{"id":23720,"date":"2024-07-24T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/?post_type=staff&#038;p=23720"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:22:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:22:50","slug":"ian-walker-m-a","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/staff\/ian-walker-m-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Walker, M.A."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">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=\"has-regular-font-size\">I received my Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (Global Option) from Washington State University and a Master of Arts in Human Geography from Swansea University in Wales. While my degree was focused on human geography, I have taught several physical geography courses- such as Weather and Climate, the Violent Face of Nature, and Cartography and Landforms. 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 courses.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":23905,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-23720","staff","type-staff","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/23720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/staff"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3556"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/23720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24998,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/23720\/revisions\/24998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}