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The AAG Review of Books

 

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Featuring scholarly reviews of current books which are either geographic in sensitivities or are reviewed and interpreted through the multiple lenses that geography offers, the online journal offers a number of different formats, including the standard review of one book, a review essay in which the reviewer reflects upon a number of books on a particular theme, and the book review fora where multiple contributors discuss a newly published text. Published quarterly, each new issue makes two reviews freely available, and all content becomes free after one year. Book reviews were formerly published in the AAG’s flagship journals, Annals of the AAG and The Professional Geographer, but in 2013 these were brought together in this journal in order to offer greater scope for discussion and consideration of new texts.

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Book review solicitation

Book reviews are written on invitation from the editorial office, although the Editor does welcome suggestions, particularly those pertaining to geographically significant works written by scholars in other disciplines. To suggest a recently-published book to review or to volunteer to review a book from our New Books for Geographers book lists, please contact the editor.

If you have been invited to review a book for the journal, please consult the Guidelines for Reviewers and the AI Policy regarding manuscript preparation and style.

Call for Editor

The American Association of Geographers (AAG) seeks applications for the position of Editor of the AAG Review of Books, consistent with the AAG JEDI Strategic Plan. The new editor, whose responsibilities include overseeing the solicitation, review, and publication of book reviews for the journal, will be appointed for a four-year editorial term beginning January 1, 2028.

The AAG Review of Books contains scholarly reviews of current books related to geography, public policy and international affairs. It also features review essays reflecting on several books on a particular theme, and book review fora with several commentators and the author’s response. The journal is published quarterly, online only.

The new editor will be expected to make editorial decisions on manuscripts from across the breadth and depth of intellectual activity in contemporary geography. In support of these goals, the editorial candidate should have a PhD in Geography or a related field. The applicant should possess demonstrated expertise in working across geography’s subdisciplines, a distinguished record of scholarly achievement, a broad perspective on the discipline of geography, respect and affection for its diversity, and an ability to work constructively with book review authors. Institutional support for the new editor (especially time released from teaching) is desirable but not mandatory. The AAG will provide a stipend of $10,000 per year to be used for expenses and honorarium at the editor’s discretion.

The editor will work closely with the AAG Publications Director. Editor candidates, therefore, should share the AAG Council’s vision of an accessible, decentralized, and collaborative editorship for the AAG Review of Books.

The AAG strives to build an editorial team that reflects the diversity of the community we work in and the institutional diversity of our field.  AAG encourages applications from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ2SI people, veterans, and people with disabilities. Applicants from teaching institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Tribal Colleges, and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), research institutions, Associates’ degree-granting institutions, and private or public sector and nonprofit organizations are welcome.

Please submit the complete application package by November 2, 2026, via this form. The application package should include the following information:

For questions, please contact AAG Publications Director Jennifer Cassidento at jcassidento [at] aag [dot] org.

Editors, Editorial Board and Production Team

 

Joshua Conver
Joshua L. Conver
Editor-In-Chief

Washington State University

Joshua Conver

Joshua L. Conver

Washington State University

aag.rob@wsu.edu

Joshua L. Conver is the GIS Librarian in the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation at Washington State University.

A physical geographer with experience in both academia and public land management, he also has an undergraduate degree in political science and research experience at the Arizona State House of Representatives. With a wide-ranging background that includes the study of humanities and cultural resources, Conver will bring an integrative sensibility to his editorial decisions for The Review.

Conver earned his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Cincinnati in 2020, and is a longstanding GIS practitioner who earned his certificate in 2013. He has an M.S. in Natural Resources from the University of Arizona and a B.A. in Geography and Political Science, also from the University of Arizona. His research interests include spatial and landscape ecology, cultural and natural resource management, long-term monitoring, public science, integrated GIS, built environments, and data curation

American Association of Geographers team

Jennifer Cassidento, Managing Editor

 

Taylor & Francis team

Katie Gezi, Portfolio Manager
Lea Cutler, Production Manager

 

Editorial Board

Idowu (Jola) Ajibade, Emory University
Neha Arora, University of Oxford
Sumana Bandyopadhyay, University of Calcutta
Gashawbeza Bekele, Tennessee State University
Noel Castree, University of Manchester
William Doolittle, University of Texas, Austin
Federico Ferretti, University of Bologna, Italy
Antoine Grandclement, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS TELEMMe
Debbie Hopkins, University of Oxford
Ayodeji Iyanda, Prairie View A&M
Gerry Kearns, Maynooth University
Caroline Knowles, Queen Mary University of London
Taisaku Komeie, Kyoto University
Ashok Kumar, Birkbeck, University of London
Kean Fan Lim, Newcastle University
Melody Lynch, McGill University
Rebecca MacEwen, U.S. Department of the Interior
Eric Magrane, New Mexico State University
Jon-Paul McCool, Valparaiso University
Arnold Modlin, Jr., Norfolk State University
Ashraf Mostafa, Suez University
Ceri Oeppen, University of Sussex
Miriam Olivares, Yale University
Trushna Parekh, Texas Southern University
Kamalini Ramdas, National University of Singapore
Jörn Seemann, Ball State University
James Sidaway, University of Singapore
Diana Sinton, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science
Paradzayi Tagwireyi, University of Zimbabwe
Joseph Wood, University of Baltimore
Zhiyuan Yao, Appalachian State University
Satoshi Yokoyama, Nagoya University

For general inquiries about this journal email journals@aag.org.

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New books in geography

The AAG compiles a quarterly list of newly published geography books, some of which are selected for review in the AAG Review of Books. 

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