Richard E. Katz has taught Geography in Seattle since 1996, first at Washington Middle School and for the last six years at Roosevelt High School where he is part of a team of five teachers teaching all 10th graders Advanced Placement Human Geography where the focus is on all the human aspects of geography particularly development issues. He also teaches a ninth grade class of World History focusing on world interactions since the seventh century, with a heavy concentration on the 19th and 20th centuries. He also continues to teach Social Studies Methods and Integrated Arts to graduate students at Antioch University in Seattle (since 2005), is active in curriculum development including creating the new Geography Curriculum MAP for 8th grade in 2009, and actively involved with the new Geo-Literacy Alliance of Washington State. He received his undergraduate degree in Anthropology from McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 1985 and his graduate degree in education from Antioch University in Seattle, USA in 1995. His interests include Development, GIS, Blues Music, Photography, and Inquiry Research in Geography. He has spent significant time in Israel, Egypt, China and throughout the Pacific Northwest. He also is a published and exhibited photographer, and his most recent writing piece was on Using “Petites Projects” to Further Engage Students in Geography, The Geography Teacher March 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19338341.2012.758042

Recipient of the 2015 Distinguished K-12 Geography Teaching Award from the National Council for Geographic Education. http://www.ncge.org/dta-k-12

Educational History

MAEd, Antioch University Seattle
BA in Anthropology, McGill University