Perry L. Glanzer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, Faculty Assistant Director for the Honors Program, Faculty Associate in the Institute for Church-State Studies, and Institute for the Studies of Religion Fellow

Campus Contact Information:
Baylor University
School of Education
One Bear Place #97314
Waco, TX 76798-7314
Phone: 254-710-7581
Fax: 254-710-3265
Email: Perry_Glanzer@baylor.edu

Education:
Ph.D., University of Southern California
M.A., Baylor University
B.A., Rice University

Research Interests:
Prof. Glanzer currently specializes in the study of the following areas in both higher education and K-12 education:
•moral education
•religion and education
•educational policy and human rights in democratic societies
•comparative educational trends in all three of these areas in both North America and Europe

Books:
Todd C. Ream & Perry L. Glanzer. Christian Faith and Scholarship: An Exploration of Contemporary Developments. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report. Jossey-Bass: San Francisco, 2007.

Andrew J. Milson, Chara Haeussler Bohan, Perry L. Glanzer and J. Wesley Null, eds. Readings in American Educational Thought: From Puritanism to Progressivism. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2004.

Perry L. Glanzer, The Quest for Russia’s Soul: Evangelicals and Moral Education in Post-Communist Russia. Baylor University Press: Waco, TX, 2002.

Journal Articles:
Perry L. Glanzer, “Religion, Education and the State in Post-Communist Europe: Making Sense of the Diversity of New Church-State Practices,” Comparative Education (forthcoming).

Todd C. Ream and Perry L. Glanzer, “The Moral Idea of a University: A Case Study,” Growth (Winter 2008): (forthcoming).

Perry L. Glanzer and Todd C. Ream, “Addressing the Moral Quandary of Contemporary Universities: Rejecting a Less than Human Moral Education,” Journal of Beliefs and Values 29, 2 (2008): 113-23.

Perry L. Glanzer, “Searching for the Soul of English Universities: An Analysis of Christian Higher Education in England,” British Journal of Educational Studies 56 (June 2008): 163-83.

Perry L. Glanzer and Todd C. Ream, “Educating Different Types of Citizens: Identity, Tradition and Moral Education,” Journal of College and Character 9(4) (April 2008).

Perry L. Glanzer, “Why We Should Discard the Integration of Faith and Learning:
Rearticulating the Mission of the Christian Scholar,” Journal of Education and Christian Belief 12:1 (2008 Spring): 41-51.

Perry L. Glanzer, “Rethinking the Boundaries and Burdens of Parental Authority over Education: A Response to Robert Reich’s Case-Study of Homeschooling,” Educational Theory 58, 1 (2008): 1-16.


Perry L. Glanzer and Konstantin Petrenko, “Religion and Education in Post-Communist Russia: Making Sense of Russia’s New Church-State Paradigm,” Journal of Church and State (Winter 2007): 53-73.

Perry L. Glanzer and Todd Ream, “Has Teacher Education Missed Out on the ‘Ethics Boom?’ A Comparative Study of Ethics Requirements and Courses in Professional Majors of Christian Colleges and Universities,” Christian Higher Education 6 (July 2007): 271-88.

Perry L. Glanzer and Konstantin Petrenko, “Resurrecting the Russian University’s Soul: The Emergence of Eastern Orthodox Universities and Their Distinctive Approaches to Keeping Faith with Their Religious Tradition” Christian Scholars Review 36 (Spring 2007): 263-84.

Todd C. Ream and Perry L. Glanzer, “Between the University and the Multiversity: Lessons in the Nature of Knowledge,” Integrite 5 (Spring 2006): 3-15.

Perry L. Glanzer and Andrew J. Milson, “Legislating the Good: A Survey and Evaluation of Contemporary Character Education Legislation,” Educational Policy 20, 3 (2006): 525-50.

Perry L. Glanzer, “The Limited Character Education of Zero Tolerance Policies: And an Alternative Moral Vision for Discipline,” Journal of Research in Character Education 3, 2 (2005): 97-108.

Perry L. Glanzer, Michael Beaty and Larry Lyon, “Moral and Civic Education at Religious Research Universities: Exploring Faculty Support and Resistance,” Religious Education 100, 4 (Fall 2005): 386-403.

Perry L. Glanzer and Tony Talbert, “The Impact and Implications of Faith or Worldview in the Classroom: The Priority and Importance of Character,” Journal of Research in Character Education 3, 1 (2005): 25-42.

Perry L. Glanzer and Todd Ream, “Whose Story? Which Identity? Fostering Christian Identity at Christian Colleges and Universities,” Christian Scholars Review 35 (2005): 13-27.

Perry L. Glanzer, “Post-Communist Moral Education in Russia’s Public Schools: God, Country, and Controversy,” Religion, State and Society 33 (2005): 207-22.

Allen Ware and Perry L. Glanzer, “God on Stage: Religious Themes in Public Educational Theatre,” Journal of Church and State 47 (Summer 2005): 563-81.

Konstantin I. Petrenko and Perry L. Glanzer, “The Recent Emergence of Private Christian Colleges and Universities in Russia: Historical Reasons and Contemporary Developments,” Christian Higher Education 4 (2005): 81-97.

Perry L. Glanzer, Todd C. Ream, Pedro Villarreal III and Edith Davis, “The Teaching of Ethics in Christian Higher Education: An Examination of General Education Requirements,” Journal of General Education 53 (2004): 184-200.

Perry L. Glanzer, “Taking the Tournament of Worldviews Seriously in Education: Why Teaching about Religion Is Not Enough,” Religion and Education 31 (Spring 2004): 1-19.

Perry L. Glanzer, “In Defense of Harry . . . But Not His Defenders: Beyond Censorship to Justice,” English Journal 93 (2004): 58-63.

Perry L. Glanzer, “Did the Moral Education Establishment Kill Character? An Autopsy of The Death of Character.” Journal of Moral Education 32 (2003): 291-306.

Perry L. Glanzer, Todd Ream and Tony Talbert, “Why Both Classical and Modern Character Education Are Not Enough: Lessons from The Emperor’s Club,” Journal of Education and Christian Belief 7 (Autumn 2003): 103-12.


Perry L. Glanzer, “Exit Interviews: Learning about Character Education from Post-Soviet Educators,” Phi Delta Kappan 82 (May 2001): 691-93.

Perry L. Glanzer, “Finding the gods in Public School: A Christian Deconstruction of Character Education,” Journal of Education and Christian Belief 4, 2 (Autumn 2000): 115-30.

Perry L. Glanzer, “Teaching Christian Ethics in Russian Public Schools: Testing Russia’s Church-State Boundaries,” Journal of Church and State 41 (Spring 1999): 285-306.

Perry L. Glanzer, “Religion in Public Schools: In Search of Fairness,” Phi Delta Kappan (November 1998): 219-222.

Perry L. Glanzer “The Character to Seek Justice: Showing Fairness to Diverse Visions of Character Education,” Phi Delta Kappan (February 1998): 434-438, 448.

Other Magazine Publications:
Perry L. Glanzer, “Harry Potter’s Provocative Moral World: Is There a Place for Good and Evil in Moral Education?” Phi Delta Kappan (March 2008).

Perry L. Glanzer, “What Will Educators Do if a His Dark Materials Controversy Erupts? Moving Beyond the Censorship Debate to Matters of Fairness” Phi Delta Kappan 87 (October 2005): 166-68.

Perry L. Glanzer, “Exit Interviews: Learning about Character Education from Post-Soviet Educators,” Phi Delta Kappan 82 (May 2001): 691-93. Reprinted in Education 02/03. 29th Edition. Ed. Fred Shultz. (Guilford, CT: McGraw-Hill, 2003).

Perry L. Glanzer, “Religion in Public Schools: In Search of Fairness,” Phi Delta Kappan (November 1998): 219-222.

Perry L. Glanzer “The Character to Seek Justice: Showing Fairness to Diverse Visions of Character Education,” Phi Delta Kappan (February 1998): 434-438, 448.

Courses Taught:
CHS 4385 Religious Ethics in Liberal Democracies
TED 3380 Social Issues in Education: Character Education and Its Critics
EDA 5374 Moral and Faith Development
CHS 4360 Religion and the Body Politic
TED 2381 American Educational Thought
CHS 2304 Church-State Separation and Religious Liberty
TED 2380 Educational Thought in the Western World