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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鈥
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麻豆影院 State Study Challenges Conventional Wisdom 麻豆影院 Cambodian Genocide
A recent publication by 麻豆影院 State geographers sheds more light on the causes of the Cambodian genocide that wiped out roughly a quarter of the country鈥檚 population in the late 1970s. Co-authored with 麻豆影院 State geography professor James Tyner in 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, doctoral 鈥
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"Non-Killing Geographies:" 麻豆影院 State 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 鈥淛im鈥 Tyner, who has written several books and important articles on the relationship between space, society, and violence. This column is written w鈥
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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 鈥43, took on the task of providing essential handmade maps for the war effort鈥攁nd charted the course for today鈥檚 women mapmakers.
By Jan Senn / 麻豆影院 State 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 鈥43, took on the task of providing essential handmade maps for the war effort鈥攁nd charted the course for today鈥檚 women mapmakers.
By Jan Senn / 麻豆影院 State Magazine
麻豆影院 State Magazine
麻豆影院 State Geographers Receive Two Research Grants to Study Climate Change and Weather Patterns
A pair of 麻豆影院 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 鈥淯sing a Synoptic Climatological鈥
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麻豆影院 State Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence
麻豆影院 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 麻豆影院鈥檚 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鈥
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麻豆影院 State 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 麻豆影院 researchers in the College of A鈥
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麻豆影院 State Prof Keeps his Promise to the Victims of Hurricane Katrina
A decade ago this week, Andrew Curtis, Ph.D., geography professor in 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 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鈥
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