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College of Liberal Arts
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies

Richard Boehm

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Director, The Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education
Co-Director, National Center for Research in Geography Education
Professor and Jesse H. Jones Distinguished Chair in Geographic Education
Ph.D., Geography, The University of Texas at Austin, 1975
Office:  ELA 145a
Phone:  512.245.3615
Email:   rb03@txstate
Vita
Research Interests:  Powerful Geography: Teaching and Learning, Online Ph.D. Program in Geography Education, Economic Geography, Applied Geography

Publications:

Books, Monographs, and Special Publications

Discovering World Geography (2018). Columbus: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill.

Geography: The Human and Physical World (2018). Columbus: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill.

Muniz Solari, O., M. Solem, and R. G. Boehm, eds. (2017). Learning Progressions in Geography Education: International Perspectives. New York: Springer International Publishing

Geography: The Human and Physical World (2015). Columbus: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill.

Solem, M., N. T. Huynh, and R. G. Boehm, eds. (2014). Learning Progressions for Maps, Geospatial Technology, and Spatial Thinking: A Research Handbook. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers.

Discovering World Geography (2014). Columbus: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill.

Discovering World Geography: Eastern Hemisphere (2014). Columbus: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill.

Discovering World Geography: Western Hemisphere (2014). Columbus: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill.

Geography: The Human and Physical World (2014). Columbus: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill.

Why Geography is Important (revised edition) 2013. Chaired the writing committee, Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education.

World Geography and Cultures (with National Geographic Society). (2012). Columbus: Glencoe McGraw-Hill

Geography and History of the World (2010) Columbus, OH: Glencoe/McGraw Hill.

Muniz-Solari, O., & R. G. Boehm, eds. (2009). Geography Education: Pan American Perspectives. San Marcos, TX: Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education.

Why Geography is Important. (2008) San Marcos: Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education.

Courses Taught:

Seminar in Geographic Curriculum
Teaching Methodologies in Geography
Advanced Seminar in Geographic Education
Advanced Geographic Research Design
Applied Economic Geography
History & Philosophy of Geographic Education
Dissertation