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Chris Boettcher specializes in teaching general education courses in reading, writing and speaking. An avid student of the scholarship of teaching and learning, Professor Boettcher uses innovative teaching methods to guide his students in seeking ‘insight’ in every situation of college life. 

In addition to other teaching interests in mythology, genre literature, children’s literature, and nineteenth-century British literature, he brings a variety of experiences to this instruction. He has recently co-authored a book on community-based global learning that draws on his years of experience as a practitioner of global service-learning, and he has promoted both curricular and co-curricular community engagement at Castleton University. He also has a research interest in Irish literature and national identity. His intellectual biography of Standish O’Grady, an early contributor to the Irish nationalist movement, will be published in 2019. 

In 2020, Professor Boettcher became the inaugural director of Castleton’s new Center for Teaching and Learning (blogs.castleton.edu/cctl), an integral component of the five-year Pathway to Graduation project supported by a major grant from the US Department of Education.

Books

• The Shattered Worlds of Standish O'Grady
• Community-Based Global Learning: The Theory and Practice of Ethical Engagement at Home and Abroad

Education 

• M.S., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
• B.A., University of Notre Dame