Dr. Gary Glassman has taught elementary and secondary language arts and history in Humboldt for the past three decades, and teaches history at the Northcoast Preparatory Academy. He was "Humboldt County Teacher of the Year" in 1996 and "Distinguished Teacher in Residence" in the Secondary Education department at HSU 2000-2001. He earned a master's degree in the humanities from CSU Dominguez Hills and his doctorate in education from the University of Laverne. His doctoral dissertation was "All You Need is Creativity: The Beatles Creative Process." Dr. Glassman is a musician and songwriter, and acknowledges that seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show as a wee lad began a lifelong love affair with the band.
Position:
OLLI Instructor
