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In the Philippines, Local Knowledge Makes a Global Impact

We're celebrating Geography Awareness Week (November 14-20) with features on the fascinations of the world. Find out more about this year's theme, "The Future Is Here: Geographers Pursue the Path…

The Future Is Here: Sophia Garcia and the Intersections of GIS, Redistricting, and Social Justice

We're celebrating the accomplishments of geographers during Geography Awareness Week (November 14-20) and beyond. Find out more about this year's theme, "The Future Is Here: Geographers Pursue the Path Forward"…

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The Wry Smile of Sable Island

We're celebrating Geography Awareness Week (November 14-20) with features on the fascinations of the world. Find out more about this year's theme, "The Future Is Here: Geographers Pursue the Path…

President's Column

Fraught Times

Emily YehNovember 1, 20212021-11-02T17:51:30-04:00

This month, I am using the privilege of this space to reflect on the rising tide of nationalism, reactionary populism, and authoritarianism that has washed over the world in the last decade – from Brazil to…

On AAG Regions Connect, and the Geographies of Infrastructure

Emily Yeh October 5, 2021 Comments Off2021-11-16T17:30:13-05:00

On October 14-16, six out of nine AAG Regional Divisions, the Applied Geography Conference, and the AAG are collaborating to put on an innovative event: a simultaneous, networked conference of annual meetings with in-person, hybrid,…

Geographers and Redistricting

Emily Yeh September 1, 2021 Comments Off2021-11-16T17:26:53-05:00

When I taught my Geography of China class in fall 2019, I had a student from the PRC whom I remember as being particularly open-minded and eager to learn. One day, after I lectured about the massive Hong Kong protests for universal suffrage and the principle of one-person…

Physical Geography and the AAG

Emily Yeh August 1, 2021 Comments Off2021-08-30T17:04:21-04:00

Geography is the quintessential interdisciplinary discipline — or, as AAG past president Mona Domosh has described it, a ‘promiscuous discipline,’ an undisciplined discipline — a radically intradisciplinary discipline. For someone like myself whose research is…

Moving Forward on Climate Change and Professional Ethics

Emily Yeh June 29, 2021 Comments Off2021-08-04T11:47:02-04:00

A few weeks ago, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that atmospheric CO2 concentrations, at 419 ppm, have now reached 150% of their pre-industrial levels – the highest in more than four million years, when sea levels were about 24 meters higher, the global average surface temperature…

Annual Meeting

What will be Presented at the 2021 AAG Meeting?

Jeong Chang SeongApril 2, 20212021-06-07T13:49:11-04:00

Jeong Chang Seong, Sanghoon JI, Ana Stanescu, Yubin Lee, and Chul Sue Hwang Building off of an analysis completed for the cancelled in-person portion of the 2020 AAG Annual Meeting, Seong et al. have provided…

Social Media at #AAG2021

Emily Fekete February 16, 2021 Comments Off2021-02-16T14:54:37-05:00

We’re getting closer to the 2021 AAG Annual Meeting! Whether you will be attending the meeting all week, for a few days, or catching up with recordings of presentations between other obligations, there are plenty…

What will be Presented at the 2020 AAG Meeting?

Jeong Chang Seong February 25, 2020 Comments Off2020-04-01T11:14:55-04:00

Jeong Chang Seong, Chul Sue Hwang, Ana Stanescue, Yubin Lee, and Youngho Lee A total of 4,893 papers and posters are scheduled to be presented at the Denver AAG Annual Meeting in April this year…

Introducing the “Climate Action Task Force”

Patricia M. Martin and Joseph Nevins October 28, 2019 Comments Off2019-12-02T17:00:43-05:00

In response to the current climate crisis, last spring we circulated a petition among various geography listservs requesting that the AAG Council take significant action “to reduce CO2 emissions related to the Annual Meeting.” The…

Social Media at #aagDC

Emily Fekete March 19, 2019 Comments Off2019-03-19T11:14:27-04:00

We’re getting closer to the 2019 AAG Annual Meeting! Whether you will be attending the meeting all week, for a few days, or looking to follow the action from afar, there are plenty of ways…

Association News

In the Philippines, Local Knowledge Makes a Global Impact

lschamessNovember 16, 20212021-11-19T11:36:56-05:00

We're celebrating Geography Awareness Week (November 14-20) with features on the fascinations of the world. Find out more about this year's theme, "The Future Is Here: Geographers Pursue the Path Forward" at our GeoWeek StoryMap,…

The Future Is Here: Sophia Garcia and the Intersections of GIS, Redistricting, and Social Justice

lschamess November 16, 2021 Comments Off2021-11-19T11:37:59-05:00

The Wry Smile of Sable Island

lschamess November 4, 2021 Comments Off2021-11-19T11:46:14-05:00

Climate Change and Carbon Emissions at the AAG

Gary Langham November 2, 2021 Comments Off2021-11-03T14:49:22-04:00

The AAG has a long history of engaging in and supporting climate change policy and research. Since climate change is the existential threat and crisis of our age, the need to continue this engagement and…

The Future Is Here: Young Geographers Find Clue to Climate Change in the Andes

lschamess October 19, 2021 Comments Off2021-11-19T11:46:36-05:00

Maribel Herrera, Chloe Schneider, and Megan Raisle. Photo: Nehemiah Stewart We're celebrating the accomplishments of geographers during Geography Awareness Week (November 14-20) and beyond. Find out more about this year's theme, "The Future Is Here:…

Featured Articles

Why should geographers care about data science?

Canserina Kurnia; Joseph KerskiApril 30, 20212021-04-30T16:09:47-04:00

By Canserina Kurnia, Esri Senior Solution Engineer for Education, and Joseph Kerski, , GISP, Esri Education Manager Data science is the study of data. Data science involves developing methods of recording, storing, and analyzing data to effectively extract…

Visualizing Racial Equity

Citabria Stevens March 9, 2021 Comments Off2021-03-09T17:27:17-05:00

Race and place come together in various ways that generate different outcomes for different people. Too often, this results in racial inequity and social injustice. And none of this happens solely at one moment in…

The Advancement of Location Analytics in Business Schools

Joseph J. Kerski December 1, 2020 Comments Off2020-12-01T12:31:46-05:00

by Joseph Kerski Education Manager, Esri, and Instructor, University of Denver A quiet geographic revolution is occurring on many university and college campuses around the world. Faculty and students in schools and colleges of business…

Resilience in GIS Education

Michael Gould October 28, 2020 Comments Off2020-10-28T13:45:32-04:00

COVID-19 Cases across the United States. Bang. The spring semester was cut short, everyone was sent home, and the fall semester is still morphing. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a reset in the way we…

Geospatial Brain Power

Staff December 23, 2019 Comments Off2019-12-23T16:27:36-05:00

Does learning GIS improve spatial reasoning capabilities in high schoolers? A team from six universities is studying the students—and their brains—to find out. A group of researchers from six American universities are studying what effect…

Resources & Opportunities

Coming Soon: New, Improved Membership Database

lschamessJuly 7, 20212021-07-15T11:56:26-04:00

Note: The first planned downtime will begin July 16, 2021. During this time, the parts of our website that require you to log in will be inaccessible. We will update this page as soon as…

Social Media at #AAG2021

Emily Fekete February 16, 2021 Comments Off2021-02-16T14:54:37-05:00

AAG Holds Workshops on Public Scholarship at Virtual Regional Division Meetings

Staff January 11, 2021 Comments Off2021-01-11T15:35:06-05:00

In response to the growing need and opportunity for geographers to enter into public scholarship, AAG recently developed a workshop to help our members--at all stages of your careers--share research and perspectives across different forms…

Free Access: 49 Articles on Black Geographies and Racial Justice

Staff November 2, 2020 Comments Off2020-11-02T14:41:01-05:00

In response to the call for more open access to vital scholarship on anti-Blackness and racism, issued by the Black Geographies Specialty Group last June and supported by 37 other AAG Specialty and Affinity Groups…

News from the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences (HEGS) Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF), September 2020

Staff August 31, 2020 Comments Off2020-09-14T17:14:43-04:00

Update 9/15/2020: In response to concerns raised by members of the AAG, the NSF has clarified its announced changes to the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences program (HEGS), formerly known as the Geography and Spatial Sciences…

Of Note

In the Philippines, Local Knowledge Makes a Global Impact

lschamessNovember 16, 20212021-11-19T11:36:56-05:00

The Future Is Here: Sophia Garcia and the Intersections of GIS, Redistricting, and Social Justice

lschamess November 16, 2021 Comments Off2021-11-19T11:37:59-05:00

The Future Is Here: Young Geographers Find Clue to Climate Change in the Andes

lschamess October 19, 2021 Comments Off2021-11-19T11:46:36-05:00

The Future Is Here: Trang VoPham and the Spatial Context of Cancer Research

lschamess October 15, 2021 Comments Off2021-11-19T11:46:48-05:00

In Memoriam: John Herbert Galloway

Staff August 10, 2021 Comments Off2021-08-10T13:24:37-04:00

John (‘Jock’) Herbert Galloway died on July 27, 2021 in Tweed, Ontario, after suffering several years with Alzheimer’s. Jock, as he always preferred to be known, graduated with a BA in Geography from McGill University…

Publications

A Space to Cultivate: An Interview with Debbie Hopkins and Neha Arora of the AAG Review of Books

lschamessAugust 31, 20212021-08-31T14:42:13-04:00

In June 2020, Debbie Hopkins, Associate Professor in the Department for Continuing Education and the School of Geography and Environment, University of Oxford, took over as Editor-in-Chief of the AAG Review of Books, replacing Founding Editor Kent Mathewson. Published quarterly, The AAG Review…

AAG Welcomes New Annals Editor

lschamess June 29, 2021 Comments Off2021-06-30T09:33:30-04:00

Brian King has been named a co-editor of Human Geography and Nature & Society for The Annals of the American Association of ; King is a professor and Head of the Department of Geography at…

Call for Abstracts: Special Issue of ‘Annals’ on “Race, Nature, and the Environment”

Staff January 11, 2021 Comments Off2021-01-11T10:54:48-05:00

Annals of the American Association of Geographers Special Issue 2023 Call for Abstracts The Annals of the American Association of Geographers is seeking contributions for a Special Issue on “Race, Nature, and the Environment”. The…

Free Access: 49 Articles on Black Geographies and Racial Justice

Staff November 2, 2020 Comments Off2020-11-02T14:41:01-05:00

AAG Welcomes New Editor of AAG Review of Books, Thanks Outgoing Editor

Staff June 30, 2020 Comments Off2020-07-01T14:36:49-04:00

The AAG is pleased to announce Debbie Hopkins as the new editor of the AAG Review of Books. The AAG sincerely thanks founding editor Kent Mathewson, whose vision and ideas have shaped the AAG Review…

Addenda

Geographers do their research at a distance, build their toolkits… and find community

Julaiti Nilupaer and Coline DonyJuly 30, 20212021-08-30T17:15:04-04:00

Scaling up AAG's Support for Students and Early-Career Geographers By Julaiti Nilupaer and Coline Dony By definition, geographers study such a variety of places and spaces. Some choose to do their research about geographies near…

AAG Early Career and Department Leadership Webinar Series Continues in Fall 2021

Julaiti Nilupaer and Mark Revell July 29, 2021 Comments Off2021-08-31T12:00:26-04:00

By Julaiti Nilupaer, Mark Revell, Ken Foote and Shannon O’Lear This May marked the culmination of a year-long series of webinars developed by the AAG in partnership with past president Ken Foote (University of Connecticut) and current council member Shannon…

Invisible and Silent No More: The Necessity of Centering Anti-Racism as We Address Inclusion and Access for Disabled Community Members

Gretchen Sneegas and Arrianna Planey July 29, 2021 Comments Off2021-08-30T17:07:36-04:00

Gretchen Sneegas, PhD, Texas A&M University and Arrianna Planey, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Editor's Note: This month, we present a Perspective from AAG members Dr. Gretchen Sneegas and Dr. Arrianna Planey. Their…

Working Together for Racial and Social Justice: From Anti-Asian Racism and Violence to Anti-Racist Praxis in Geography

Guo Chen, PhD April 29, 2021 Comments Off2021-08-04T12:34:44-04:00

By Guo Chen, Associate Professor of Geography and Global Urban Studies, Michigan State University This column is the first in a new section of the AAG News called Perspectives, which offers a platform for members…

Researchers with disabilities in the academic system

Aleksandra (Sasha) Kosanic, Nancy Hansen, Susanne Zimmermann-Janschitz, Vera Chouinard September 1, 2018 Comments Off2018-10-02T17:08:07-04:00

Although researchers with disabilities are an exceptional category, they are a still very much underrepresented group in Academia worldwide. With billion people with disabilities worldwide, the percentage of academic positions filled in by academics with…