American Geographical Society Councilor John Noble Wilford is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist. He is probably most famous for being the only by-line on the 1969 New York Times front page headline “Men Walk on Moon.” While this alone...
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As a Human Geographer with a huge passion for geography, mapping and exploring the physical and social world, the opportunity to be part of the oldest geographical organization in the U.S. was an exhilarating prospect.  I grew up being totally enamored...
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Hi, my name is Timur Pozhidaev. I was born in the furthest place from any ocean in the world (if Gulf of Ob is not considered as ocean) – the Altai Mountains, Russia. If you imagine Switzerland without all its...
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The Geography Education National Implementation Project (GENIP) is a coordinating committee with representatives from the AAG, American Geographical Society, the National Council for Geographic Education, and the National Geographic Society.  GENIP has recently received a request from The College Board...
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My name is Jesse Miller, and I am an Environmental Science major at LaGuardia Community College. I grew up in a coastal town in Northern California called Santa Cruz, and during high school I divided my time between my two...
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AGS Councilors Dr. Lee Schwartz (Geographer of the United States), Dr. Alexander B. Murphy (Professor, University of Oregon) and Dr. Christopher Tucker (Founder, MapStory Foundation) traveled to Moscow, Russia to attend and speak at the 2015 International Geographical Union (IGU)...
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Twenty-three Years of Participatory Research Mapping in Honduran Muskitia: Katainasta Communities Map a New Type of Indigenous Territorial Jurisdiction Peter H. Herlihy* Jerome E. Dobson* Taylor A. Tappan* John H. Kelly** Matthew L. Fahrenbruch* *University of Kansas ** University of...
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          Elise Mazur A Summer in Brooklyn Heights with AGS As a sophomore in the Geographic Science major, I knew that I wanted to intern at a geographic organization. When I found the American Geographical Society,...
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American Geographical Society Councilor Dr. Antoinette WinklerPrins has spent her career in academia conducting research on and teaching about smallholder agriculture, soil science, and environmental knowledge mainly in the developing world, with a particular focus on Amazonia. Since 2014 she...
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American Geographical Society Councilor Dr. Antoinette WinklerPrins has spent her career in academia conducting research on and teaching about smallholder agriculture, soil science, and environmental knowledge mainly in the developing world, with a particular focus on Amazonia. Since 2014 she...
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