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John Boyer is an award-winning Senior Instructor in the Department of Geography at Virginia Tech where he has taught ever-expanding courses on World Regional Geography and the Geography of Wine: in last decade, enrollments have grown from average class size of 50-60 to 550-600, with the World Regions now being taught to a record-breaking 2750 students every Fall. He has a B.S. and M.S. in Geography and has been teaching since 1998. He has published textbooks on world geography and wine, developed a graphic novel series, produces podcasts and an educational website for his classes, and actively incorporates all manner of technologies into the classroom in order to increase interaction and learning for the students, and the world.
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Virginia Tech's John Boyer Makes List of Top 5 Most Followed Professors on Twitter
Turns out Virginia Tech geography professor John Boyer isn't only known for his superhero alter ego "The Plaid Avenger," eccentric Bill Nye the Science Guy attire, video request to the president, and class of more than 3,000...
The Plaid Avenger Professor Takes to the Sea to Teach on a Boat
John Boyer is well known around Virginia Tech's campus as a charismatic, captivating professor of World Regions, whose unique teaching methods are unparalleled...
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