American Association of Geographers

Are college closures on the rise? A new model from the Philadelphia Fed predicts a significant increase in college closures due to the looming demographic cliff. With a potential 15% drop in enrollment, up to 80 colleges could close each year, doubling the current rate. This highlights the urgent need for strategic planning in higher education. Read more about the forecast and its implications for the future of higher ed: https://bit.ly/49sgRUo

Continue to celebrate our edited book "How to Foster Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in Geography” ((https://lnkd.in/g6wXNN26)) published TODAY, and all 45 chapter contributors and amazingly creative geographers and geoscientists! Click the above link to access the book site, ebook site, contents, chapters, critical acclaim, etc.) All Contributors: Guo Chen LaToya Eaves Derek Alderman, PhD, Akilah Alwan,Wendy Cheng, Meghan Cope, Anindita Datta, @Heather Davis, @Khyree Davis, @Kayla Edgett, @Michael Fabris, Maria Anne Fitzgerald, Rhianna Garrett, Christopher Gentry, Nik Heynen, Liz Hurrell, @Simon M. Hutchinson, @Heike Jöns, @Demetrice "Dee" Jordan, Jin-Kyu Jung, Eden Kinkaid, @Andreas Kopf, Camari Waqanivalu Koto,wei li, @Catherine Musu Liolea, Erika Marín-Spiotta, @Jess Martínez, @Laurel Mei-Singh, Rose Shelor Moulton, @Lorena Muñoz, Suzanne Nimoh, Glen Norcliffe, @Steve Puttick, @John P. Radford, Munira Raji, PhD., @Risha RaQuelle, @Ratu Tevita Rarokolutu, Joshua Reason, Sanjeshni Reddy, Blair Schneider, @Prashanti Sharma, @Emily Skop, Eberhard Weber, @Megan Ybarra, Lynda Yorke American Association of Geographers Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL UNION American Geographical Society Canadian Association of Geographers / Association Canadienne des Géographes National Science Foundation (NSF) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN INC European Geosciences Union (EGU) Geological Society of London UGUK University Geoscience UK Edward Elgar Publishing

Are you planning to attend American Association of Geographers 2025 annual meeting in Detroit, Michigan and need some money to cover your expenses? Apply to our travel award by January 10 👇👇👇. We have multiple but competitive available awards. Goodluck !

🌍 Exciting Opportunity for Geography Students! 🌍 Are you a student passionate about applied geography and presenting your research at the 2025 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting? The Applied Geography Specialty Group: American Association of Geographers Travel Award is here to support you! This award provides financial assistance to help our student members attend the conference and share their work with the community. ✨Eligibility Highlights: - Must be a member of AGSG. - Open to students presenting in any research-related capacity at the meeting. - Awardees are expected to attend the AGSG Business Meeting during the conference to be recognized. 🗓️ Application Deadline: January 10, 2025 🎖️Award Distribution: Funds will be provided upon proof of conference registration. 🤗Multiple awards available, but funding is competitive—submit your application soon! Don’t miss this fantastic chance to advance your career, network with fellow geographers, and showcase your research! 🌟 🔗 Learn more and apply now: https://lnkd.in/dwZF_b24 Tag your peers who might be interested, and let’s make this year’s AAG Annual Meeting the best yet!

Hierarchies and inequities embedded in the research enterprise exclude, silence, and harm too many. Our current system operates at an unsustainable pace that is only increasing, and the design of institutional reward systems privilege the quantity of publications, grants, and awards we produce over the quality of the same. This is why a practice of care is necessary. The inaugural “Ethos of Care Credential for Transformational Change” and the inaugural “Convening of Care“ developed research strategies to mitigate implicit bias and promote an ethos of care in the academic research enterprise. Early career faculty, academic research leaders, and academic research enterprise professionals engaged in deep conversations about the intractable and systematically entrenched problems of underrepresentation and carelessness in the academic research. enterprise. Read more about their findings and recommendations in their white paper: https://bit.ly/4ftBL7i This work was supported by the National Science Foundation Award No. 2324401 and Award No. 2324402. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

If you are a zine maker and think your zines might be of interest to geographers, then here is a fabulous opportunity to have your #zines showcased in the USA. The Reimagining KAVHA zines (https://lnkd.in/gAxVuxvx) and the Sounds of Our Town zines (https://lnkd.in/gYEPwvMx) have landed Stateside and I am super excited they will be on display at the inaugural Zine Fair of the American Association of Geographers conference in March 2025. Thank you GEOZONe for this opportunity! Such a great initiative.

What makes a successful program? In 2024, AAG recognized the Department of Geography and Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire (UWEC) with the AAG Award for Bachelor Program Excellence. The department’s commitment to geography as an all-encompassing discipline underscores the departmental belief that “geography is everything.” Explore three key reasons how and why the department continues to evolve to meet the needs of the discipline and their students: https://bit.ly/3OLSwj7

CALL FOR ZINES! I'm very excited to announce that our project, GEOZONe -- the Geography Zine Organizing Network -- will be hosting the first ever Zine Fair at the American Association of Geographers annual meeting in Detroit this March! We are collecting zines relating to geography. You can send them to us in the mail, bring them in person, or request that we print some for you. For all the information, check out this form: https://lnkd.in/gfzDaFyc. Can't wait to see what you contribute! Please share with your networks!

The Mountain Geography Specialty Group Awards Committee of American Association of Geographers invites applications for the awards below. Recipients will be announced at the MGSG business meeting in March 2025. Please submit any questions and all application materials via email to swetha.peteru@gmail.com (Dr. Swetha Peteru) by Midnight Pacific Time on February 21, 2025. 🎖️Mauna Kea Student Presentation Award 🎖️ This award will be given to up to two students for outstanding presentations: one at the Doctoral and one at the Master's level. Students must be members of the AAG and MGSG to be eligible for the award. Students wishing to participate in the competition must submit the following materials: - notation for which the award level the application is being submitted (Master or Doctoral) - a copy of the standard abstract required by the AAG; and - an extended abstract of the paper, consisting of 800-1000 words. 🎖️Chimborazo Student Research Grant Award🎖️ This research support award will be given to up to two graduate students who propose outstanding research that promises to support the mission of the MGSG: one at the Doctoral ($500) and one at the Master's ($300) level. To be eligible for the award, students must be members of the AAG and MGSG. Applications should include: - a proposal of no more than 3 pages (12 pt. Times New Roman or similar font with 1" margins throughout), plus references and a budget, that identifies the problem and its significance, explains the methodology, and summarizes anticipated results; - a brief biographical sketch; and - a letter of support from the student's faculty advisor. 🎖️Denali Recent Accomplishment Award🎖️ This award recognizes scholarly, applied, or other significant contributions (not limited to but could include teaching, service, and community outreach) to Mountain Geography within the past three years that supports the Mission of MGSG. Nominations should include: - a description of the candidate's contribution to Mountain Geography; - a brief biographic sketch; - a selected bibliography; and - three letters of support from colleagues 🎖️Barry Bishop Career Award🎖️ The award is presented to an individual or individuals who have made significant contributions to Mountain Geography over her/his career(s). Nominations should include: - a description of the candidate's contribution to Mountain Geography; - a brief biographic sketch; - a selected bibliography; and - three letters of support from colleagues

In a recent article in The Conversation, William Moseley, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography at Macalester College and Vice President of the AAG, highlights the urgent need for a transformative approach to tackle Africa’s escalating food insecurity. The UN’s 2024 report reveals that 20.4% of Africans are undernourished, a figure that has been steadily increasing since 2015. Moseley argues for a shift from conventional commercial agriculture to agroecology, which leverages farmer knowledge and natural ecological processes. This approach promises sustainability and resilience, addressing not just food availability but also access, stability, utilization, sustainability, and agency. Learn more about his work: https://bit.ly/4g8uU48