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For Community College and Stand-Alone Geographers

The Association of American Geographers (AAG) invites you to join friends and colleagues in Los Angeles, April 9-13, 2013 for the latest in education, applications, and research in geography, sustainability, and GIS!

With California and the West Coast home to a high concentration of community colleges, the location of the 2013 AAG Annual Meeting in Los Angeles provides extraordinary opportunities to network face-to-face, learn about developments in geography education and research, experience the latest in new curricula and instructional methods, learn new strategies to thrive in today’s academic climate, and foster lasting connections between geography educators at two and four year colleges.

(Not able to attend the entire conference? There's a one-day pass option -- you choose the day!)

Schedule of selected activities helpful to community college and/or stand-alone geographers.

TUESDAY, APRIL 9

1102: Geographies of Education: Critical Pedagogies and Praxis I
8:00 am - 9:40 am in Beaudry B, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Geography Education Specialty Group, Cultural Geography Specialty Group

1202: Geographies of Education: Critical Pedagogies and Praxis II
10:00 am - 11:40 am in Beaudry B, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Geography Education Specialty Group, Cultural Geography Specialty Group

1213: Welcome to the AAG Annual Meeting! A Discussion on Navigating and Making the Most of the Conference
10:00 am - 11:40 am in San Pedro, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Graduate Student Affinity Group, Enhancing Departments & Graduate Education project (EDGE), Community College Affinity Group, Stand-Alone Geographers Affinity Group

1413: The Academic Job Market for Geographers
12:40 pm - 2:20 pm in San Pedro, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education project (EDGE), Geography Faculty Development Alliance (GFDA), Stand-Alone Geographers Affinity Group, Graduate Student Affinity Group, Community College Affinity Group

1475: The Community as Laboratory; The Classroom as Workshop
12:40 pm - 2:20 pm in Florentine, Biltmore, Mezzanine Level

Workshop 4: How to Establish and Sustain an Undergraduate Research Program
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm in Santa Anita A, Westin, Lobby Level

1513: Navigating an Academic Career: Opportunities and Challenges for Geographers
2:40 pm - 4:20 pm in San Pedro, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education project (EDGE), Geography Faculty Development Alliance (GFDA), Stand-Alone Geographers Affinity Group, Graduate Student Affinity Group, Community College Affinity Group

1517: Geographic Information Science & Technology Materials and Methods for Improving Spatial Thinking Abilities
2:40 pm - 4:20 pm in Santa Barbara A, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Geography Education Specialty Group

1572: Community-University Partnerships for Sustainability
2:40 pm - 4:20 pm in Cordoban, Biltmore, Mezzanine Level

1617: Collaborative Online International Learning: Reflections on Pedagogy and Practice
4:40 pm - 6:20 pm in Santa Barbara A, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by International Network for Learning & Teaching Geography in Higher Education (INLT), Geography Education Specialty Group

1678: Geography Teacher Training and Preparation
4:40 pm - 6:20 pm in Mediterranean, Biltmore, Mezzanine Level

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10

2157: Doing More with Less I: Strategies for Teaching Geography with Shrinking and Shifting Resources
8:00 am - 9:40 am in Hollywood, The LA Hotel, Level Two
Sponsored by Geography Education Specialty Group

2164: Geo-Literacy Campus Challenge
8:00 am - 9:40 am in Pico, The LA Hotel, Level Two

Workshop 7: Get your Campus on the Map! Introducing the Community Maps Program
8:30 am - 4:30 pm in Santa Anita C, Westin, Lobby Level

Field Trip 2: Geography of the Santa Monica Mountains
9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sponsored by Community College Affinity Group

2245: Developing Education for Spatial Citizenship
10:00 am - 11:40 am in Malibu Parlor 3138, Westin, Thirty-first floor
Sponsored by Geography Education Specialty Group, Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group

2257: Doing More with Less II: Strategies for Teaching Geography with Shrinking and Shifting Resources
10:00 am - 11:40 am in Hollywood, The LA Hotel, Level Two
Sponsored by Geography Education Specialty Group

Workshop 11: Improving Undergraduate Education in Physical Geography and Geology: Learn More About Writing a Proposal for the NSF TUES Program
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm in Beaudry A, Westin, Lobby Level

2604: Practice What You Teach: Critical Pedagogies, Critical Theory, and the Politics of Teaching Politics
4:40 pm - 6:20 pm in La Cienega, Westin, Lobby Level

2647: Research in Geographic Education
4:40 pm - 6:20 pm in Malibu Parlor 3178, Westin, Thirty-first Floor
Sponsored by Geography Education Specialty Group

THURSDAY, APRIL 11

3123: Teaching Human-Nature Geography
8:00 am - 9:40 am in San Jose, Westin, Level Two
Sponsored by Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group, Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group

Workshop 13: Preparing Faculty for Engaged Scholarship in International Settings: The ESAVANA Model
9:00 am - 11:00 am in Santa Anita A, Westin, Lobby Level

3242: The U.S. at Large: Putting Geographic Education to Work
10:00 am - 11:40 am in Malibu Parlor 3058, Westin, Thirtieth Floor
Sponsored by Geography Education Specialty Group, Cultural Geography Specialty Group, Graduate Student Affinity Group

3413: Integrating Careers Awareness and Preparedness into the Geography Curriculum
12:40 pm - 2:20 pm in San Pedro, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education project (EDGE), Geography Education Specialty Group

3435: Meet the Authors: California Authors Darrel Hess and William Selby
12:40 pm - 2:20 pm in Laguna Parlor 3028, Westin, Thirtieth Floor
Sponsored by Community College Affinity Group

3535: Doing Geography: Including Non-Guided, Independent Fieldwork Lessons in the Lower Division, Lecture Courses
2:40 pm - 4:20 pm in Laguna Parlor 3028, Westin, Thirtieth Floor
Sponsored by Community College Affinity Group, Geography Education Specialty Group

3608: Geography in the Americas: Making the Most of Student Exchanges for Research and Study Abroad
4:40 pm - 6:20 pm in San Bernardino, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Association of American Geographers, Latin America Specialty Group, Graduate Student Affinity Group

3635: Doing Geography: Integrating (Geo)Spatial Thinking and Geospatial Technologies into Introductory Geography Courses
4:40 pm - 6:20 pm in Laguna Parlor 3028, Westin, Thirtieth Floor
Sponsored by Community College Affinity Group, Geography Education Specialty Group

3905: Community College Affinity Group Business Meeting
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm in Los Cerritos, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Community College Affinity Group

FRIDAY, APRIL 12

4117: Developing Graduate Attributes Within and Beyond the Classroom
8:00 am - 9:40 am in Santa Barbara A, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by International Network for Learning & Teaching Geography in Higher Education (INLT), Geography Education Specialty Group

4147: Geography and Education
8:00 am - 9:40 am in Malibu Parlor 3178, Westin, Thirty-first Floor

4157: Outdoor Classroom
8:00 am - 9:40 am in Hollywood, The LA Hotel, Level Two
Sponsored by Geography Faculty Development Alliance (GFDA), Geography Education Specialty Group, Applied Geography Specialty Group

4172: Education and Environment
8:00 am - 9:40 am in Cordoban, Biltmore, Mezzanine Level

4203: Teaching about Africa: Alternative Resources in the Classroom
10:00 am - 11:40 am in La Brea, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Africa Specialty Group, Geography Education Specialty Group, Graduate Student Affinity Group

4230: Climate Literacy 2: Teaching Climate Change in the College Classroom
10:00 am - 11:40 am in Santa Monica D, Westin, Level Three
Sponsored by Climate Specialty Group, Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group, Climate Change, Variability, Adaptation, and Justice

4235: Geography, Social Media and Distance Learning: Integrating Individual Nodes into a Networked Classroom
10:00 am - 11:40 am in Laguna Parlor 3028, Westin, Thirtieth Floor
Sponsored by Geography Education Specialty Group, Community College Affinity Group

4243: Bridging the Community College -- University Articulation Gap: Best Practices in Curriculum Development and Artculuation
10:00 am - 11:40 am in Malibu Parlor 3078, Westin, Thirtieth Floor
Sponsored by Community College Affinity Group

4254: Teaching Political Ecology
10:00 am - 11:40 am in Grand Ballroom Salon 3, The LA Hotel, Level Two
Sponsored by Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group

4272: Education, Environment, and Community
10:00 am - 11:40 am in Cordoban, Biltmore, Mezzanine Level

4407: Spatial Thinking Across the College Curriculum
12:40 pm - 2:20 pm in Palos Verdes, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Geography Education Specialty Group, Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group

4435: Geography and Diversity: Teaching Controversial Topics Within a Diverse Lower Division Classroom
12:40 pm - 2:20 pm in Laguna Parlor 3028, Westin, Thirtieth Floor
Sponsored by Community College Affinity Group, Geography Education Specialty Group

4472: Education: International
12:40 pm - 2:20 pm in Cordoban, Biltmore, Mezzanine Level

4535: Breaking Out, and Out Of, the Book: Strategies for Introducing Outside Content while Building on the Introductory Geography Textbook
2:40 pm - 4:20 pm in Laguna Parlor 3028, Westin, Thirtieth Floor
Sponsored by Community College Affinity Group, Geography Education Specialty Group

4539: Surviving and Thriving as a Stand Alone Geographer (SAGE) I
2:40 pm - 4:20 pm in Laguna Parlor 3068, Westin, Thirtieth Floor
Sponsored by Stand-Alone Geographers Affinity Group

4617: Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education in Geography (EDGE) Grants for Outreach and Professional Development
4:40 pm - 6:20 pm in Santa Barbara A, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education project (EDGE), Community College Affinity Group, Stand-Alone Geographers Affinity Group, Geography Education Specialty Group

4630: Models of Online Learning: What's Old, What's New?
4:40 pm - 6:20 pm in Santa Monica D, Westin, Level Three
Sponsored by Geography Education Specialty Group

4639: Surviving and Thriving as a Stand Alone Geographer (SAGE) II
4:40 pm - 6:20 pm in Laguna Parlor 3068, Westin, Thirtieth Floor
Sponsored by Stand-Alone Geographers Affinity Group

4670: Geography Education: Universities
4:40 pm - 6:20 pm in Athenian, Biltmore, Mezzanine Level

4806: Stand-Alone Geographers Affinity Group Business Meeting
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm in Los Feliz, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Stand-Alone Geographers Affinity Group

SATURDAY, APRIL 13

5108: Tools for Spatial Learning
8:00 am - 9:40 am in San Bernardino, Westin, Lobby Level

5117: Community Geography Teaching and Research: A Discussion among Professors and Students about the Opportunities and Tensions of Community Engaged Scholarship 1
8:00 am - 9:40 am in Santa Barbara A, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Geography Education Specialty Group, Geographies of Food and Agriculture Specialty Group, Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group

Field Trip 8: Los Angeles' Cultural Neighborhoods
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sponsored by Community College Affinity Group

5217: Community Geography Teaching and Research: A Discussion among Professors and Students about the Opportunities and Tensions of Community Engaged Scholarship 2
10:00 am - 11:40 am in Santa Barbara A, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Geography Education Specialty Group, Geographies of Food and Agriculture Specialty Group, Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group

5222: Publishing After Elsevier
10:00 am - 11:40 am in San Francisco, Westin, Level Two

5245: Universities, GIS, and Careers
10:00 am - 11:40 am in Malibu Parlor 3138, Westin, Thirty-first Floor

5417: Community Geography Teaching and Research: A Discussion among Professors and Students about the Opportunities and Tensions of Community Engaged Scholarship 3
2:00 pm - 3:40 pm in Santa Barbara A, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Geography Education Specialty Group, Geographies of Food and Agriculture Specialty Group, Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group

5517: Community Geography Teaching and Research: A Discussion among Professors and Students about the Opportunities and Tensions of Community Engaged Scholarship 4
4:00 pm - 5:40 pm in Santa Barbara A, Westin, Lobby Level
Sponsored by Geography Education Specialty Group, Geographies of Food and Agriculture Specialty Group, Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group

Why Attend AAG 2013?

The AAG Annual Meeting is a time for me to recharge and reconnect with my peers from across the country. At the meeting I am able to talk about challenges that are common to us all, and collaborate on new projects that are exciting and challenging. This is a time when I am able to rediscover why I entered the field of Geography and GIS.

Kerry Lyste
Everett Community College
Chair, Community College Affinity Group

The AAG Annual Meeting is the year’s most important research and networking event for academic geographers. Each year, I present research, organize sessions, and attend talks in order to publicize my work, keep abreast of emerging trends in the discipline, and raise the profile of my university’s geography program among the national and international collegiate geography community.

Brian Edward Johnson
Auburn University of Montgomery
Co-Chair, Stand-Alone Geographers Affinity Group

Attending and participating in professional geography conferences allows me to hit my refresh buttons. These are more than opportunities to meet and share ideas with my colleagues. They offer reminders that we got into geography not to follow a 9-5 routine that keeps us filling out forms and attending teacher’s meetings behind four walls, but because we thrive on learning more about our world and how it is changing and on finding solutions to difficult problems. The AAG Annual Meeting – the largest meeting of geographers in the world – offers numerous opportunities to learn about the latest research and discoveries that combine to make our field of study so relevant and exciting and keep us on the cutting edge; that is why I try to attend whenever my schedule allows. When I look at the list of papers, presentations, and field trips, it is often difficult to choose between multiple interesting programs found in the same time slot, as each day offers more than I can absorb. Whether I choose to be more introverted as I observe and learn from my colleagues’ work or if I decide to socialize and share ideas, participation in these meetings benefits my students, my research, and my life.

William A. Selby
Santa Monica College