An incredibly difficult and sad decision to have to make. . . but it’s what’s best for the AAG, the American Association of Geographers staff, and many of our members Fingers crossed for 2023!!

Super excited to be running this with Ian Spangler for American Association of Geographers! Thinking through the hows/whys of research & writing seems pedantic but once you start you realize how many of processes get in the way doing work. It’ll be a nice mix between therapy and practical solutions too!

.Jack Gieseking @[email protected] + Jack Swab revisit intellectual history of the '08 article "Queering the Map" in conversation w/ BO + Michael Brown + Larry Knopp. They explore "what critical GIS might look like in the future by centering queer cartography." acme-journal.org/index.php/acme…

We have a poverty of language when it comes to describing maps...often failing to go beyond synonyms of "beautiful"/"good" or "ugly"/"bad"

It is unfortunate that not enough data visualization practitioners remember that design is an act of rendering care. Sure, worrying about which chart transfers data more efficiently into someone's brain can be construed as "care." But good visualization accomplishes more:

If you’re in the Lexington KY area come on out to hear my talk on 2/17! There will be free food!

So excited to be a part of this!!

Fun fact is I actually studied the history of the dissertation as part of my dissertation and they were never meant to be there fully-fledged academic pieces! They were supposed to be practice (with support), to help someone do work on their own. And now they're sooo high stakes.

So happy to see American Association of Geographers working on this! It’s not perfect (nothing ever is) but it’s a significant step forward for us an an org—one that I hope we continue for future conferences

Excited to be DOPE organizer this year 💫 #politicalecology

Curious about how we might reenvision of geography’s cherished institutions? Check out our article on reforming World Geography Bowl!

Will we avert geography's 'trans failure?' Check out my new commentary on American Association of Geographers website. It will help you understand the incredible obstacles geography faces in supporting & retaining trans geographers. Please read & share w your departments & networks. bit.ly/3P84HHp

UHM PhD candidate Olivia Meyer is a finalist for the Student Employee of The Year (SEOTY) selected from over 3000 student employees at UHM for her work with the LuceSEA Field School Team in 2023. Congratulations and best of luck Olivia!

It’s official! I’m moving to Knoxville! Starting August 1, I’ll be joining UTK Geography & Sustainability as a tenure-track Assistant Professor!

Jacob Saindon, PhD candidate, has been awarded an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) grant from the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Division for his research, “Digital advertising and commercial conceptions of attention space.” 🌟Congratulations!!🌟

Long Live Analog 🤘🔥🖤👩‍🎤

Seeing as he's a former high school geography teacher, I'm going to need someone to confirm whether Tim Walz ever participated in the AP Human Geography reading. The truest test of grit and determination known to man

someone get this man a QGIS bag too

This piece has made some waves in certain corners of the discipline…but I’m glad to be making some productive trouble with Bethany Craig and Jed!