AAG Announces 2019 AAG Award Recipients
The American Association of Geographers congratulates the individuals and entities named to receive an AAG Award. The awardees represent outstanding contributions to and accomplishments in the geographic field. Formal recognition of the awardees will occur at the 2019 AAG Annual Meeting in Washington, DC during the AAG Awards Luncheon on Sunday, April 7, 2019. 2019…
AAG Newsletter: December 2018
December 2018 Welcome to the Newsletter of the American Association of Geographers (AAG). For more up-to-date news, stories, and announcements, read PRESIDENT'S COLUMN Paradise Lost, Global Warming Report, and Geographers Speak Up By Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach As AAG President, Dr. Luzzadder-Beach, notes, recently we have marked the occasion of the containment of devastating fires in California and the…
AAG is Proud to Announce the 2019 AAG Honors
Each year, the AAG invites nominations for AAG Honors to be conferred in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement or welfare of the profession. The AAG Honors Committee is charged with making award recommendations for each category, with no more than two awards given in any one category. This year, the AAG Honors Committee and the AAG Council…
AAG Names Rita Colwell as the 2019 Honorary Geographer
Rita Colwell (Photo by Sam Kittner) The American Association of Geographers has named Rita Colwell, the first woman to be director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), as its 2019 AAG Honorary Geographer. Rita Colwell currently is a distinguished university professor at the University of Maryland at College Park and at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg…
AAG Newsletter: November 2018
November 2018 Welcome to the Newsletter of the American Association of Geographers (AAG). For more up-to-date news, stories, and announcements, read PRESIDENT'S COLUMN Watershed Moments By Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach “It is encouraging to be receiving AAG Members’ thoughtful geography abstracts for the AAG Annual Meeting major themes: Geospatial Health Research; Geography and Human Rights; and Physical Geography in…
Dwayne Parks joins AAG as Accounting Specialist
The AAG is pleased to announce that Dwayne Parks has joined the AAG Staff at the association’s headquarters in Washington, as an Accounting Specialist. Dwayne has over 17 years of experience working with organizational data in both New York City and the Washington, metro area. Throughout this timeframe, Dwayne has managed employee payroll and record…
AAG Newsletter: October 2018
October 2018 Welcome to the Newsletter of the American Association of Geographers (AAG). For more up-to-date news, stories, and announcements, read PRESIDENT'S COLUMN Geography and Climate Change in the 21st Century: Keeping our Eyes on the Prize By Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach “Geography has many grand challenges for the 21st Century… Another grand challenge is ensuring a harassment-, bullying-,…
Michelle Kinzer Joins AAG Staff as Government Relations Manager
The AAG is pleased to welcome Michelle Kinzer to fill the role of Government Relations Manager. She will serve as AAG’s primary advocate on public policy in Washington and will continue to grow relationships with government decision makers as well as outside organizations and stakeholders. She will track and analyze relevant issues facing the AAG…
AAG Welcomes Fall 2018 Interns
Three new interns have joined the AAG staff this fall semester! The AAG would like to welcome Daliha, Mike, and Siri to the organization. Daliha Jimenez is a senior at the University of Maryland, College Park, pursuing a in Geographic Information Systems and a minor in Remote Sensing. Daliha hopes to use her skills to…
Meet the AAG Journals Editors – James McCarthy and Ling Bian
James McCarthy is the Nature and Society editor for the Annals of the American Association of Geographers and a Professor in the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University. His work analyzes the interactions of political economy and environmental politics, with particular emphases on rural areas, renewable energy, property relations, and social movements. He has…
AAG Newsletter: September 2018
September 2018 Welcome to the Newsletter of the American Association of Geographers (AAG). For more up-to-date news, stories, and announcements, read PRESIDENT'S COLUMN A New Academic Year By Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach This Labor Day weekend marks the return to University instruction for many geography faculty and students, and as an educator, I welcome you all back to our…
Discovering Geography – The International Geography Youth Summit
Three long-time AAG members met up recently at the 4th International Geography Youth Summit (IGYS) in Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), India. The IGYS was developed as part of The Institute of Geographical Studies (TIGS) in Bengaluru. Both are the brainchilds of AAG member, Dr. Chandra Shekhar Balachandran, who founded TIGS in 2000. Together with collaborators and…