Spanish Plaza with a riverboat and a cruise liner behind.

Some Hispanic and Latino Landscapes of New Orleans

If you have a penchant for landscape, be warned: you will be tempted to spend more time outside of the hotels than in the paper sessions of the upcoming AAG…

Photo of the AAG Long-Range Plan booklet

The Serious Business of Public Communication

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…

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

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,…

Featured News

Some Hispanic and Latino Landscapes of New Orleans

Andrew SluyterAugust 1, 2017No Comment2017-08-01T17:14:36+00:00

If you have a penchant for landscape, be warned: you will be tempted to spend more time outside of the hotels than in the paper sessions of the upcoming AAG conference in New Orleans. Many…

The Serious Business of Public Communication

Derek Alderman August 1, 2017 No Comment2017-08-01T17:13:36+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…

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

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

New Orleans: The Uncertain City

Craig Colten July 1, 2017 No Comment2017-08-09T15:54:59+00:00

Skyscrapers in the New Orleans business district in the foreground contrast with the French Quarter in the background. Photo credit: Craig Colten New Orleans battles with its identity. Locals see their home as a river…

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

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

StaffAugust 9, 2017No 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…

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

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…

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

Staff August 8, 2017 No Comment2017-08-14T12:07:09+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…

Washington Policy Updates

Staff August 8, 2017 No Comment2017-08-08T11:05:36+00:00

The August Congressional recess is in full swing in the nation’s capital, and while we’re hard at work at the AAG, President Trump and lawmakers have left Washington for most of this month. Here are a…

President's Column

The Serious Business of Public Communication

Derek AldermanAugust 1, 2017No Comment2017-08-01T17:13:36+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 Comment2017-08-09T14:43:08+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…

Advancing Geography and the Association at Boston

Glen M. MacDonald March 31, 2017 1 Comment2017-05-17T11:15:53+00:00

This month geographers from around the country and the world will gather in Boston for the AAG Annual Meeting. This should be a time of celebration for geographers. It is an occasion when we get…

Association News

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

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

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

Staff August 8, 2017 No Comment2017-08-14T12:07:09+00:00

Washington Policy Updates

Staff August 8, 2017 No Comment2017-08-08T11:05:36+00:00

AAG Staff Participate in Esri Education GIS & User Conferences in San Diego

Staff August 3, 2017 No Comment2017-08-08T15:18:23+00:00

AAG Staff participated in and exhibited at the annual Esri Education GIS and User Conferences July 8th-14th in San Diego, California. The conferences are a great opportunity for the AAG to conduct outreach to the GIS…

Disciplinary Data Dashboard

Staff June 28, 2017 No Comment2017-06-28T12:38:49+00:00

AAG's Twitter Chat will review multiple ongoing data collection efforts On July 20 from 3 to 4 Eastern Time, the AAG will host a Twitter Chat entitled “The AAG Disciplinary Data Dashboard.” Guest speaker Mark…

Annual Meeting

The Seduction of Exceptionalism

Richard CampanellaAugust 4, 2017No Comment2017-08-09T09:06:25+00:00

Most residents, and many scholars, fall under the spell of exceptionalism in deciphering New Orleans. The word “unique” appears regularly in everything from travel literature to journal articles about the city; that all is “different”…

Five Chapters in the Geography of New Orleans Architecture, 1700s-2000s

Richard Campanella August 4, 2017 No Comment2017-08-09T09:05:02+00:00

This article, by Tulane geographer Richard Campanella courtesy The Times-Picayune, characterizes New Orleans’ various architectural styles and typologies by nature of their cultural diffusion from various sources regions (PDF). New Orleans: Place Portraits — Over the…

Louisiana Topography: Third Lowest, Third Flattest, and Most Interesting

Richard Campanella August 4, 2017 No Comment2017-08-08T14:20:13+00:00

A look at quirks and idiosyncrasies of topographic flatness in "Louisiana Topography: Third Lowest, Third Flattest, and Most Interesting" by Tulane geographer Richard Campanella, courtesy Louisiana Cultural Vistas (PDF). New Orleans: Place Portraits — Over the…

Some Hispanic and Latino Landscapes of New Orleans

Andrew Sluyter August 1, 2017 No Comment2017-08-01T17:14:36+00:00

If you have a penchant for landscape, be warned: you will be tempted to spend more time outside of the hotels than in the paper sessions of the upcoming AAG conference in New Orleans. Many…

New Orleans: The Uncertain City

Craig Colten July 1, 2017 No Comment2017-08-09T15:54:59+00:00

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

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

Candice LuebberingAugust 3, 2017No 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…

NCRGE Announces New Grants for Transformative Research

Staff June 28, 2017 No Comment2017-06-28T23:09:43+00:00

The National Center for Research in Geography Education (NCRGE), a research consortium headquartered at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) and Texas State University, has approved awards for three new projects under its Transformative Research…

Publications

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

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

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

September 2017 Issue of the ‘Annals of the AAG’ Now Available

Staff July 20, 2017 No Comment2017-07-20T17:21:22+00:00

The AAG is pleased to announce that Volume 107, Issue 5 (September 2017) of the Annals of the American Association of Geographers is now available. A full list of contents is below. The Annals contains original, timely, and…

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

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