Campus: Parkville, Mo.
Region:  Midwest

Contact: gary.bachman@park.edu

Gary E. Bachman, MSSW, LSCSW is an associate professor and field director in Park's Department of Social Work. He also works as an on-call social worker for the University of Kansas Hospital and Trauma Center.

Bachman is an expert in generalist social work practice. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in family & child development and social work from the Kansas State University and a Master of Science in social work from University of Texas-Austin.

He has received extensive training and experience in the mental health and behavioral aspects of disaster work, including work in Oklahoma City following the terrorist bombing of the Murrah Federal Building and in New York City in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11. 

Bachman has developed a small packaged presentation around the animated video, "The Man Who Planted Hope." The session encourages the examination of human resilience and of how the small acts we routinely perform can have a significant and lasting positive impact upon other individuals and upon society in general.

Degrees and Qualifications:

• National Institute of Health Fellowship, Department of Pediatric Medicine, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas
• Adolescent Health Training Project, Department of Pediatric Medicine, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas
• Masters of Science in Social Work, University of Texas at Austin
• Bachelors of Science in Family & Child Development and Social Work, Kansas State University