AAG Releases New Edition of Guide to Geography Programs in the Americas

The AAG's Guide to Geography Programs in the Americas, or The Guide, includes detailed information on undergraduate and graduate geography programs in the United States, Canada, and Latin America, including degree requirements, curricula,…

Expanding and Empowering a Culture of Mentorship

The Geography Faculty Development Alliance (GFDA) Early Career Workshop class of 2017 gathered for a photo at the close of the conference on June 24 at the University of Tennessee…

New Orleans: The Uncertain City

Skyscrapers in the New Orleans business district in the foreground contrast with the French Quarter in the background. Photo credit: Craig Colten New Orleans battles with its identity. Locals see…

Featured News

AAG Releases New Edition of Guide to Geography Programs in the Americas

StaffJuly 19, 2017No Comment2017-07-19T16:27:33+00:00

Expanding and Empowering a Culture of Mentorship

Derek Alderman July 1, 2017 No Comment2017-07-08T07:53:39+00:00

The Geography Faculty Development Alliance (GFDA) Early Career Workshop class of 2017 gathered for a photo at the close of the conference on June 24 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn. Words cannot…

New Orleans: The Uncertain City

Craig Colten July 1, 2017 No Comment2017-07-03T17:19:56+00:00

Skyscrapers in the New Orleans business district in the foreground contrast with the French Quarter in the background. Photo credit: Craig Colten New Orleans battles with its identity. Locals see their home as a river…

Civil Rights Featured Theme of 2017 Geography Awareness Week: A Call for Participation

Derek H. Alderman, LaToya Eaves May 16, 2017 No Comment2017-05-16T09:57:22+00:00

Established by a joint resolution of the Congress in 1987, Geography Awareness Week (GAW) is observed the third week in November every year. GAW promotes what geography is, why it is important, and the relevance…

Publicize Your Department in the AAG Guide to Geography Programs

Staff May 8, 2017 No Comment2017-05-09T12:05:59+00:00

The American Association of Geographers is accepting entries from geography programs to be included in the 2017 edition of the Guide to Geography Programs in the Americas. The deadline for submitting a listing has been extended to Friday, June 2, 2017.…

Recent News

AAG Members Publish New Book on Florida Weather and Climate

StaffJuly 27, 2017No Comment2017-07-27T11:38:44+00:00

AAG members Jennifer M. Collins, associate professor in the School of Geosciences at the University of South Florida; Robert V. Rohli, professor of geography at Louisiana State University; and colleague Charles H. Paxton, an American Meteorological Society…

Visiting Geographical Scientist Program Accepting Applications for 2017-18

Staff July 25, 2017 No Comment2017-07-25T15:45:45+00:00

The Visiting Geographical Scientist program (VGSP) is accepting applications for the 2017-18 academic year. VGSP sponsors visits by prominent geographers to small departments or institutions that do not have the resources to bring in well-known speakers. The…

The Department of Education Call for Applications for New Awards

Staff July 25, 2017 No Comment2017-07-25T15:34:21+00:00

The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year 2017 for the American History and Civics Education—National Activities Grants Program. The National Activities Grants Program promotes innovative instruction,…

New Books in Geography — June 2017

Staff July 21, 2017 No Comment2017-07-21T15:43:20+00:00

Every month the AAG compiles a list of newly-published books in geography and related fields. Some are selected for review in the AAG Review of Books. Anyone interested in reviewing these or other titles should contact…

September 2017 Issue of the ‘Annals of the AAG’ Now Available

Staff July 20, 2017 No Comment2017-07-20T17:21:22+00:00

The AAG is pleased to announce that Volume 107, Issue 5 (September 2017) of the Annals of the American Association of Geographers is now available. A full list of contents is below. The Annals contains original, timely, and…

President's Column

Expanding and Empowering a Culture of Mentorship

Derek AldermanJuly 1, 2017No Comment2017-07-08T07:53:39+00:00

Upon Reflection

Glen M. MacDonald June 6, 2017 No Comment2017-07-13T16:11:31+00:00

How fast time flies. It is hard to believe that the end of the academic year is upon us, June has come and I am writing my last president’s column. I want to use the…

The Creation of Transformative Geographies

Glen M. MacDonald May 5, 2017 No Comment2017-06-06T16:59:39+00:00

We all like to think of ourselves as being transformative in one way or the other. Indeed, we all are. In our personal interactions and the examples we set, we can transform the lives of…

Advancing Geography and the Association at Boston

Glen M. MacDonald March 31, 2017 1 Comment2017-05-17T11:15:53+00:00

This month geographers from around the country and the world will gather in Boston for the AAG Annual Meeting. This should be a time of celebration for geographers. It is an occasion when we get…

Telling Our Stories, Speaking Out and Being Heard as Geographers

Glen M. MacDonald March 8, 2017 3 Comments2017-04-17T10:37:46+00:00

Perhaps now more than ever geographers need to tell their stories, speak out and make their voices heard. In a world that seems increasingly divisive politically and socially, and where the fact-based discourse and decision-making…

Association News

Disciplinary Data Dashboard

StaffJune 28, 2017No Comment2017-06-28T12:38:49+00:00

AAG's Twitter Chat will review multiple ongoing data collection efforts On July 20 from 3 to 4 Eastern Time, the AAG will host a Twitter Chat entitled “The AAG Disciplinary Data Dashboard.” Guest speaker Mark…

The New Plot to Hijack GIS and Mapping

Staff June 23, 2017 No Comment2017-07-08T09:22:57+00:00

A bill recently introduced in the Senate could effectively exclude everyone but licensed architects, engineers, and surveyors from federal government contracts for GIS and mapping services of all kinds — not just those services traditionally…

Undergrads: Nominations Sought for Inaugural Board of the AAG USAG

Staff June 5, 2017 No Comment2017-06-05T15:06:34+00:00

With students making up over 40% of AAG membership, the new Undergraduate Student Affinity Group (USAG) is an important community to speak on behalf of the unique and important perspectives of undergraduate geographers. It’s now…

AAG Statement on the U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

Staff June 2, 2017 No Comment2017-06-02T16:41:19+00:00

The American Association of Geographers (AAG) opposes the Trump Administration’s decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Climate change constitutes a major threat to the Earth’s environment and to the well-being of people…

AAG Grants and Awards Program

Staff May 25, 2017 No Comment2017-05-25T15:54:40+00:00

The AAG has a long history of supporting and recognizing geographers’ accomplishments and contributions through its many prestigious grants and awards. The AAG Grants and Awards Program recognizes and supports AAG members, non-members, students, early…

Annual Meeting

New Orleans: The Uncertain City

Craig ColtenJuly 1, 2017No Comment2017-07-03T17:19:56+00:00

See the Highlights from AAG 2017 Boston

Staff May 10, 2017 No Comment2017-05-10T11:04:48+00:00

Whether you want to reminisce or just see what you missed, check out our retrospective of the the special events and sessions from the AAG 2017 annual meeting in Boston. The annual meeting hosted more than 9,000…

Save the Date: AAG 2018 New Orleans

Staff May 1, 2017 No Comment2017-05-01T10:14:05+00:00

Mark your calendar for the AAG Annual Meeting in New Orleans on April 10 to April 14, 2018. We invite you to organize and participate in sessions, panels, field trips, events, and activities. The Call for Papers will…

Great Plains/Rocky Mountains Division Team Takes 2017 World Geography Bowl Title

Staff April 28, 2017 No Comment2017-04-28T12:51:23+00:00

AAG President Glen MacDonald (far right) presented prizes to winners, including the winning Great Plains/Rocky Mountains Division team above. (Photograph for AAG by Becky Pendergast) The Great Plains/Rocky Mountains Division team won first place in…

AAAS Director Rush Holt To Discuss ‘Advancing Science in the Public Arena’

Staff March 29, 2017 No Comment2017-03-29T16:27:18+00:00

Rush D. Holt, , chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), will deliver a featured talk, "Advancing Science in the Public Arena," at the AAG Annual Meeting in Boston…

Resources & Opportunities

Visiting Geographical Scientist Program Accepting Applications for 2017-18

StaffJuly 25, 2017No Comment2017-07-25T15:45:45+00:00

The Department of Education Call for Applications for New Awards

Staff July 25, 2017 No Comment2017-07-25T15:34:21+00:00

NSF Is Recruiting Geographers for its Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Staff June 30, 2017 No Comment2017-06-30T10:47:54+00:00

In addition to opportunities via the DDRI program in GSS, grad students in geography and related spatial sciences also have an opportunity to compete in NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). This program is run…

Job Announcement for a Geography and Spatial Sciences Program Director at NSF

Staff April 20, 2017 No Comment2017-04-20T10:40:48+00:00

The Geography and Spatial Sciences (GSS) Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks applicants for a Program Director position that will become available in Summer 2017. The job description for this new GSS program…

GTU Accepting Scholarship Applications

Staff March 24, 2017 No Comment2017-03-24T10:13:59+00:00

The Gamma Theta Upsilon International Geographical Honor Society is accepting scholarship applications through June 1, 2017. Details about the 2017 GTU Scholarships are posted at Five awards of $1,000 each are available to support the education of GTU…

Of Note

AAG Members Publish New Book on Florida Weather and Climate

StaffJuly 27, 2017No Comment2017-07-27T11:38:44+00:00

Camelia Kantor Named USGIF Director of Academic Programs

Staff July 12, 2017 No Comment2017-07-12T13:29:16+00:00

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has appointed Camelia Kantor as its new Director of Academic Program. In this position, she will manage USGIF’s Collegiate GEOINT Accreditation Program, which awards students GEOINT Certificates accompanying…

Geographers Kristine DeLong and Grant Harley featured in New Documentary, “The Underwater Forest”

Staff June 30, 2017 No Comment2017-06-30T16:35:55+00:00

Kristine L. DeLong, associate professor of geography at Louisiana State University and Grant Harley, assistant professor of Geography at the University of Southern Mississippi, were both part of a team of scientists featured in the…

NCRGE Announces New Grants for Transformative Research

Staff June 28, 2017 No Comment2017-06-28T23:09:43+00:00

The National Center for Research in Geography Education (NCRGE), a research consortium headquartered at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) and Texas State University, has approved awards for three new projects under its Transformative Research…

Geographers Farhana Sultana and Tim Beach Lecture at Vatican Workshops

Staff April 20, 2017 No Comment2017-04-20T11:18:41+00:00

Tim Beach, Centennial Professor of Geography and Environment at UT Austin, presented an invited lecture on “Societal Collapses from the Maya to Mesopotamia and Beyond” at the Vatican in a workshop on Biological Extinction sponsored…

Publications

New Books in Geography — June 2017

StaffJuly 21, 2017No Comment2017-07-21T15:43:20+00:00

September 2017 Issue of the ‘Annals of the AAG’ Now Available

Staff July 20, 2017 No Comment2017-07-20T17:21:22+00:00

AAG Releases New Edition of Guide to Geography Programs in the Americas

Staff July 19, 2017 No Comment2017-07-19T16:27:33+00:00

Summer 2017 Issue of ‘The AAG Review of Books’ Now Available

Staff July 10, 2017 No Comment2017-07-10T16:00:05+00:00

Volume 5, Issue 3 of The AAG Review of Books has now been published online. This quarterly online journal publishes scholarly reviews of recent books related to geography, public policy and international affairs. It also features review essays reflecting on several books on…

August 2017 Issue of ‘The Professional Geographer’ Now Available

Staff June 16, 2017 No Comment2017-06-16T15:51:47+00:00

The AAG is pleased to announce that Volume 69, Issue 3 (August 2017) of The Professional Geographer is now available. The focus of The Professional Geographer is on short articles in academic or applied geography, emphasizing…

Necrology

In Memoriam: Anne Buttimer

StaffJuly 27, 2017No Comment2017-07-27T17:20:44+00:00

Anne Buttimer Anne Buttimer (1938-2017) Anne Buttimer, emeritus professor of geography at University College Dublin, died July 15, 2017. Buttimer was Fellow of Royal Irish Academy, Royal Geographical Society (UK) and Academia Europaea. She served…

In Memoriam: Masatoshi Yoshino

Staff July 27, 2017 No Comment2017-07-27T17:31:34+00:00

Masatoshi Yoshino (1928-2017) Masatoshi Yoshino, a distinguished Japanese physical geographer who served the IGU as the founder and the Chair of the Commission on Climatology (1988-1992) and as a Vice President (1992-1996), died on July…

In Memoriam: Marvin W. Mikesell

Staff May 5, 2017 No Comment2017-05-05T13:52:45+00:00

Marvin W. Mikesell June 16, 1929–April 26, 2017 Marvin W. Mikesell, Professor of Geography in the Committee on Geographical Studies, died unexpectedly Wednesday morning, April 26, 2017, at the University of Chicago Hospital in Hyde…

In Memoriam: John Davey

Staff May 5, 2017 No Comment2017-05-05T10:14:53+00:00

John Charles Armstrong Davey April 19, 1945–April 21, 2017 John Davey, a prodigious figure in academic, trade and reference publishing for almost 50 years, died at home with family at his side on April 21,…

In Memoriam: Ray Henkel

Staff May 4, 2017 No Comment2017-05-05T10:16:45+00:00

Ray Henkel January 28, 1931–March 11, 2017 Ray Henkel was born Jan. 28, 1931 on a farm along the Cimarron River about 30 miles west of Tulsa. He died March 11, 2017, at age 86.…

Addenda

Civil Rights Featured Theme of 2017 Geography Awareness Week: A Call for Participation

Derek H. Alderman, LaToya EavesMay 16, 2017No Comment2017-05-16T09:57:22+00:00

Library of Congress Publishes New Book, “Picturing America: The Golden Age of Pictorial Maps”

Staff April 20, 2017 No Comment2017-04-20T10:49:34+00:00

Designed to educate, amuse, or advertise, pictorial maps were a clever and colorful component of print culture in the mid-20th century, often overlooked in studies of cartography. A new book published by the Library of…

Survey for a National Assessment of GIS&T in Higher Education

Staff March 24, 2017 No Comment2017-03-24T09:38:45+00:00

Professor David Cowen is leading a survey to assess the current status of GIS instruction across the higher education system. This project is being undertaken with the support of the AAG, UCGIS, and Esri. According to…

A Museum of Geography, What?

Rob Sullivan November 23, 2016 No Comment2016-12-01T11:18:35+00:00

Los Angeles's Hollywood Bowl Overlook (Beau Rogers via Compfight) On October 21, 2016, the Los Angeles Museum of Geography opened its first exhibition, “The Homeless Amongst Us,” in its temporary home at 2426 SET in…

NSF Advisory Committee on Environmental Research and Education Survey Notice

Staff October 25, 2016 No Comment2016-10-25T12:16:46+00:00

The National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education (AC-ERE) is looking for your assistance. This committee is charged with providing guidance on future research directions across the Foundation in the over the coming…