John Boyer, Instructor, joboyer@vt.edu
Office: 125 Major Williams Hall
Phone: 540-231-4071
At Virginia Tech Since: 1998
Education: M.S., Geography, Virginia Tech, 1998
Research Interests:
- Geography of Wine
- Agricultural Geography
- Educational technology
- Cultural Geography of Rum
Classes Recently Taught:
Recent Publications:
Teaching Excellence At A Research-Centered University. Chapter 7 John Boyer Keep It Real: Making Connections to the Real World. Editors E. Scott Geller & Philip K. Lehman 2007 ISBN 0-536-31227-3- Tony K. Wolf and John D. Boyer. 2003. "Vineyard
Site Selection," Virginia Cooperative Extension Publication
Number 463-020, online: http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/viticulture/463-020/463-020.html
- Wolf, Tony K. and John D. Boyer. 2000.
"Site selection and other vine management principles and
practices to minimize the threat of cold injury." Proceedings
of the Cold Hardiness Workshop, American Society for Enology and
Viticulture Annual Meeting, June, 2000, Seattle, WA, Amer.
J. Enol. Vitic. 51:(in press).
- Boyer, J. and T. K. Wolf. 2000. "GIS
and GPS aid the exploration of Viticultural Potential" in Virginia Vineyard and Winery Management, Nov/Dec. pp 48-54.
- Boyer, J. and T. K. Wolf. "Development
and preliminary validation of a Geographical Information System
approach to vineyard site suitability assessment in Virginia."
11 p. In: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on
Cool Climate Viticulture and Oenology, 16-20 January 2000,Melbourne,
Aust. (2000).
Grants and Awards:
- Students' Choice Award for Faculty
Member of the Year, 2007 and 2005, sponsored by the Student
Alumni Associates.
- 2005 CEUT Summer Faculty Fellow award to
develop new course, The Geography of East Asia.
- National Council for Geographic Education
Distinguished Teaching Achievement Award for 2002.
- 2002 University Sporn Award for
Excellence in Teaching Introductory Subjects.
- Virginia Winegrowers Advisory Board grant
FY 1997-1998 for $11,000
Grant title: "Geoclimatological Classification Model Development
for Viticulture Potential in Virginia."
- North Carolina Grape Council grant FY 1999-2000
for $16,500
Grant title: "Geoclimatological classification of viticulture
potential in North Carolina."
- Boyer, John. 2000-2001. "On-Line Cross-College
Student Exercises for Geography 1014." Funded by the College
of Arts & Sciences, $12,430.
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