{"id":323,"date":"2026-07-08T16:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socialscience-redesign-dev\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=323"},"modified":"2026-10-06T00:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T07:46:37","slug":"walker-ian-program-chair","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socialscience-redesign-dev\/profile\/walker-ian-program-chair\/","content":{"rendered":"<section  class=\"bio-section-wrapper section section-white\">\n\t<div class=\"container-xl\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"bio-section-content col-md-8\">\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Me<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My name is Ian Walker and I am the Program Chair of the Geography Department. I was born in England but grew up in the Seattle area. Some of my interests include traveling, exploring food and cuisines, and soccer (both watching and playing).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While my master\u2019s degree was focused on human geography, I have taught several physical geography courses, such as: Geography of Weather and Climate Change (GEOG 205), Violent Face of Nature (GEOG 108), and Landforms &amp; Landform Processes (GEOG 206). I have recently been interested in and engaged in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and have incorporated an introduction to the field in my Introduction to Geography (GEOG&amp; 100) courses. Building community and an equitable and inclusive classroom are essential facets of my teaching philosophy. I am a firm advocate in active learning and aim to create a safe space where learners of all preferences can grow and learn to view the world through a geographic lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MA, Human Geography, Swansea University (Wales)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BA, Political Science (Global Option), Washington State University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<hr class=\"section-divider\">\n<\/section>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"department":[25],"profile_type":[16],"class_list":["post-323","profile","type-profile","status-publish","hentry","department-geography","profile_type-program-chair"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socialscience-redesign-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socialscience-redesign-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socialscience-redesign-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socialscience-redesign-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1831,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socialscience-redesign-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/323\/revisions\/1831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socialscience-redesign-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socialscience-redesign-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=323"},{"taxonomy":"profile_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socialscience-redesign-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_type?post=323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}