AAG Announces 2021 Class of AAG Fellows
The AAG Fellows is a program, started in 2018, to recognize geographers who have made significant contributions to advancing geography. In addition to honoring geographers, AAG Fellows will serve the AAG by contributing to AAG initiatives; advising on AAG strategic directions and grand challenges; by serving on AAG task forces or committees; and/or by mentoring…
AAG Announces 2022 Class of AAG Fellows
The AAG Fellows is a program, started in 2018, to recognize geographers who have made significant contributions to advancing geography. In addition to honoring geographers, AAG Fellows will serve the AAG by contributing to AAG initiatives; advising on AAG strategic directions and grand challenges; by serving on AAG task forces or committees; and/or by mentoring…
Indigenous Activist, Economist, Author Winona LaDuke to Speak at AAG 2022
Rural development economist and environmental justice advocate Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabekwe, Ojibwe) will join AAG President Emily Yeh for a virtual keynote address and conversation during AAG 2022. LaDuke, an enrolled member of the Mississippi band of Ashinaabeg who lives and works on the White Earth Indian Reservation, founded the White Earth Land Recovery Project in…
Geophysicist Marcia McNutt Honored with 2022 AAG Atlas Award
Geophysicist Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences, has been awarded the AAG’s highest honor, the AAG Atlas Award. Dr. McNutt will speak at AAG 2022, reflecting on what she has learned in a trailblazing career that includes serving as President and CEO of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, and as the…
AAG Announces 2022 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 2022 AAG Annual Meeting in New York City during the AAG Awards Gala on Monday, February 28, 2022.…
Regional Divisions Announce Outstanding Student Papers During their Fall Meetings
The AAG is proud to announce the Fall 2021 student winners of the AAG Council Award for Outstanding Undergraduate and Graduate Student Papers at a Regional Meeting. The AAG Council Award for Outstanding Undergraduate and Graduate Student Papers at a Regional Meeting is designed to encourage student participation at AAG Regional Division conferences and support…
Advanced Placement Human Geography: Time for a Reappraisal?
Michael Solem, PhD; Dr. Richard G. Boehm, PhD; and Joann Zadrozny, PhDGilbert M. Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,Texas State University Two decades on, the Advanced Placement Human Geography (APHG) course continues its upward trajectory in student enrollment. In recent years, well over 200,000 high school students took the APHG exam, marking an impressive period of growth since it was…
Instructors and Graduate Leaders Sought for AAG Summer Series
Paid Positions for Summer 2022 By Julaiti Nilupaer and Coline Dony “I’ learned that online workshops can be as lively as traditional, in-person classroom experiences. I am excited to develop and deliver online courses on research methods, and to run this workshop again in the future!” “I was able to gain virtual teaching experience, which…
The Pandemic, the Scale of ‘We’, and the Fortress-Individual: Geographies of Responsibility
Last year, now-Past President Amy Lobben titled her first newsletter column, “The Spatial Scale of ‘We,’” to reflect on the rapid shrinking of who counts as ‘we’ “to a remarkably small spatial and social scale” in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Her phrase has resonated with me over the past few weeks as I consider the global pandemic that is soon to enter its third year. As I write, the Omicron variant dominates the news. Many countries have imposed bans…
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 Forward" at our GeoWeek StoryMap, and follow the celebration at #GeoWeek or #GeoWeek2021. The shy, nocturnal pangolin – an animal that looks like a cross…
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" at our GeoWeek StoryMap, and follow the celebration at #GeoWeek or #; Sophia Garcia, the GIS and Outreach Director for Redistricting Partners in Sacramento, CA,…
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 Forward" at our GeoWeek StoryMap, and follow the celebration at #GeoWeek or #GeoWeek2021. When you next find yourself moving your eyes or navigating a finger…