AAG Holds Workshops on Student Recruitment at Regional Division Meetings
AAG President David Kaplan recently outlined the need among geography programs to actively recruit students and to develop further community connections to AP Human Geography teachers. Geography faculty and chairs at colleges and universities, however, share difficulties attracting students to major in geography (or related) degrees mainly because students are unfamiliar with the discipline or…
AAG’s Encoding Geography Initiative Sees Successes in First Year
Launched by AAG Staff Member Coline Dony in 2018, the Encoding Geography initiative seeks to build capacity for all - for computational thinking (CT) in geography education at all levels to further strengthen our discipline. Throughout the initiative’s first year, a variety of activities and connections were established and the AAG was able to secure…
Leveraging Geographic Information to Combat Wildlife Trafficking
The AAG was invited to participate in the Workshop on Leveraging Geographic Information to Combat Wildlife Trafficking hosted at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC on October 23, 2017. The workshop was led by Michigan State University Professor Meredith L. Gore in partnership with the Department of State’s Office of the Geographer. This was the…
AAG Accepting Registrations for Early Career and Department Leadership Workshops
The University of Tennessee will host two AAG-sponsored workshops in June designed for all geographers interested in 1) improving their programs and 2) graduate students and faculty who are beginning their careers in higher education. AAG Department Leadership Workshop June 21-24, 2017 University of Tennessee, Knoxville » REGISTER The AAG Department Leadership Workshop is for all…
University of Tennessee Invites GFDA and Department Leaders for 2016 Workshops
The Department of Geography at the University of Tennessee (Twitter: @UTKGeography) is proud to announce that it will host, in summer 2016, the GFDA (Geography Faculty Development Alliance) Early Career Workshop and the AAG Department Leadership Workshop. The GFDA workshop is for graduate students and faculty who are beginning their careers in higher education—instructors, lecturers,…
Registration is Open for AAG Department Leadership Workshop
June 24-27, 2015 Storrs, Conneticut REGISTER TO ATTEND You are invited to the 12th annual workshop devoted to strengthening departmental leadership across the discipline. The workshop is for all geographers interested in improving their programs—chairs/heads, associate chairs/heads, deans, academic advisors, provosts and other administrators, as well as all faculty interested in leadership issues. The workshop…
2015 Workshop for Early Career Faculty, Graduate Students
June 21-27, 2015 University of Connecticut REGISTER TO ATTEND Registration has begun for the 2015 GFDA workshop for graduate students and faculty who are beginning their careers in higher education -- instructors, lecturers, assistant professors, and other untenured faculty. The workshop is open to faculty from all types of teaching and research institutions inside and…
Identifying Transformative Research in the Geographical Sciences: A Workshop
Many of the central challenges of the 21st century are tied to place-based changes as populations move, natural resources are depleted, and climate shifts. Research in the geographical sciences is essential to monitoring, analyzing, and preparing for these changes. This public workshop will examine transformative research and other changes within the geographical sciences. For example,…
AAG Department Leadership Workshop: Integrate Geography, Technology, Social Media and Web 2.0+
The 11th annual Department Leadership Workshop will focus on geography, technology, social media and Web +. Information and computer technologies (ICT) have changed and continue to change how we teach in the classroom and online; conduct research; communicate with colleagues, students and the public; publish; build community; and advance the discipline. Rather than face these opportunities…
Launch a Strong Career with the Geography Faculty Development Alliance Workshop
Registration has begun for the 2014 Geography Faculty Development Alliance (GFDA) workshop, which provides an excellent opportunity for graduate students and faculty who are beginning their careers in higher education -- instructors, lecturers, assistant professors, and other untenured faculty. The workshop is open to faculty from all types of teaching and research institutions inside and outside…