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2022 Summer Series for Students and Recent Graduates

This virtual series will feature workshops, seminars, working groups, and forums between May and August, striving to guide current and recent geography students through their academic and professional journeys, and connect them with new peers.

May 23, 2022, 10:30am Eastern Time – August 19, 2022, 3:00pm Eastern Time

This summer series features advanced-level workshops, graduate-led working groups, post-graduation essentials, seminars, and graduate forums. The main audience for the summer series are graduate students, but a few events will also target recently graduated geographers inside or outside of academia, and a few undergraduate students.

Each event types has a different format (some are just one session, some are a week long, some have limited seats and require an application, some simply require to be registered to be able to participate). Use the lefthand navigation to find those details about each event type. The last day to register for advanced-level workshops, graduate-led working groups, and post-graduation essentials is April 28, 2022. For seminars and graduate forums, registrations will stay open throughout the summer.

How Did We Select These Offerings?

Between December 2021 and February 2022, we were relying on several selection committees to help us select and identify workshop instructors, leaders, and speakers for the summer series.

Selection Committees

This committee, composed of faculty and graduate students, selected 6 out of 13 proposals from graduate students to co-lead a virtual working group designed for their peers (other graduate students pursuing a Masters or PhD) in Geography programs around the world:

  • Dr. Brittany D. Jones (Chair, University of Toledo)
  • Dr. Vanessa A. Massaro (Member, Bucknell University)
  • Brittany Lauren Wheeler (Graduate Student Member, Clark University, Mount Holyoke College)
  • Mark Ortiz (Graduate Student Member, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
  • Ivy Faye Monroe (Graduate Student Member, University of Kentucky)

This committee, composed of faculty at all levels and a graduate student, selected 16 out of 23 proposals from geography instructors to lead or co-lead a virtual workshop designed for graduate students to demonstrate a novel approach or best practices associated with an advanced-level method in geography:

  • Dr. Adriana E. Martinez (Chair, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
  • Dr. Julie Cidell (Member, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  • Dr. Dydia DeLyser (Member, California State University, Fullerton)
  • Dr. Aparna Parikh (Member, Pennsylvania State University)
  • Melody Lynch (Graduate Student Member, McGill University)

This committee, composed of faculty at all levels and a graduate student, selected 16 out of 23 proposals from geography instructors to lead or co-lead a virtual workshop designed for graduate students to demonstrate a novel approach or best practices associated with an advanced-level method in geography:

  • Dr. Vanessa Wijngaarden (Chair, University of Johannesburg)
  • Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant (Member, University of Zurich, Switzerland)
  • Dr. Mia Bennett (Member, University of Washington)
  • Dr. Yolanda C. Lin (Member, University of New Mexico)
  • Oforiwaa Pee Agyei-Boakye (Graduate Student Member, University of Minnesota Twins Cities and Gonigs Inc.)

This committee, composed of faculty at all levels and a graduate student, selected 16 out of 23 proposals from geography instructors to lead or co-lead a virtual workshop designed for graduate students to demonstrate a novel approach or best practices associated with an advanced-level method in geography:

  • Dr. Jessica Morgan (Chair, University of Rhode Island)
  • Dr. Michael Richard Desjardins (Member, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
  • Dr. Will B. Payne (Member, Rutgers University)
  • Dr. Ayodeji Iyanda (Member, Prairie View A&M University)
  • Joseph Aro (Graduate Student Member, University of Lagos, Observatory Earth Analytics)

Organizing Committees

The organizing committees identified 23 topics relevant to their scope and invited members of the community who can contribute to the series and confirm those that are willing and available to contribute at this time.

This committee is composed of early- to advanced- career faculty and professionals, and one graduate student:

  • Dr. Jeremy Tasch (Chair, Towson University)
  • Jami Dennis (Member, Geodetic Analysis, LLC)
  • Lauren Childs-Gleason (Member, NASA Langley Research Center)
  • Dr. Matlhogonolo Kelepile (Member, University of Botswana)
  • Wendy L. Zeller Zigaitis (Graduate Student Member, Pennsylvania State University)

This committee is composed of early- to advanced- career faculty:

  • Dr. Sara Beth Keough (Chair, Saginaw Valley State University)
  • Dr. Marcello Graziano (Member, Southern Connecticut State University)
  • Dr. Ivan Mitin (Member, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)
  • Dr. Jennifer Mason (Member, University of Arizona)
  • Dr. Vincent M. Artman (Member, Wayne State University)

This committee is composed of two graduate students and officers of the AAG Graduate Student Affinity Group:

  • Rachel Arney (Co-chair, University of Georgia)
  • Lin Yue (Co-chair, The Ohio State University)

Advanced-Level Workshops

Each Advanced-Level Workshop is one week long and will have limited seats available. If you are selected to get a seat in an Advanced-Level Workshop, the expectation is that you will participate in all sessions of the workshop. Selection will be based on your AAG membership status, your research needs, and time of registration. Advanced-Level Workshops are instructed by expert faculty or professionals in our community and are for graduate students interested to learn a new approach or best practices associated with an advanced-level method in geography.

Jul 18
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Sep 8

Best Practices for Qualitative Research on Sensitive Topics

Qualitative researchers require training in identification, ethics, and empathy when studying, processing, and disseminating research on sensitive topics. Through this interactive workshop, participants will take away five key skills to direct their research plans, protocols, and responses during fieldwork.

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Graduate-Led Working Groups

Each Working Group will meet regularly over the course of the summer and will have limited seats available. If you are selected to get a seat in a Working Group, the expectation is that you will participate in all sessions of the working group (unless you have an unexpected emergency). Selection will be based on your AAG membership status, your research needs, and time of registration. Working Groups are each led by two graduate student leaders inviting other graduate students interested to discuss or work through a certain topic and develop a peer-mentoring group.

May 31
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Aug 3

Situating Your Research and Ethics Beyond Academia

This working group focuses on supporting graduate students in situating themselves and their research within non-academic communities. Encouraging participants to take a nuanced approach to ethics, it will also explore how they can produce research which is accessible and accountable to the communities which contribute towards and are impacted by it.

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Post Graduation Essentials Series

Each Post-Graduation Essential workshop is between 3-6 hours long and will have limited seats available. If you are selected to get a seat in a Post-Graduation Essential workshop, the expectation is that you will participate in the full length of the workshop. Selection will be based on your AAG membership status, your research needs, and time of registration. Post-Graduation Essential workshop are instructed by expert professionals in our community and are for recently graduated geographers in- or outside of academia, but are also open to graduate and undergraduate students who aspire to explore their career options.

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Jul 11
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Aug 16

2022 Summer Series: Post Graduation Essentials

These workshops target recently graduated geographers in- or outside of academia, but are also open to graduate and undergraduate students who aspire to explore their career options.

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Seminars

Each Seminar session will be about 2 hours long and will be open to AAG members. Speakers in each seminar will be experts in our community and will be targeting their seminar to an audience of Master’s or Doctoral students in Geography programs and recently graduated geographers.

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May 26
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Aug 19

2022 Summer Series: Seminars

These seminars target Master’s or Doctoral students in Geography programs and recently graduated geographers.

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Graduate Forums

Each Forum will be about 3 hours long and will be open to graduate students in our AAG community. Each Forum will be led by the AAG Graduate Student Affinity Group (GSAG) and will offer graduate students an opportunity to discuss a topic relevant to graduate life and enable them to network and feel a sense of community.

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Jun 14
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Aug 9

2022 Summer Series: Graduate Forums

Led by the AAG Graduate Student Affinity Group (GSAG), these forums will offer graduate students with sessions that enable them to network and feel a sense of community.

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Contact Us With Your Questions

This program is supported by AAG program staff Julaiti Nilupaer and Coline Dony, by AAG interns Naliaka Amina and Vanessa Raditz, and overseen by the program chair Lindsay Naylor (University of Delaware).

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