about me

 
 
Prior to working at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Hechter worked as a secondary level physics, chemistry, biology and general science teacher (and basketball coach, often with his daughter by his side) at the University of Winnipeg Collegiate for 11 years, and as an adjunct professor at the University of North Dakota. In 2001, Richard was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence at a ceremony in Ottawa. Dr. Hechter is presently serving on the National Board of ASTE and as the Past-Director for the North Central Association of Science Teacher Educators (NC-ASTE)
 

What you should know


Name:

Richard Hechter           


Occupation:

Assistant Professor


Favourite Bands:

Dispatch, Mumford and Sons, The Weakerthans


favourite conversations

Science, kids, music


Favourite Scientists:

Albert Einstein, Johannes Kepler


Person I would like to have coffee with:

John K. Samson


one word to desCRIBE ME:

Hopeful


Songs I love to Work to

  1. 1.The General (Dispatch)

  2. 2.Yellow Brick Road (Raine Maida)

  3. 3.The Cave (Mumford and Sons)


 

teaching history

Our fossil casts from Royal Tyrrell Museum of a Raptor claw and T-Rex tooth.