Faculty Profile for Dr. Richard G Boehm

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Dr. Richard G Boehm
Professor - Endowed Chair — Dept of Geography & Environmntl Studies
ELA 145
phone: (512) 245-3615
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 PhD - University of Austin;
MA - University of Missouri-Columbia;
Former Chair, Texas State, Department of Geography & Planning 1977 - 1994;
Director, Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education 1998 - Present;
Co-Director, National Center for Research in Geography Education 2014 - Present;
Director, Texas Alliance for Geographic Education 1986 - 2010, 2019- Present

Teaching Interests

 Powerful Geography; Teaching and Learning Geography in K-12 Education - Five Themes in Geography, Curriculum

Research Interests

 Powerful Geography, Teaching and Learning, Economic Geography, Applied Geography

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Solem, M., Vander Weil, B. P., Boehm, R. G., & Zadrozny, J. (2022, November 8). Powerful Geography at Work. AAG Newsletter. Retrieved from https://www.aag.org/powerful-geography-at-work/?_zs=dFaPk1&_zl=FElg8
  • Boehm, R. G., Solem, M., & Zadrozny, J. (2018). The Rise of Powerful Geography. The Social Studies, 109(2), 125–135.
  • Solem, M., Boehm, R. G., & Zadrozny, J. (n.d.). Powerful Geography for Powerful Teaching and Learning in Social Studies. Social Education.
  • Solem, M., Boehm, R. G., & Zadrozny, J. (2023). Twenty Years of Advanced Placement® Human Geography: A Program Assessment. The Professional Geographer. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2023.2275313
  • Zadrozny, J., Crane, M., Boehm, R. G., & Solem. (2023). Teaching Climate Change through Powerful Geography. The Geography Teacher, 20(3), 141–149. https://doi.org/10.1080/19338341.2023.2261480

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Appointed Co-Coordinator of the Texas Alliance for Geographic Education by the National Geographic Society. 1986 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: AAG Fellow, American Association of Geographers. January 2020 - 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: , Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research/Creative Activity. 2013
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Distinguished Mentor Award, National Council for Geographic Education. 2010
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Distinguished Mentor Award, National Council for Geographic Education. 2010

Selected Grants

  • Boehm, Richard G. Iowa Geographic Alliance, $10000. (Funded: 2016). Grant.
  • Boehm, Richard G. Validating Geospatial Thinking in Modules: An Analytical Approach by Early Career Scholars, Workshop funded by Grosvenor Center. (Funded: May 2016). Grant.
  • Boehm, Richard G, Boehm, Richard G.. RAPID Research, National Science Foundation, $200000. (Funded: 2015). Grant.
  • Boehm, Richard G. Iowa Geographic Alliance, $10000. (Funded: 2014). Grant.
  • Boehm, Richard G. Iowa Geographic Alliance, $2780. (Funded: 2013). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Recruiter
2021-Present
Director
Texas Alliance for Geographic Education
2019-Present
Member
Online Education Committee
2018-Present
Co-Director
National Center for Research in Geography Education
2013-Present
Director
Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education
1997-Present