Specialty Group

Black Geographies

To create a global platform for: (a) promoting study of the social, political, cultural, economic, and ecological aspects of the race in/and geography, (b) encouraging critical reflection on the issues, processes, intrinsic qualitites, and interconnections that shape Black lives and geographies on local, national, continental, and international scales, (c) exchanging research and teaching ideas among scholars of race in/and geography, and (d) building greater ties between geographers and the Black and Africana Studies community.

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Dues

Regular: $10
Student: $5

Leadership

BlackGeogSG@communities.aag.org

Chair: Priscilla McCutcheon, University of Kentucky
priscilla.mccutcheon@uky.edu

Vice Chair: Willie Jamaal Wright
willie.jamaal@gmail.com

Secretary-Treasurer: Ashanté Reese, The University of Texas at Austin
ashante.reese@austin.utexas.edu

Student Representatives: Susan Nimoh, University of Texas at Austin
suzanne.nimoh@utexas.edu

Theresa Hice-Fromille, University of California, Santa Cruz
thmajohn@ucsc.edu

Greg Hill, Mesquite Independent School District
GBHill@mesquiteisd.org

Communications Directors: Johnathan Hall, Eastern Michigan University
jhall123@emich.edu

Christy Hyman, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
christy@huskers.unl.edu

Social media

Twitter: @BlackGeogs
Instagram: @blackgeographies

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Geography Essentials, Planning and Development, Spatial Narratives

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