Bradley H. Baltensperger

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Michigan Technological University
College of Sciences & Arts
Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Chair
Michigan Technological University
College of Sciences & Arts
Associate Dean
Michigan Technological University
College of Sciences & Arts
Social Sciences
Geography
Professor

Mailing Address

Dept. of Cognitive & Learning Sciences
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Dr.
Houghton, Michigan 49931
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (906) 487-2425
Fax: (906) 487-2468
Mobile: (906) 370-7939
brad@mtu.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., Clark University, Geography, 1974.

Expertise and Research Interests

Secondary Education
Education Policy
Earth Science Education
Social Science Education
Historical Geography
Environmental Policy
Ethnicity
Great Plains
Central Europe

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Agricultural Geography, Elementary or Secondary Education, Geography, Social Sciences.

Additional Terms:

Agricultural Geography, Central Europe, Education Policy, Ethnicity, Geography, K-12 Education.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

German: (Functional, Functional, Functional)

Memberships

Agricultural History Society
American Society for Environmental History
Association of American Geographers
Michigan Association of Colleges of Teacher Education
Michigan Association of School Boards
Michigan Science Teachers Association
National Council for Geographic Education
Western History Association

Honors and Awards

1993-2010, Associate Fellow, Center for Great Plains Studies
1990-1991, Fulbright Award, German Emigration to the Great Plains

Funding Received

  • Fulbright Commission: Teaching/Research Award, $22000, Jun 1990 to Aug 1991.
  • Michigan Virtual University: Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education for Teachers – Online Professional Development Courses, $30,000, Feb 2002 to Jan 2003.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): Michigan Tech Noyce Scholars Program, $900,000, 2009 to 2014.
  • Michigan Department of Education: Improving Teacher Quality: World History and Geography, $275,000, 2007 to 2009.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): Increasing Expertise in Earth Science Education, $153,000, 2006 to 2010.
  • Michigan Department of Education: Improving Teacher Quality: Statistics and Probability, $254,000, 2006 to 2008.
  • Michigan Department of Education: Educators' Science and Mathematics Institute Series 3: Applied Mathematics, $223,000, 2005 to 2007.
  • Michigan Department of Education: Educators' Science and Mathematics Institute Series: Applied Sciences, $212,000, 2004 to 2006.
  • Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education: Short-Term Professional Development Program for Korean Teachers, $313,000, 2004 to 2006.
  • Michigan Department of Education: Improving Teacher Quality: Watershed Investigations, $212,000, 2003 to 2005.
  • National Institute for International Education Development: Korean Teachers Program, $419,000, 2002 to 2004.
  • United States Department of Education: Preparing for 1992 and Beyond: An Interdisciplinary Program for European Area Studies at MTU, $60,000, 1989 to 1991.
  • GTE Lectureship Program: 'Ethical and Social Dimensions of the Greenhouse Effect', $4000, 1989 to 1989.
  • Michigan Small Business Development Center: Methodology for Impact Assessment of Small Business Development Centers in Michigan', $10,000, 1987 to .
  • United States Department of Energy (DOE): Workshops for Secondary Educators - 'Energy Decisions and the Upper Midwest', $18,000, 1981 to .

Publications

  • Bradley H. Baltensperger, “Labels, Regions, and Reality”, Nebraska History, 80, 26-28, 1999
  • Bradley H. Baltensperger, 'Larger and Fewer Farms: Patterns and Causes of Farm Enlargement on the Central Great Plains, 1930-1978', Journal of Historical Geography, 19, 299-313, 1993
  • Bradley H. Baltensperger, 'Plains Boomers and the Creation of the Great American Desert Myth', Journal of Historical Geography, 18, 59-73, 1992
  • Bradley H. Baltensperger, 'A County That Has Gone Downhill', Geographical Review, 81, 433-442, 1991
  • Bradley H. Baltensperger, 'Hedgerow Distribution and Removal in the Non-Forested Areas of the Midwest', Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 42, 60-64, 1987
  • Bradley H. Baltensperger, 'Farm Consolidation in the Northern and Central States of the Great Plains', Great Plains Quarterly, 7, 256-265, 1987
  • Bradley H. Baltensperger, Nebraska: A Geography (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press), 1985
  • Bradley H. Baltensperger, 'Germans on the Great Plains: Environment and Acculturation', Marburger Geographische Schriften, 96, 220-232, 1985
  • Bradley H. Baltensperger (1985) Nebraska: A Geography, Boulder, CO, Westview Press
  • Bradley H. Baltensperger, 'Agricultural Change Among Great Plains Russian Germans', Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 73, 75-88, 1983

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Last Updated: 2/22/2010

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