Fall 2024

Board Meeting: The AGSG board held its first fall meeting on October 1st, 2024, to review the AAG 2024 business meeting activities and plan for the 2025 annual meetings.
2025 AAG Business Meeting: Since the 2025 annual meeting will be hybrid (both in person and virtually), the board is discussing whether the business meeting will be held in person or hybrid in conjunction with the AAG Annual Meeting. More details will be announced soon.

The AAG Annual Meeting will take place March 24-28, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan, and will be a hybrid meeting with both virtual and in-person options. For more information, please click on the link: https://www.aag.org/events/aag2025/
Note that there are now two separate registration options: in-person or virtual, depending on how you would like to attend. The abstract (Paper and Posters) submission deadline is October 31st, and the session deadline is December 5th, 2024.
The AGSG is interested in sponsoring sessions. If you have organized or plan to organize a session and would like AGSG to sponsor, please email Rebecca Loraamm (rloraamm@ou.edu) before the session deadline.

Anderson Medal: The Anderson Medal Competition is open and accepting applications. Nominations for the 2025 competition are due December 1, 2024. Visit the Anderson Medal webpage for more information and eligibility requirements for the Anderson Medal. If you have any questions, please reach out to the committee Chair, Dr. Jerry Dobson at dobson@ku.edu

Fun Stuff & Good Reads/Listens from AGSG Members

Excited to see the amazing things our members are doing, below are publications, grants, and awards from some of our members.

Publications

Nsude, C. C., Loraamm, R., Wimhurst, J. J., God'sgift, N. C., & Debnath, R. (2024). Renewables but unjust? Critical restoration geography as a framework for addressing global renewable energy injustice. Energy Research & Social Science, 114, 103609.
Nsude, C. C., Wimhurst, J. J., & Debnath, R. (2024). A global fairtrade partnership needed to address injustices in the supply chains of clean energy technology materials. MRS Energy & Sustainability, 1-8.
Castellanos-Navarrete, A., Colocho-Rodríguez, M. A., & Vargas-Ramírez, N. (2024). Does community-based tenure prevent land grabbing? The oil palm case in Mexico. Applied Geography, 172, 103413.
Biancardi, M., Zhou, Y., Kang, W., Xiao, T., Grubesic, T., Nelson, J., & Liang, L. (2024). Exploring spatiotemporal dynamics, seasonality, and time-of-day trends of PM2. 5 pollution with a low-cost sensor network: Insights from classic and spatially explicit Markov chains. Applied Geography, 172, 103414.

Grants

· University of Georgia (UGA), Vanderbilt University (VU), and Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). Catalyzing Human-Centered Solutions through Research and Innovation in Science, the Environment and Society (CRISES): Collaborative Research and Education Center for Transformative Water Solutions. National Science Foundation, Planning Grant Award #2334272.

· National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01MD018437)

Role: Ghosh, MPI (09/2023 – 12/2028)
Title: Multidimensional structural racism and moderating role of psychosocial resources on cancer-control behaviors in African Americans

· National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA029828)

Role: Ghosh, MPI (09/2023 – 12/2026)
Title: Isolation and Loneliness Underlying Misuse and Increased Use of Alcohol as a Function of Stress and Coping Efforts

The Department of Geography and Environmental Systems (GES) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications from scholars in coastal science, pursuing a research agenda in hydrology, ecology, geomorphology, wetland biogeochemistry, or fisheries. Areas of specialization are open, but preference will be given to candidates whose research focus emphasizes biophysical dynamics and resilience of coastal systems in the context of global social and environmental change. For more information, see the link: apply.interfolio.com/156317

Dr. Hanlin Zhou, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, Sustainability, Community, and Urban Studies, University of Connecticut is recruiting two highly motivated Ph.D. students in Fall 2025. Prospective students with a passion for pushing the boundaries of GeoAI are highly encouraged to apply. Interested applicants should contact Dr. Hanlin Zhou at hanlin.zhou@uconn.edu with a CV and a brief expression of interest before submitting a formal application to the UConn Graduate School. For Fall 2025 admissions, the departmental deadlines are December 15, 2024 (for those seeking university fellowships) and January 31, 2025 (for departmental graduate research and teaching assistantships). For more information about the application process, please visit the department's website: https://geography.uconn.edu/graduate/grad-application/

ESRI User Conference: Join the world's largest GIS conference. July 14–18, 2025. See the link for more info: https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/save-date

https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/join-mission/training. NASA ARSET hosts virtual trainings introducing remote sensing resources. For a list of upcoming trainings and to access freely-available training archives
https://www.esri.com/training/mooc/. Esri MOOC Program: Massive open online courses show how to apply geospatial thinking and create data-driven insight that improves organizations, communities, and the world. To see upcoming courses see link above.

The AAG offers a wealth of information to answer questions, guide your career planning, and help you find a job. Members and non-members alike are invited to explore AAG resources: https://jobs.aag.org/
NASA internships and fellowships leverage NASA’s unique missions and programs to enhance and increase the capability, diversity and size of the nation’s future workforce. Internships are available from high school to graduate level. Internships provide students with the opportunity to participate in either research or other experiential learning under the guidance of a mentor at NASA. US citizenship is required. For more information, visit: https://intern.nasa.gov/
NASA DEVELOP, part of NASA’s Applied Sciences Program, addresses environmental and public policy issues through interdisciplinary research projects that apply the lens of NASA Earth observations to community concerns around the globe. The program runs three terms a year (spring, summer, and fall). For more information, eligibility, and application deadlines, visit: https://develop.larc.nasa.gov/apply.php