{"id":16161,"date":"2023-05-18T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T16:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/?page_id=16161"},"modified":"2023-05-18T11:57:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T16:57:10","slug":"christopher-holtkamp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wisconsin-teaching-fellows-scholars-program\/2023-24-wisconsin-teaching-fellows-scholars\/christopher-holtkamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Holtkamp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cfct-build-16161\" class=\"cfct-build grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-9 cfct-block\"><\/div><div class=\"col-md-3 cfct-block\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-7 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><h3>UW-River Falls<\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>Assistant Professor Enviromental Planning<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong>Plant and Eart Science<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I earned my PhD in 2018 after a nearly 20 year career as an urban planner working primarily in rural communities across Central Texas. I decided to pursue a PhD after getting laid off twice in 12 months. My dad was in the Air Force so lived in a bunch of places growing up, but most of my life was spent in Texas. I have two kids, a 25 year old son who just graduated with a Masters in Opera Performance from Boston Conservatory, and a 20 year old daughter who just finished her second year at Colorado State University.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Teaching and Learning Philosophy<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>My primary goal as a teacher is to develop students with the capacity to engage with information, think critically about it, and make informed decisions based on their analysis. To achieve this goal, I utilize a variety of teaching methods intended to provide foundational knowledge of the topic and opportunities to apply that knowledge through in-class activities and assigned projects. I believe students learn best when they recognize the connection between what they are learning and how it can be applied to life outside of the classroom. I also leverage my experience as a practicing planner to bring an applied perspective to my teaching, focusing on how knowledge and skills obtained in the course can be utilized when students enter their chosen career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-5 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16162 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2023\/05\/Holtkamp-Casual-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1380\" height=\"920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2023\/05\/Holtkamp-Casual-Photo.jpg 1380w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2023\/05\/Holtkamp-Casual-Photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2023\/05\/Holtkamp-Casual-Photo-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2023\/05\/Holtkamp-Casual-Photo-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1380px) 100vw, 1380px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4665,"featured_media":0,"parent":15798,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16161","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cfct-can-haz-build"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4665"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16161"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16179,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16161\/revisions\/16179"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}