AAG Newsletter

Call for Papers: Geographies of Bread and Water in the 21st Century

AAG 2017 Featured Theme | Call for Papers Geographies of Bread and Water in the 21st Century AAG Annual Meeting, Boston, April 5-9, 2017 Burgeoning global population along with increasing…

Call for Papers: Mainstreaming Human Rights in Geography and the AAG

AAG 2017 Featured Theme | Call for Papers Mainstreaming Human Rights in Geography and the AAG AAG Annual Meeting, Boston, April 5-9, 2017 Nearly all geographers are concerned about human…

Call for Papers: Uncertainty and Context in Geography and GIScience

AAG 2017 Featured Theme | Call for Papers Uncertainty and Context in Geography and GIScience: Advances in Theory, Methods, and Practice AAG Annual Meeting, Boston, April 5-9, 2017 Uncertainty and…

Call for Papers: Geographies of Bread and Water in the 21st Century

StaffSeptember 12, 2016No Comment2016-09-29T15:50:18+00:00

AAG 2017 Featured Theme | Call for Papers Geographies of Bread and Water in the 21st Century AAG Annual Meeting, Boston, April 5-9, 2017 Burgeoning global population along with increasing appetite for high-protein or resource…

Call for Papers: Mainstreaming Human Rights in Geography and the AAG

Staff September 12, 2016 No Comment2016-09-29T15:50:33+00:00

AAG 2017 Featured Theme | Call for Papers Mainstreaming Human Rights in Geography and the AAG AAG Annual Meeting, Boston, April 5-9, 2017 Nearly all geographers are concerned about human rights, and in their personal…

Call for Papers: Uncertainty and Context in Geography and GIScience

Staff September 12, 2016 No Comment2016-09-29T15:50:46+00:00

AAG 2017 Featured Theme | Call for Papers Uncertainty and Context in Geography and GIScience: Advances in Theory, Methods, and Practice AAG Annual Meeting, Boston, April 5-9, 2017 Uncertainty and context pose fundamental challenges in…

AAG Offers Suite of New Resources for Students and Job Seekers

Staff September 8, 2016 No Comment2016-09-13T15:37:45+00:00

The AAG is pleased to announce a suite of new resources designed to help students find information about undergraduate and graduate degree programs, as well as currently available graduate assistantships, internships, and postdoc positions in…

The World of the City

Glen M. MacDonald September 1, 2016 No Comment2016-09-09T14:19:58+00:00

Those of us alive today are witnessing one of the most profound events in all of human history — and it is an event, which is fundamentally geographic in nature. The transformation we are experiencing is…

AGS Council Fellowship Call for Applications

StaffSeptember 27, 2016No Comment2016-09-29T15:38:29+00:00

The American Geographical Society (AGS) is now accepting applications for the AGS Council Fellowship. The fellowship is open to all student members of the American Geographical Society, both Masters and Doctoral students. Each fellowship is…

November 2016 Issue of ‘The Professional Geographer’ Now Available

Staff September 21, 2016 No Comment2016-09-21T14:30:03+00:00

The AAG is pleased to announce that Volume 68, Issue 4 (November 2016) of The Professional Geographer is now available. The focus of The Professional Geographer is on short articles in academic or applied geography, emphasizing empirical…

Noam Chomsky To Receive AAG Atlas Award in Boston

Staff September 20, 2016 No Comment2016-09-20T12:35:19+00:00

Chomsky The American Association of Geographers has selected Noam Chomsky as the recipient of its 2017 AAG Atlas Award, the association’s highest honor. The AAG Atlas Award is designed to recognize and celebrate outstanding, internationally-recognized…

Daydreams and Nightmares in the Northern Forest: A Quarter Century of Change

Lloyd C. Irland September 14, 2016 No Comment2016-09-14T12:01:07+00:00

The Northern Forest is a term used by forest activists, policy wonks and some geographers to describe the forested regions of upstate New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. This is a region of scattered…

AAG Launches New Undergraduate Student Affinity Group

Staff September 14, 2016 No Comment2016-09-14T09:04:13+00:00

The American Association of Geographers will launch a new affinity group specifically for undergraduate students. The Undergraduate Student Affinity Group (USAG) will be an international community of students studying geography, offering opportunities to network and…

President's Column

The World of the City

Glen M. MacDonaldSeptember 1, 2016No Comment2016-09-09T14:19:58+00:00

Geographies of Bread and Water in the 21st Century

Glen M. MacDonald August 5, 2016 No Comment2016-09-09T14:20:46+00:00

Geography is a big discipline, both in terms of its global purview and the wide spectrum of scholarly perspectives geographers bring to bear. We should not be shy about applying ourselves to some of the…

The End(s) of Geography?

Glen M. MacDonald July 1, 2016 2 Comments2016-09-09T14:21:26+00:00

Serving as your President is a singular honor, but also one that is more than a little daunting. My trepidation arises from three sources. First, with the honor of being elected President comes the responsibility…

Listening to Our Members: Part 2

Sarah Witham Bednarz June 6, 2016 1 Comment2016-09-09T14:22:18+00:00

This is my last column as AAG president and it is perhaps the most important because I seek your input on a very significant matter for Council regarding our flagship journal, the Annals. Last fall…

Listening to Our Members: Part 1

Sarah Witham Bednarz May 6, 2016 1 Comment2016-09-09T14:22:39+00:00

For me, one of the best sessions at our annual meeting reported the results of our first membership survey. A stellar crew, including past presidents Julie Winkler and Mona Domosh, assembled to present a few…

Association News

Noam Chomsky To Receive AAG Atlas Award in Boston

StaffSeptember 20, 2016No Comment2016-09-20T12:35:19+00:00

AAG Offers Suite of New Resources for Students and Job Seekers

Staff September 8, 2016 No Comment2016-09-13T15:37:45+00:00

AAG ‘Annals’ Environmental Sciences Section Editor Nominations Due Oct. 7

Staff September 6, 2016 No Comment2016-09-06T15:38:08+00:00

The American Association of Geographers seeks applications and nominations for the Environmental Sciences section editor for the Annals of the American Association of Geographers. The new section editor will be appointed for a four-year editorial…

AAG Seeks Interns for Spring Semester

Staff August 5, 2016 No Comment2016-08-05T14:22:29+00:00

The AAG is currently seeking interns for the spring semester, although the organization offers opportunities on a year-round basis for the spring, summer and fall semesters. Interns participate in most AAG programs and projects such as education,…

Annual Meeting

Daydreams and Nightmares in the Northern Forest: A Quarter Century of Change

Lloyd C. IrlandSeptember 14, 2016No Comment2016-09-14T12:01:07+00:00

AAG to Feature 3 Themes at Annual Meeting in Boston

Staff September 12, 2016 No Comment2016-09-21T10:37:02+00:00

Each year, the AAG identifies a few themes for its Annual Meeting to help focus discussion and provide a fresh and engaging structure to the conference program. Current themes include: Geographies of Bread and Water in…

Call for Papers: Geographies of Bread and Water in the 21st Century

Staff September 12, 2016 No Comment2016-09-29T15:50:18+00:00

Call for Papers: Mainstreaming Human Rights in Geography and the AAG

Staff September 12, 2016 No Comment2016-09-29T15:50:33+00:00

Call for Papers: Uncertainty and Context in Geography and GIScience

Staff September 12, 2016 No Comment2016-09-29T15:50:46+00:00

Resources & Opportunities

AGS Council Fellowship Call for Applications

StaffSeptember 27, 2016No Comment2016-09-29T15:38:29+00:00

Nominate Deserving Colleagues for Three AAG Awards

Staff September 13, 2016 No Comment2016-09-13T15:29:14+00:00

Deadlines for nominations for three AAG awards are fast approaching this month. Don't miss out on sending in a recommendation for a worthy colleague. The AAG Enhancing Diversity Award honors those geographers who have pioneered efforts toward or actively…

AAG Offers Suite of New Resources for Students and Job Seekers

Staff September 8, 2016 No Comment2016-09-13T15:37:45+00:00

Visiting Geographical Scientist Program Accepting Applications

Staff September 7, 2016 No Comment2016-09-09T14:17:11+00:00

Apply for Geographical Scientists to Visit, Stimulate Your Department The Visiting Geographical Scientist program (VGSP) is accepting applications for the 2016-17 academic year. VGSP sponsors visits by prominent geographers to small departments or institutions that…

GISCI Announces 2016 Fall Exam Test Period

Staff August 31, 2016 No Comment2016-08-31T10:17:06+00:00

The 2016 next testing window for the GISCI Geospatial Core Technical Knowledge Exam® as a part of the GISP Certification has been scheduled for December 3-10, 2016, and will be administered by PSI Online through their…

Of Note

AAG Launches New Undergraduate Student Affinity Group

StaffSeptember 14, 2016No Comment2016-09-14T09:04:13+00:00

Check out the New Council Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper at a Regional Meeting

Staff September 7, 2016 No Comment2016-09-14T12:56:42+00:00

Becoming more involved in the AAG facilitates strengthening professional networks, volunteering, taking part in scholarly activities, advancing academic studies, etc. Graduate students can register to attend their fall regional division meeting and submit their paper at that time…

Geoffrey Martin Receives the Humboldt Book Award for Enduring Scholarship in Geography

Staff September 1, 2016 No Comment2016-09-01T15:30:36+00:00

The AAG Review of Books (AAGRB) is proud to announce the selection of Prof. Geoffrey Martin’s monumental book, American Geography and Geographers, as the inaugural recipient of the Humboldt Book Award for Enduring Scholarship in…

Canadian Academy to Name Medal for AAG Past President Ross Mackay

Staff August 31, 2016 No Comment2016-08-31T17:06:28+00:00

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) has agreed to honor the memory of J. Ross Mackay, the world’s pre-eminent permafrost scientist of his generation, by striking a medal in his name that will recognize major,…

NCRGE Announces First Round of Transformative Research Grants

Staff July 20, 2016 No Comment2016-07-20T13:23:30+00:00

The National Center for Research in Geography Education (NCRGE), a research coordination network funded by the National Science Foundation, has announced the first cohort of researchers funded by its Transformative Research grant program. This investment…