[1][2] He is also an advocate for women's rights and health,[3] affordable housing,[4] fatherhood,[5] and writing and arts education in public schools.
[16] Glaser was on campus on May 4, 1970, when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on student protesters in the Kent State Shootings, killing 4 people and injuring 9.
[23][24][25] Later, he served as head of the Division of Arts and Letters,[26][27] and chair of the English department at St. Mary's College of Maryland,[28][29] where he co-founded and directed the bi-annual Literary Festival and the annual Voices reading series[30][31] For over 20 years, he has served as the Maryland State Arts Council poet-in-the-schools.
Glaser was appointed Poet Laureate of the State of Maryland on August 2, 2004, by Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.[39][40] He served in that capacity until 2009.
[41][42] [43] After accepting the post of Maryland's poet laureate, Glaser used the unpaid opportunity to work with teachers around the state to promote the inclusion of more poetry in the classroom.
[51] Glaser was elected to the board of directors for the Maryland Humanities Council where he served a three-year term.
[52] Glaser has expressed concerns about insufficient civil rights and opportunities in St. Mary's County for its African American residents.
[54] Glaser is a friend and former colleague of the American poet, Judith Hall and they collaborated on writing education projects in Maryland in the 1980s.
[61] Glaser has edited four collections of poetry and published seven volumes of his own poems, most recently, the award-winning chapbooks Fire Before the Hands and Disrupting Consensus.