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President's ColumnMaking Data Meaningful Or Geography’s Contribution to Data ScienceDavid H. KaplanJune 1, 20202020-06-04T11:26:20-04:00Geography has always been about data. After all, the field was founded and developed over the search for more and better information. It was 200 years ago that Alexander von Humboldt, perhaps the most famous Facing an Existential Crisis or COVID-19 and the Long Term Future of GeographyDavid H. KaplanMay 5, 2020Comments Off on Facing an Existential Crisis or COVID-19 and the Long Term Future of Geography2020-06-03T11:03:27-04:00It does not seem so long ago that people were talking about the compression of space and time, about the “ends of history and geography.” How recent events have obliterated this! The pandemic of COVID-19—with Doing Geography in the Age of Coronavirus or How is Everybody Coping?David H. KaplanMarch 31, 2020Comments Off on Doing Geography in the Age of Coronavirus or How is Everybody Coping?2020-05-05T10:56:16-04:00You hear it from everyone you know: these are strange and frightening times. While most of us have witnessed major disease outbreaks from afar – Ebola, SARS, Swine Flu – it is another thing to Going Global or How Best to Recognize the Internationalization of the AAG; Plus – an Addendum to my Previous ColumnDavid H. KaplanFebruary 29, 2020Comments Off on Going Global or How Best to Recognize the Internationalization of the AAG; Plus – an Addendum to my Previous Column2020-04-01T11:21:22-04:00We have always been the “AAG” but five years ago the membership overwhelmingly decided to change the full title from the Association of American Geographers to the American Association of Geographers. I remember being part Beyond the Academic 1 Percent Or How to Create a More Inclusive and Equitable Academic CultureDavid H. KaplanJanuary 30, 2020Comments Off on Beyond the Academic 1 Percent Or How to Create a More Inclusive and Equitable Academic Culture2020-03-03T16:44:16-05:00Social media can be dangerous. I recently read a post on Twitter, sent by a non-geographer, which seemed to lament geography’s absence from the Ivy League and similarly selective private institutions. If I could share Annual MeetingWhat will be Presented at the 2020 AAG Meeting?Jeong Chang SeongFebruary 25, 20202020-04-01T11:14:55-04:00Jeong 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 NevinsOctober 28, 2019Comments Off on Introducing the “Climate Action Task Force”2019-12-02T17:00:43-05:00In 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 #aagDCEmily FeketeMarch 19, 2019Comments Off on Social Media at #aagDC2019-03-19T11:14:27-04:00We’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 The Chesapeake Bay: Destruction and Rehabilitation in the Nation’s Largest EstuaryRDK HermanDecember 1, 2018Comments Off on The Chesapeake Bay: Destruction and Rehabilitation in the Nation’s Largest Estuary2019-04-23T09:44:54-04:00It’s another drizzly day on the Chesapeake, and the boat we are on bobs gently on the opaque, mud-colored water. A crusty old crabber from Tangier Island, by the nickname of Captain Cook (use of AAG Names Rita Colwell as the 2019 Honorary GeographerEmily FeketeNovember 14, 2018Comments Off on AAG Names Rita Colwell as the 2019 Honorary Geographer2018-11-14T11:03:16-05:00Rita 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 Association NewsAAG Welcomes Summer 2020 InternsStaffJune 19, 20202020-06-19T15:23:22-04:00Two new interns have joined the AAG staff this summer! The AAG would like to welcome Sekour and Sarah to the organization. Sekour Mason recently graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a 2018 NAEP Geography Report Card Offers Crucial Insight into Geographic LiteracyStaffMarch 30, 2020Comments Off on 2018 NAEP Geography Report Card Offers Crucial Insight into Geographic Literacy2020-03-30T13:52:44-04:00April 23, 2020 marks the date for The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB)’s release of the 2018 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Geography Report Card, along with the nation’s 2018 assessments of History and AAG Announces 2020 AAG Award RecipientsStaffFebruary 24, 2020Comments Off on AAG Announces 2020 AAG Award Recipients2020-02-24T16:50:45-05:00The 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 AAG Announces 2019 Book AwardsStaffFebruary 20, 2020Comments Off on AAG Announces 2019 Book Awards2020-02-20T17:22:56-05:00The AAG is pleased to announce the recipients of the three 2019 AAG Book Awards: the John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize, the AAG Globe Book Award for Public Understanding of Geography, and the AAG Meridian Book AAG Welcomes Spring 2020 InternsStaffJanuary 24, 2020Comments Off on AAG Welcomes Spring 2020 Interns2020-01-24T17:17:39-05:00Two new interns have joined the AAG staff this spring semester! The AAG would like to welcome Ariel and Hannah to the organization. Ariel Golightly is a senior at the University of Maryland, College Park, Featured ArticlesGeospatial Brain PowerStaffDecember 23, 20192019-12-23T16:27:36-05:00Does 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 The Geography of Access to Health ServicesEstella M. GeraghtyAugust 2, 2019Comments Off on The Geography of Access to Health Services2019-08-02T09:44:50-04:00According to a 1993 Institute of Medicine report, access to health services means "the timely use of personal health services to achieve the best health outcomes."Geographic access is listed as one of three distinct components Beyond Compactness: A New Measure to Evaluate Congressional DistrictsDiana C. LaveryMay 2, 2019Comments Off on Beyond Compactness: A New Measure to Evaluate Congressional Districts2019-05-02T16:08:38-04:00Redrawing congressional district boundaries, an activity that happens every ten years following the decennial census, may be the most consequential application of geography in the United States. As congressional elections have become less competitive, many AI and GIS: Finally Delivering on the promiseEsri StaffMarch 28, 2019Comments Off on AI and GIS: Finally Delivering on the promise2019-03-28T13:06:35-04:00The field of artificial intelligence (AI) isn't new, and neither are its grand promises. AI as an academic pursuit has its roots in the 1950s. Early AI researchers were filled with optimism, but—despite some initial Rights of Nature: The New ParadigmCameron La FolletteMarch 6, 2019Comments Off on Rights of Nature: The New Paradigm2019-03-06T09:24:02-05:00Rights of Nature is a short-hand term for a form of ecological governance that both provides for and prioritizes Nature’s right to flourish. It also provides for various subsidiary rights, such as the right to Resources OpportunitiesICPSR provides access to carefully curated geography-related dataBing She, Coline DonyDecember 23, 20192020-01-06T13:28:31-05:00The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is an international, member-based association of more than 780 academic institutions and research organizations. ICPSR maintains an archive of more than 250,000 research data files in AAG Holds Workshops on Student Recruitment at Regional Division MeetingsColine Dony, Emily Fekete, Mark RevellDecember 2, 2019Comments Off on AAG Holds Workshops on Student Recruitment at Regional Division Meetings2020-05-04T16:55:44-04:00AAG 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, Get Involved in Geography Awareness Week and GIS DayStaffOctober 30, 2019Comments Off on Get Involved in Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day2019-10-30T11:00:26-04:00Geography Awareness Week is quickly approaching, November 10th - 16th, with GIS Day on November 13th. Below you’ll find GeoWeek and GIS Day resources, announcements, and ways to get involved, big and small. Do what Taking Steps to Create a Welcoming Discipline for ALL Geographers: A New Resource for Indigenous StudentsJolene KeenMay 23, 2019Comments Off on Taking Steps to Create a Welcoming Discipline for ALL Geographers: A New Resource for Indigenous Students2019-05-23T13:48:02-04:00The AAG is pleased to announce the release of a new interactive web map of colleges and universities that offer both Geography Programs and Indigenous Studies Programs. Developed in consultation with members of the AAG’s Social Media at #aagDCEmily FeketeMarch 19, 2019Comments Off on Social Media at #aagDC2019-03-19T11:14:27-04:00We’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 Of NoteThe “Nation’s Report Card” on Geography Reveals a World of OpportunitiesMichael SolemMay 18, 20202020-05-18T16:26:21-04:00Periodically since 1994, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has released its “report card” on geography education in America, providing a snapshot of student achievement. The most recent assessment was conducted in 2018 with Geographers Act on COVID19StaffMarch 30, 2020Comments Off on Geographers Act on COVID192020-03-31T17:05:31-04:00GeoDS Lab at University of Wisconsin, Madison. County-level Spring 2020 travel data from March shows thousands of trips generated in the , which may help explain the rapid growth of infection cases across the country. What “real world problems” do our applied geography members help solve?Hannah TorresOctober 28, 2019Comments Off on What “real world problems” do our applied geography members help solve?2019-12-02T16:56:02-05:00This word cloud was generated from 134 responses to the question:'What kinds of real world problems do you solve (or aspire to solve) using geographic approaches?' The AAG counts 74 Specialty and Affinity groups for Discovering Geography – The International Geography Youth SummitSue RobertsAugust 28, 2018Comments Off on Discovering Geography – The International Geography Youth Summit2018-09-25T15:33:26-04:00Three 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. NCRGE Funds Research Networks on Geography and Civics, Geo-Computation, and International Curriculum ResearchStaffAugust 3, 2018Comments Off on NCRGE Funds Research Networks on Geography and Civics, Geo-Computation, and International Curriculum Research2018-08-03T15:18:30-04:00The National Center for Research in Geography Education (NCRGE) has approved awards for a third cohort of grantees under its Transformative Research grant program. This investment by NCRGE continues a long-term and broad-based effort to PublicationsJuly 2020 Issue of the ‘Annals of the AAG’ Now AvailableStaffJune 18, 20202020-06-19T14:32:57-04:00The AAG is pleased to announce that Volume 110, Issue 4, July 2020 of the Annals of the American Association of Geographers is now ;Afull list of contents is below. The Annals contains original, timely, June 2020 Issue of the ‘African Geographical Review’ Now AvailableStaffJune 5, 2020Comments Off on June 2020 Issue of the ‘African Geographical Review’ Now Available2020-06-19T14:31:11-04:00The AAG is pleased to announce that Volume 39, Issue 2 (June 2020) of the African Geographical Review is now ;The full table of contents for this issue is below and can also be accessed June 2020 Issue of GeoHumanities Now AvailableStaffMay 28, 2020Comments Off on June 2020 Issue of GeoHumanities Now Available2020-05-28T14:40:19-04:00The AAG is pleased to announce that Volume 6, Issue 1 (June 2020) of GeoHumanities is now available. GeoHumanities is the newest journal of the American Association of Geographers. It features articles that span conceptual Spring 2020 Issue of ‘The AAG Review of Books’ Now AvailableStaffApril 17, 2020Comments Off on Spring 2020 Issue of ‘The AAG Review of Books’ Now Available2020-04-17T08:31:42-04:00Volume 8, Issue 2of The AAGReview of Bookshas now been published online. This quarterly online journalpublishes scholarly reviews of recentbooks related to geography,public policy and international affairs. It also features review essays reflecting on several Call for Abstracts: Special Issue of Annals’ on “Displacements”StaffApril 14, 2020Comments Off on Call for Abstracts: Special Issue of Annals’ on “Displacements”2020-04-14T07:57:56-04:00Annals of the American Association of Geographers Special Issue, March 2022 Call for Abstracts The Annals of the American Association of Geographers is seeking contributions for a Special Issue on “Displacements”.   Displacements, which have multiple AddendaResearchers with disabilities in the academic systemAleksandra (Sasha) Kosanic, Nancy Hansen, Susanne Zimmermann-Janschitz, Vera ChouinardSeptember 1, 20182018-10-02T17:08:07-04:00Although 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 Confessions of a Conference ThiefMark FonstadFebruary 2, 2018Comments Off on Confessions of a Conference Thief2018-03-14T16:24:31-04:00The views and opinions expressed in op-eds published in the AAG Newsletter are those of the author(s) and do not imply endorsement by the American Association of Geographers. The AAG accepts submissions of op-eds for Civil Rights Featured Theme of 2017 Geography Awareness Week: A Call for ParticipationDerek H. Alderman, LaToya EavesMay 16, 2017Comments Off on Civil Rights Featured Theme of 2017 Geography Awareness Week: A Call for Participation2017-10-20T14:36:33-04:00Established 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 Library of Congress Publishes New Book, Picturing America: The Golden Age of Pictorial Maps StaffApril 20, 2017Comments Off on Library of Congress Publishes New Book, Picturing America: The Golden Age of Pictorial Maps 2017-10-20T14:36:50-04:00Designed 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 EducationStaffMarch 24, 2017Comments Off on Survey for a National Assessment of GIS T in Higher Education2017-10-20T14:37:04-04:00Professor 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 AAG Newsletters AAG Newsletter: Current Issue

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