Pictures of AAG 2018 Themes: Black Geographies; Hazards-Geography-and-GIScience; and Public Engagement in Geography

AAG Announces 2018 Annual Meeting Themes

The AAG is pleased to announce three themes for the 2018 Annual Meeting to be held in New Orleans from April 10-14. Each year, the AAG Council and Executive Director…

Moving at Twitter Speed

The title of my column comes from a recent NPR story on the NAACP. The storied civil rights organization is undergoing a wholesale “retooling” of its structures and tactics in…

Little Freddie at the French Quarter Festival

Essential Geographies of New Orleans Music

Part 1: Congo Square, Atlantic Exchange, and the Emergence of Jazz New Orleans is a meeting ground. Situated at the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico,…

AAG Announces 2018 Annual Meeting Themes

StaffSeptember 22, 2017No Comment2017-09-22T16:55:37+00:00

The AAG is pleased to announce three themes for the 2018 Annual Meeting to be held in New Orleans from April 10-14. Each year, the AAG Council and Executive Director identify theme areas of geography…

Moving at Twitter Speed

Derek Alderman August 31, 2017 No Comment2017-09-01T10:53:03+00:00

The title of my column comes from a recent NPR story on the NAACP. The storied civil rights organization is undergoing a wholesale “retooling” of its structures and tactics in an effort to regain relevance…

Essential Geographies of New Orleans Music

Case Watkins August 31, 2017 No Comment2017-08-31T17:11:28+00:00

Part 1: Congo Square, Atlantic Exchange, and the Emergence of Jazz New Orleans is a meeting ground. Situated at the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, the city connects North America’s…

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

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

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, faculty qualifications, program specialties, financial…

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…

Recent News

AAG Announces 2018 Annual Meeting Themes

StaffSeptember 22, 2017No Comment2017-09-22T16:55:37+00:00

Maya Peoples Making History Conference

Staff September 18, 2017 No Comment2017-09-18T11:54:00+00:00

AAG Vice President, Dr. Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, presenting her research at the Maya Peoples Making History conference. Presentations by Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, AAG VP, UT Austin Timothy Beach, UT Austin Geoffrey Wallace, McGill University Adrienne Kates, Georgetown…

November 2017 Issue of ‘The Professional Geographer’ Now Available

Staff September 12, 2017 No Comment2017-09-12T15:11:50+00:00

The AAG is pleased to announce that Volume 69, Issue 4 (November 2017) of The Professional Geographer is now available. The focus of The Professional Geographer is on short articles in academic or applied geography,…

New Books in Geography — August 2017

Staff September 6, 2017 No Comment2017-09-07T13:19:00+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…

NCRGE Welcomes Abstracts for a Special Track During AAG 2018 New Orleans

Staff September 5, 2017 No Comment2017-09-05T17:00:31+00:00

Transformative Research in Geography Education For the 2018 AAG Annual Meeting in New Orleans, the National Center for Research in Geography Education (NCRGE) is welcoming abstracts and organized session proposals for a special track of…

President's Column

Moving at Twitter Speed

Derek AldermanAugust 31, 2017No Comment2017-09-01T10:53:03+00:00

The Serious Business of Public Communication

Derek Alderman August 1, 2017 No Comment2017-09-11T16:55:00+00:00

If you have not yet examined the AAG Long Range Plan, 2015-2025, then I encourage you to do so. It provides a useful update on the Association’s progress since its 2002 strategic plan and offers…

Expanding and Empowering a Culture of Mentorship

Derek Alderman July 1, 2017 No Comment2017-08-24T15:06:50+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…

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…

Association News

Undergraduate Student Affinity Group Elects Inaugural Board

StaffSeptember 5, 2017No Comment2017-09-05T17:01:38+00:00

The AAG’s new Undergraduate Student Affinity Group has elected their first board. Congratulations to the following: USAG Chair: Michelle Church; Michigan State University USAG Secretary-Treasurer: Lauren Gerlowski; Point Park University USAG General Board Member: Siobhan…

Coline Dony Joins AAG as Senior Geography Researcher

Staff August 24, 2017 No Comment2017-08-24T17:01:14+00:00

The AAG welcomes Coline Dony as a Senior Geography Researcher. Before joining the AAG staff in Washington, , Coline served as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County where she taught…

AAG Statement on Charlottesville Tragedy and White Supremacy

Staff August 21, 2017 No Comment2017-08-21T16:04:46+00:00

The American Association of Geographers is deeply saddened and disturbed by the recent deadly and violent events in Charlottesville, Virginia. Rallies supported by white nationalists, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members led to the killing…

Emily Fekete joins AAG as Communications, Education, and Media Specialist

Staff August 9, 2017 No Comment2017-08-09T17:41:22+00:00

The AAG welcomes Emily Fekete in the new position of Communications, Education, and Media specialist. Prior to the AAG, she was employed as a clinical assistant professor and undergraduate coordinator for the geography department at…

Call for Photos/Videos from Undergraduate and Graduate Students of Geography

Staff August 8, 2017 No Comment2017-08-29T17:54:19+00:00

AAG just recently launched an Instagram account. Help us to raise awareness of geography and increase the visibility of your research! How can you help? You can start by submitting photos and/or videos of your summer research projects…

Annual Meeting

AAG Announces 2018 Annual Meeting Themes

StaffSeptember 22, 2017No Comment2017-09-22T16:55:37+00:00

NCRGE Welcomes Abstracts for a Special Track During AAG 2018 New Orleans

Staff September 5, 2017 No Comment2017-09-05T17:00:31+00:00

14 to 1: Post-Katrina New Orleans Architecture by the Numbers

Richard Campanella September 5, 2017 No Comment2017-09-06T09:14:58+00:00

So what does post-Katrina New Orleans architecture actually look like? Media has given most attention to high-profiles exceptions; here’s an empirical look at the norm in Post-Katrina New Orleans architecture, according to a study by…

Four Cadastral Fingerprints on the Louisiana Landscape

Richard Campanella September 5, 2017 No Comment2017-09-06T09:11:35+00:00

The Louisiana landscape bears the imprints of four cadastral (land surveying) systems, more than nearly any other state, and they reflect and affect local society in profound ways today. By Tulane geographer Richard Campanella, courtesy…

Cityscapes of the New Orleans Slave Trade

Richard Campanella September 5, 2017 No Comment2017-09-06T09:09:58+00:00

New Orleans formed the nation’s premier slave emporium for most of the years between the 1808 ban on the international slave trade and the outbreak of the Civil War. As Tulane geographer Richard Campanella describes…

Resources & Opportunities

Visiting Geographical Scientist Program Accepting Applications for 2017-18

StaffJuly 25, 2017No Comment2017-08-03T14:38:57+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,…

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

Maya Peoples Making History Conference

StaffSeptember 18, 2017No Comment2017-09-18T11:54:00+00:00

AAG Snapshot: How to Make the Most of your Student Membership

Candice Luebbering August 3, 2017 No Comment2017-08-08T15:17:06+00:00

Over 40% of AAG members are students and it is this 40%+ that I want to speak to and encourage to make the most of your membership to the AAG. While I am currently an…

AAG Members Publish New Book on Florida Weather and Climate

Staff July 27, 2017 No 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…

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…

Publications

November 2017 Issue of ‘The Professional Geographer’ Now Available

StaffSeptember 12, 2017No Comment2017-09-12T15:11:50+00:00

New Books in Geography — August 2017

Staff September 6, 2017 No Comment2017-09-07T13:19:00+00:00

August 2017 Issue of the ‘African Geographical Review’ Now Available

Staff August 9, 2017 No Comment2017-08-09T15:28:39+00:00

The AAG is pleased to announce that Volume 36, Issue 2 (August 2017) of the African Geographical Review is now available. The full table of contents for this issue is below and can also be accessed here. The African…

New Books in Geography — July 2017

Staff August 8, 2017 No Comment2017-08-08T16:58:07+00:00

New Books in Geography — June 2017

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

Necrology

In Memoriam: Anne Buttimer

StaffJuly 27, 2017No Comment2017-07-28T12:46:17+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 Comment2017-07-28T12:47:06+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…