Department of Geography
David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ, has been elected president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), the premier academic and professional geography organization in the United States, for 2019-20.
Growing up, Chris Post watched as his mom juggled her collegiate studies and motherhood, balancing everyday life with dreams of earning her Ph.D. And while field excursions with his biologist mom are a memory of his childhood, the impact of place is something this cultural and historical geographer seeks to define today.
Growing up, Chris Post watched as his mom juggled her collegiate studies and motherhood, balancing everyday life with dreams of earning her Ph.D. And while field excursions with his biologist mom are a memory of his childhood, the impact of place is something this cultural and historical geographer seeks to define today.
Many professors have certain influences that inspire them to teach. For David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Department of Geography, that inspiration comes from his father.
As the United States entered WWII, trailblazing women like Bea McPherson, BS ’43, took on the task of providing essential handmade maps for the war effort—and charted the course for today’s women mapmakers.
By Jan Senn / °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Magazine