“Geography is the study of earth as the home of people.”
We are sad to hear of Yi-Fu Tuan's passing at the age of 91. Geographer Yi-Fu Tuan's voice led the humanistic geography movement and transformed the way we think about place and space. We are grateful for his vision.
American Association of Geographers
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AAG is an academic & professional organization representing educators, researchers, & practitioners in geography. Also at geographers.bsky.social
- "You're a geographer!? What's the Capitol of...." 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
- Replying to @sarahkbinglerCongratulations to your son! We can't think of a better way to "waste your time" aag.org/jobs-careers/
- The 2025 Stanley Brunn Award for Creativity in Geography is awarded to Katherine McKittrick. A foundational voice for Black geographies and methods of knowledge creation, Dr. McKittrick probes boundaries & possibilities between scholarship and imagination bit.ly/3BYjXTu
- Congratulations to @nkjemisin, AAG's 2022 Honorary Geographer! Jemisin is the world-building sci-fi author of The City We Became, the Inheritance Trilogy, and the Broken Earth series. Her work is grounded in a keen geographical understanding of the world and of human societies.
- For extraordinary contributions to science, pioneering and synthetic thinking about oceanography, geography, and GIS, and for her years of leadership, Dr. Dawn Wright (@deepseadawn) is granted the AAG 2021 Stanley Brunn Award for Creativity in Geography bit.ly/3a7oMcz
- AAG council has decided unanimously to cancel #aagDENVER and shift to a virtual option, free of charge. We know the annual meeting is a highlight for many, and appreciate your patience and understanding as we plan for this transition. Details forthcoming. bit.ly/2vdTxv9
- 🎉 The 2021 Distinguished Scholarship Honors is bestowed on Cindi Katz for for her pioneering and sweeping contributions to the disciplinary fields of feminist geography, Marxist feminist theory, children’s geographies, political ecology, and epistemology. bit.ly/3mgPCC5
- For her foundational contributions in environmental justice and Latinx geographies and to human geography over the past three decades, Dr. Laura Pulido is granted the 2022 Distinguished Scholarship Honors. 🎉 👏 bit.ly/3q3NWA2
- .@GovRonDeSantis says that someone with a geography degree is "not a data scientist." It's critical to recognize the role geographers & GIScientists play during COVID-19. If you agree sign AAG's letter to the Governor reminding him that geography matters bit.ly/DeSantisGeoMat…
- For her outstanding commitment to social issues as an activist and scholar and to the discipline of geography as a whole, the AAG is proud to award Farhana Sultana with the 2019 Glenda Laws Award. Congratulations! @Farhana_H2O bit.ly/2Ee8TBA
- 🏆 Congratulations to @jgieseking for receiving the 2021 Glenda Laws Award for his work combining trans, queer, and feminist geographies with GIS and critical urban theory, bringing social issues to light. bit.ly/3jMWvf0
- 🏆 Congratulations to Cindi Katz for receiving the 2024 AAG Lifetime Achievement Honor. 🎉 Her impactful work spans feminist scholarship, social theory, and geography, illuminating the lives of children affected by political-ecological conditions. @GC_CUNY bit.ly/3TS45Ja












