News and Awards from AAG

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Faculty and grad student awards from this year’s American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting:

  • Professor Eric Sheppard: Meridian Book Award for:
    Limits to Globalization: The Disruptive Geographies of Capitalist Development, Oxford University Press, 2016
  • Professor, Endowed Chair, and AAG President Glen MacDonald interviewed by Accuweather at March for Science.
  • Professor and Vice Provost of International Studies and Global Engagement Cindy Fan who on Sunday received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Asian Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers.
  • Graduate student Mia Bennett, Mia, awarded an AAG dissertation research grant.
  • Graduate student Tyler Harlan, awarded:
    • Energy and Environment Specialty Group Earl Cook Best Paper Award
    • China Geography Specialty Group Student Paper Award
    • Asian Geography Specialty Group Student Paper Award
    • Energy and Environment Specialty Group Travel Award
    • Asian Geography Specialty Group East Asia Travel Award
  • UCLA Geography PhD Luis Alvarez, Luis, AAG Economic Geography Specialty Group best dissertation award for 2016-2017.