Richard G. Boehm, Ph.D. Jesse H. Jones Distinguished Chair in Geographic Education Director, Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education Southwest Texas State University 601 University Drive San Marcos, TX 78666 (512) 245-3615 (voice) (512) 245-1653 (fax) rb03@txstate.edu (e-mail) Dr. Boehm's Curriculum Vitae

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As senior geographic educators retire, opportunities for young scholars will increase. The Texas State Department of Geography and the Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education have assumed the responsibility of educating and training the next generation of geographic educators. At present, we have 10 students in our Ph.D. program in geographic education. They are learning from their classes and from their professors, but also from each other. Their journey toward a high level of professionalism is attested to by the fact that those students, last year, published eight articles and gave more than two dozen presentations.

Texas State's academic program in geographic education at the Ph.D. is enriched by several related activities. The Grosvenor Distinguished Lecture Series has brought to campus national figures such as James Baker III, the 61st U.S. Secretary of State, Karl Rove, Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush and Gilbert M. Grosvenor, Chairman of the National Geographic Society Board of Trustees. The Grosvenor Center Fellows program has brought to our campus-class scholars, such as Patricia Gober (Arizona State), Brian Blouet (College of William and Mary), Reginald Gotledge (University of California, Santa Barbara) Norman Bettis (Illinois State), Sister Madeleine Gregg (University of Alabama) and our graduate students have had the opportunity to work with other national leaders in a research capacity.

Our students in geographic education all play significant roles in our bi-annual international symposium on research in geographic education. If your interest is in geographic education, Texas State is the right place to be at the present time.