Jeffrey L. Buller is vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college at Mary Baldwin College. He began his administrative career as honors director and chair of the Department of Classical Studies at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa before going on to assume a series of administrative appointments at Georgia Southern University. Dr. Buller has published widely oh Greek and Latin literature, Wagnerian music drama, and higher education administration, including a large number of articles that have appeared in The Department Chair. Serving from 2003-2005 as the principal English-language lecturer at the International Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, Germany, he is widely know as an entertaining and popular speaker on such topics as literature, opera, and academic administration.