AAG Specialty Group Highlighted Sessions
AAG specialty groups are voluntary associations of AAG members who share interests in regions or topics. Below we list some of the many highlights from special sessions sponsored by AAG specialty groups at the 2010 Annual Meeting. Co-sponsors are listed in parentheses.
Africa Specialty Group
Beyond 2015: Sustainable Approaches to Maternal Health and HIV/AIDS Mitigation (co-sponsored by Health and Medical Geography SG)
Thursday, April 15, 12:40 pm - 2:20 pm
Room: Thurgood Marshall North, Marriott Mezzanine
Organizer and Chair: Henry N. N. Bulley - Clark University
Animal Geography SG
Animal Geography in the Classroom
Wednesday, April 14, 10:00 am - 11:40 am
Room: Senate, Omni Shoreham
Organizers: Julie Urbanik, University of Missouri Kansas City; Monica V. Ogra, Gettysburg College
Chair: Monica V. Ogra, Gettysburg College
Applied Geography Specialty Group
Student Paper Competition (Interactive Short Paper Session)
Friday, April 16, 12:40 pm - 2:20 pm
Room: Nathan Hale, Marriott Lobby Level
Organizers: Dawna L. Cerney, Youngstown State University; Nairne Cameron, Algoma University
Chair: Dawna L. Cerney, Youngstown State University
Asian Geography SG and China Geography SG
Plenary by David M. Lampton: Chinese power: what it means for America and the world? (co-sponsored by Political Geography SG)
Friday, April 16, 2:40 pm - 4:20 pm
Room: Marriott Ballroom Salon 3, Marriott Lobby Level
Organizer and Chair: Yu Zhou, Vassar College
Cartography Specialty Group
Geovisualization, Geovisual Analytics, Cognition, Behavior and Representation II: Dynamic and 3-D Displays (co-sponsored by Geographic Information Science and Systems SG and Geography Education SG)
Thursday, April 15, 10:00 am - 11:40 am
Room: Virginia Suite B, Marriott Lobby Level
Organizers: Kirk Goldsberry, Michigan State University; Sarah Battersby, University of South Carolina
Chair: Sarah Battersby, University of South Carolina
Climate Specialty Group
Plenary Speaker Thomas Karl: NOAA Climate Service and Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
Thursday, April 15, 10:00 am - 11:40 am
Room: Thurgood Marshall EAST, Marriott Mezzanine
Organizer and Chair: Michael A. Palecki - National Climatic Data Center
Coastal & Marine Specialty Group
Research activities at USGS related to coastal and marine geography (Panel Session)
Friday, April 16, 2:40 pm - 4:20 pm
Room: Park Tower 8210, Marriott Lobby Level
Organizer and Chair: Jean Taylor Ellis, University of South Carolina
Cultural Geography Specialty Group
CGSG Marquee Session featuring Bret Wallach: “Just Look: A Paper Without a Subtitle” (Panel Session)
Friday, April 16, 2:40 pm - 4:20 pm
Room: Washington Room 5, Marriott Exhibition Level
Organizer and Chair: Soren Larsen, University of Missouri
Cultural and Political Ecology SG
CAPE / HDGC Keynote Lecture (co-sponsored with Human Dimensions of Global Change SG)
Friday, April 16, 4:40 pm - 6:20 pm
Room: Diplomat, Omni Shoreham
Organizer and Chair: William G. Moseley, Macalester College
Cyber Infrastructure SG
High Performance Computing for Geographic Sciences (co-sponsored with Analysis and Modeling SG and the Geographic Information Science and Systems SG)
Wednesday, April 14, 4:40 pm - 6:20 pm
Room: Virginia Suite A, Marriott Lobby Level
Organizer: Qunying Huang, MS
Chair: Shaowen Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Economic Geography Specialty Group
Roepke Lecture in Economic Geography
Friday, April 16, 4:40 pm - 6:20 pm
Room: Blue Room, Omni Shoreham
Organizers: Yuko Aoyama, Clark University; Julie Cidell, University of Illinois
Chair: Andrew Wood, University of Kentucky
Environmental Perception and Behavioral Geography SG
Cognitive Geography (co-sponsored by Cartography Specialty Group)
Thursday, April 15, 2:40 pm - 4:20 pm
Room: Virginia Suite C, Marriott Lobby Level
Organizer and Chair: Scott M. Freundschuh, University of Minnesota
Ethics, Justice, and Human Rights SG
An Economic Ethics for the Anthropocene (co-sponsored by the Economic Geography SG)
Saturday, April 17, 4:40 pm - 6:20 pm
Room: Lincoln Room 3, Marriott Exhibition Level
Organizer and Chair: Monica Varsanyi, City University of New York
Ethics, Justice, and Human Rights Specialty Group
An Economic Ethics for the Anthropocene (Sponsored by Ethics, Justice, and Human Rights Specialty Group and Economic Geography Specialty Group)
Saturday, April 17, 4:40 PM - 6:20 PM
Room: Lincoln Room 3, Marriott Exhibition Level (Panel Session)
Organizer(s): Monica Varsanyi, City University of New York
Chair(s): Monica Varsanyi, City University of New York
European Specialty Group
Climate Change, Vulnerability and the Planning of Cities: No Challenges in Europe Stand in Isolation (co-sponsored with the Urban Geography SG and Cultural and Political Ecology SG)
Saturday, April 17, 2:40 pm - 4:20 pm
Room: Washington Room 4, Marriott Exhibition Level
Organizer and Chair: Byron A. Miller, University of Calgary
Geography Education SG
Best Practices in Applied Geography Education (co-sponsored by Applied Geography Specialty Group, and Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education project [EDGE])
Saturday, April 17, 2:40 pm - 4:20 pm
Room: Marriott Ballroom Balcony A, Marriott Mezzanine
Organizer and Chair: Michael N. DeMers, New Mexico State University
Geographic Information Science and Systems SG
Waldo Tobler Distinguished Lecture in GIScience (Panel Session)
Friday, April 16, 4:40 pm - 6:20 pm
Room: Palladian, Omni Shoreham
Organizer and Chair: Jennifer A. Miller, University of Texas at Austin
Geomorphology Specialty Group
Taylor-Francis/Routledge Distinguished Lecture on Geomorphology and Society
Friday, April 16, 4:40 pm - 6:20 pm
Room: Washington Room 3, Marriott Exhibition Level
Organizer and Chair: Dan Royall, UNC-Greensboro
Hazards Specialty Group
The Gilbert F. White Award Symposium: Longitudinal Study: The Impact of a Comprehensive Emergency Management System on Disaster Response in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas (Panel Session)
Thursday, April 15, 2:40 pm - 4:20 pm
Room: Taft, Marriott Mezzanine
Organizer and Chair: Deborah Thomas, University of Colorado Denver
Historical Geography SG
2010 Distinguished Historical Geography Lecture
Friday, April 16, 10:00 am - 11:40 am
Room: Maryland Suite C, Marriott Lobby Level
Organizers: Jamie Winders, Syracuse University; Karen M. Morin, Bucknell University
Chairs: Garth Andrew Myers, University of Kansas
Human Dimensions of Global Change SG
HDGC Plenary Panel Showcasing Human Dimensions Scholarship. Part I: Rural Areas
Friday, April 16, 10:00 am - 11:40 am
Room: Coolidge, Marriott Mezzanine
Organizer: Darla Munroe, Ohio State University
Chair: Eric Keys, University of Florida
Latin America Specialty Group
Research Ethics for Latin Americanist Geographers: Problems and Perspectives (co-sponsored by Cultural and Political Ecology SG, and Development Geographies SG)
Thursday, April 15, 12:40 pm - 2:20 pm
Room: Nathan Hale, Marriott Lobby Level
Organizers: Margaret Wilder, University of Arizona; Eric P. Perramond, Colorado College
Chair: Margaret Wilder, University of Arizona
Paleoenvironmental Change SG
Environmental History and Geoarchaeology I: Papers in Honor of Karl Butzer’s 50 years in Academia (co-sponsored by Political Ecology SG, and Geomorphology SG)
Friday, April 16, 12:40 pm - 2:20 pm
Room: Ethan Allen, Marriott Lobby Level
Organizers: Robert Dull, University of Texas at Austin; Timothy Beach, Georgetown University
Chair: Carlos E. Cordova, Oklahoma State University
Political Geography Specialty Group
Political Geography Specialty Group Plenary Lecture (co-sponsored by Elsevier Science)
Thursday, April 15, 12:40 pm - 2:20 pm
Room: Delaware Suite B, Marriott Lobby Level
Organizer and Chair: John V. O’Loughlin, University of Colorado
Qualitative Research Specialty Group
Qualitative Futures? A Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Qualitative Research Specialty Group
Thursday, April 15, 4:40 pm - 6:20 pm
Room: Park Tower 8206, Marriott Lobby Level
Organizers: Meghan Cope, University of Vermont; Dydia DeLyser, Louisiana State University
Chair: Meghan Cope, University of Vermont
Regional Development and Planning SG
Malaria in South Asia: Calling Attention to the Forgotten (co-sponsored by Asian Geography SG and Health and Medical Geography SG)
Thursday, April 15, 4:40 pm - 6:20 pm
Room: Forum, Omni Shoreham
Organizer: Vandana Wadhwa, Boston University
Chair: Bimal Kanti Paul, Kansas State University
Rural Geography Speciality
Biodiversity, livelihoods, and conservation: Emerging Trends, Challenges, and Responses I (Sponsored by Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group, Development Geographies Specialty Group, and Rural Geography Specialty Group)
Saturday, April, 17, 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Room: Lincoln Room 4, Marriott Exhibition Level (Paper Session)
Organizer(s): Ashwini Chhatre, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Patrick T. Hurley, Ursinus College
Chair(s): Michael Mascia, World Wildlife Fund
Spatial Analysis and Modeling SG
Spatial Analysis and Modeling Plenary Lecture and Geographical Analysis Reception
Friday, April 16, 4:40 pm - 6:20 pm
Room: Thurgood Marshall North, Marriott Mezzanine
Organizers: Daniel A. Griffith, University of Texas, Dallas; Yongwan Chun, University of Texas, Dallas
Chair: Daniel A. Griffith, University of Texas, Dallas
Transportation Geography SG
Fleming Lecture in Transportation Geography
Saturday, April17, 4:40 pm - 6:20 pm
Room: Thurgood Marshall East, Marriott Mezzanine
Organizer and Chair: Richard L. Morrill - University of Washington
Water Resources Specialty Group
Managing the quality of our waters in a changing world: Land-use and climate change issues - I
Wednesday April 14, 2:40 pm - 4:20 pm
Room: Hoover, Marriott Mezzanine
Organizers: Philippe Vidon, IUPUI; Sujay Kaushal, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Chair: Lora Harris, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
