A classicist, Dr. Buller has published widely in the fields of Wagnerian music drama and university administration, and was the official English-language lecturer for the International Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, Germany. He is author of Classically Romantic: Classical Form and Meaning in Wagner's Ring; The Essential Department Chair: A Practical Guide to College Administration; and has published more than 20 academic articles, 40 administrative articles, and over 100 essays and reviews.

Dr. Buller has held two Fulbright fellowships, is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Alpha Sigma Lamda, and a number of regional societies devoted to the study of either Wagner or classical literature. He received a National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminar grant in 1990 to develop an overseas immersion course for Honors students, "the Ancient Greek City-State as Text."