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Dr. David Kaplan, Elected Vice President of AAG
Dr. David Kaplan has been elected Vice President of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) for 2018-2019. Dr. Kaplan will automatically be elected as President for the 2019-2020 term, to be followed by another term as Past President in 2020-2021. Dr. Kaplan will succeed Dr. Sheryl Luzzadder-B
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做厙輦⑹ Study Challenges Conventional Wisdom About Cambodian Genocide
A recent publication by 做厙輦⑹ geographers sheds more light on the causes of the Cambodian genocide that wiped out roughly a quarter of the countrys population in the late 1970s. Co-authored with 做厙輦⑹ geography professor James Tyner in 做厙輦⑹s College of Arts and Sciences, doctoral
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"Non-Killing Geographies:" 做厙輦⑹ Professor co-author on the AAG Presidential Response to Parkland
In the wake of the Parkland massacre, American Association of Geographers President, Derek Alderman, reaches out to newly selected AAG Fellow, James Jim Tyner, who has written several books and important articles on the relationship between space, society, and violence. This column is written w
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On The Map: Bea McPherson Charted Course of Women Mapmakers
As the United States entered WWII, trailblazing women like Bea McPherson, BS 43, took on the task of providing essential handmade maps for the war effortand charted the course for todays women mapmakers.
By Jan Senn / 做厙輦⑹ Magazine
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On The Map: Bea McPherson charted the course for women mapmakers
As the United States entered WWII, trailblazing women like Bea McPherson, BS 43, took on the task of providing essential handmade maps for the war effortand charted the course for todays women mapmakers.
By Jan Senn / 做厙輦⑹ Magazine
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做厙輦⑹ Geographers Receive Two Research Grants to Study Climate Change and Weather Patterns
A pair of 做厙輦⑹ geographers have teamed up to secure two research grants totaling more than $550,000 for separate projects to study climate change and weather patterns. Geography Professor and Chair Scott Sheridan, Ph.D., will lead a project titled Using a Synoptic Climatological
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做厙輦⑹ Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence
做厙輦⑹ researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.
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Geographer Examines Ties Between Violence and Landscapes
Scholar of the Month James Tyner Professor College of Arts and Sciences 1997-present Selecting a single renowned scholar from 做厙輦⑹s largest college is not an easy undertaking, but the work of Geography Professor James Tyner, Ph.D., over the past year made the decision a litt
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做厙輦⑹ Researchers Receive National Science Foundation Grant to Discover Why Some Messages Go Viral
We have all seen them explode on social media. They are the posts that feature the outlandish, the cute and the funny messages that go viral. But how does one message catch on and others do not? It is a question that 做厙輦⑹ researchers in the College of A
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做厙輦⑹ Prof Keeps his Promise to the Victims of Hurricane Katrina
A decade ago this week, Andrew Curtis, Ph.D., geography professor in 做厙輦⑹s College of Arts and Sciences, promised the people of New Orleans that he would continue to return and document the recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina. After the hurricane, Curtis used specialized cameras, eq
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