior Management Systems, and
• Creative Arts in Education

Dr. Buck earned degrees from Nazareth College of Rochester, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Florida. In addition, he has done supplementary coursework at the State University of New York-Oswego and Utica College.

Courses taught:

• Human Diversity
• Competing Responses to Human Diversity (Honors Colloquium)
• Psychology of Exceptionality
• Characteristics of Mental Retardation
• Special Education Methods Workshop I (mild disabilities)
• Field Experience I
• Field Experience in Special Education II and III
• Special Problems in Education
• Practicum in Disability Services
• Student Teaching supervision
• Saxophone Methods
• Survey of Special Education
• Seminar in Special Education
• Internships in Special Education
• Medical and Therapeutic Interventions for Persons with Disabilities
• Collaboration in General and Special Education
• Issues in Multicultural Education

Please also see the Lynchburg College Online Journal of Special Education.