Background
Fain, Karen Kellogg was born on October 10, 1940 in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. Daughter of Howard Davis and Mary Lucille (Cole) Kellogg.
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Karen Kellogg Fain
Edit ProfileHistory and geography educator
Karen Kellogg Fain, American history and geography educator. Certified secondary teacher, Colorado. Fulbright scholar Chadron State College, Pakistan, 1975; Geography Society grantee U. Colorado, 1986; recipient award for Project Prince, Colorado U./Denver Public Schools/Denver Police Department, 1992.
Education
Student, University Arizona, 1958-1961; Bachelor, University of Southern Colorado, 1967; Master of Arts, U. Northern Colorado, 1977; postgraduate, U. Denver, 1968, 72-93; postgraduate, Colorado State University, 1975, 91; postgraduate, Chadron State College, 1975; postgraduate, U. Northern Illinois, 1977, 83; postgraduate, Fort Hayes State College, 1979; postgraduate, U. Colorado, 1979, 86-87, 92; postgraduate, Indiana U., 1988.
Career
Teacher history and geography, Denver Public Schools, 1967-1996; teacher, West H.S., Denver, 1992-1996. Area administrator, teacher coordinator Close Up program, Washington, 1982-1984. Reviewer, consultant for book Geography, Our Changing World, 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Volunteer, chairman young professionals Institute International Edition and World Affairs Council, Denver, since 1980. Member state selection committee United States Senate and Japan Scholarship Committee, Denver, 1981-1989, Youth for Understanding, Denver. Mem.Denver Art Museum, since 1970.
Volunteer Denver Museum Natural History, since 1989, Am.Cancer Society "Jail and Bail", 1996, "Climb the Mountain", 1996, Denver Convention Bureau, 1997. Board overseas Department Defense Dependents School, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 1990-1991. Screening panelist Teacher to Japan Program Rocky Mtn.
Regional Fulbright Memorial Fund, 1997. Volunteer tour guide Colorado State Capitol, since 1997. Member American Association of University Women, Colorado Council Social Studies (secretary 1984-1986), National Council Social Studies (delegate 1984), World History Association, Fulbright Association, American Forum for Global Education, Rocky Mountain Regional World History Association (steering committee 1984-1987), Colorado Geographic Alliance (steering committee 1986), Denver Botanical Gardens, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Kappa Iota.
Interests
Connections
Married September 1, 1961. Divorced; 1 child, Kristopher.
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Religion
Episcopalian
Awards
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Fulbright scholar Chadron State College, Pakistan, 1975. Geography Society grantee U. Colorado, 1986. Recipient award for Project Prince, Colorado U./Denver Public Schools/Denver Police Department, 1992.Fulbright scholar Chadron State College, Pakistan, 1975. Geography Society grantee U. Colorado, 1986. Recipient award for Project Prince, Colorado U./Denver Public Schools/Denver Police Department, 1992.