 Dr.
Richard G. Boehm presently holds the Jesse H. Jones Distinguished
Chair in Geographic Education at Southwest Texas State University.
He is also the Director of the Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for
Geographic Education and Co-coordinator of the Texas Alliance
for Geographic Education, and he has received numerous awards
for his work including "Distinguished Geography Educator"
by the National Geographic Society, the George J. Miller Award
for Distinguished Service by the National Council for Geographic
Education (NCGE) and Grosvenor Honors in Geographic Education
by the Association of American Geographers.
Dr. Boehm is the Executive Editor for the scholarly journal
Research
in Geographic Education, and has authored several best
selling geography and social studies books for grades K-12.
He has received the Journal of Geography award for "best
article" and has been honored with NCGE's Distinguished
Teaching Achievement Award. He is a co-author of Guidelines
for Geographic Education, 1984 and Geography for Life, model
national standards in geography in 1994.
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