Rich Christen
Professor of Education

Verrrry interesting dude. Scholar of graffiti and of handwriting. One of those people who knows a startling amount about a startling number of things. Cheerful as a jaybird. Specialist in the history and sociology and philosophy of education. Teaches intro and secondary education courses on The Bluff and has taught University education classes in Guam and Canada and an American history course at neighboring Roosevelt High School and a world history course in the University’s London program. “To me teaching is a curious mix of ego and humility,” he says. “You have to be confident, to love what you’re doing, to work from what in-spires you, but you never quite have it. You’re always improving the craft. You have to find what you believe in, what you stand for, and then find methods to express those things while helping students develop their perspectives. Teaching is a form of personal expression applied to the requirements of the class. And you never quite master it — you can be brilliant in one setting and helpless in the next. You can never be complacent or be lax.”