Educational Background
Ph.D., Geography, University of Maryland, 1997
M.A., Geography, University of Oregon, 1992
B.A., Environmental Studies and American History, Connecticut College, 1987

Research Interest
My research lies squarely at the nexus of historical geography and environmental history. I am particularly interested in resource conservation and sustainability; management of public lands, especially state forests and urban greenspaces; environmental justice; and the evolution of mining landscapes. Although much of my work to date has focused on coal mining in Appalachia, my most recent efforts build on my association with the Long-Term Ecological Research - Baltimore Ecosystem Study (LTER-BES). More specifically, I am conducting forest history and urban greenspace research in support of this project. An article on the development of the Patapsco Forest Reserve (Today's Patapsco State Park) is featured in the current issue of Historical Geography. I am also completing a book that examines the life of Maryland's first state forester, Fred W. Besley, and explores the Old Line State's early entry into the realm of forest conservation. A parallel "story" is the city of Baltimore's early experience with urban forestry. A recent NSF award allows BES colleagues and I to begin a new phase of research - one that examines issues of environmental justice in Baltimore. One of my current projects involves analyzing the role that "improvement and protection associations" played in shaping Baltimore's social, cultural, and environmental landscape during the first half of the twentieth century.

Courses Taught
Geography 201 (Environmental Geography)
Geography 241 (Global Issues in Environmental Geography)
Geography 333/533 (Appalachia: Land and People)
Geography 447/547 (Natural Resource Conservation)
Geography 688 (Seminar: Managing Urban Green Spaces)

Representative Publications
Buckley, G. L. 2004. Extracting Appalachia: Images of the Consolidation Coal Company, 1910 - 1945. Athens: Ohio University Press.

Buckley, G. L., R. F. Bailey, and J. M. Grove. 2006. The Patapsco Forest Reserve: Establishing a “City Park” for Baltimore, 1907 – 1941. Historical Geography 34:87-108.

Buckley, G. L., N. R. Bain, and D. L. Swan. 2005. When the Lights Go Out in Cheshire. The Geographical Review 95(4):537-555.

Buckley, G. L., N. R. Bain, A. M. Luginbuhl, and M. L. Dyer. 2004. Adding an “Active Learning” Component to a Large Lecture Course. Journal of Geography103 (Number 6):231-237.

Buckley, G. L. and J. Morgan Grove. 2001. Sowing the Seeds of Forest Conservation: Fred Besley and the Maryland Story, 1906 - 1923. Maryland Historical Magazine 96 (Fall):303-327.

Buckley, G. L. and T. G. Anderson. 1999. The Consolidation Coal Company Photograph Collection, 1910 - 1945. Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review 27 (1):62-83.

Buckley, G. L. 1998. The Environmental Transformation of an Appalachian Valley, 1850 - 1906. The Geographical Review 88(2):175-198.

Buckley, G. L. 1998. Converting Minerals Into Merchandise: Landownership and Environmental Alteration in the George's Creek Valley of Western Maryland, 1789 - 1842. Historical Geography 26:151-175.