Department of Geography
Dr. David Kaplan, Elected Vice President of AAG
Dr. David Kaplan has been elected Vice President of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) for 2018-2019. Dr. Kaplan will automatically be elected as President for the 2019-2020 term, to be followed by another term as Past President in 2020-2021. Dr. Kaplan will succeed Dr. Sheryl Luzzadder-B…
Department of Geography
Kent State Study Challenges Conventional Wisdom About Cambodian Genocide
A recent publication by Kent State geographers sheds more light on the causes of the Cambodian genocide that wiped out roughly a quarter of the country’s population in the late 1970s. Co-authored with Kent State geography professor James Tyner in Kent State’s College of Arts and Sciences, doctoral …
Department of Geography
"Non-Killing Geographies:" Kent State Professor co-author on the AAG Presidential Response to Parkland
In the wake of the Parkland massacre, American Association of Geographers President, Derek Alderman, reaches out to newly selected AAG Fellow, James “Jim” Tyner, who has written several books and important articles on the relationship between space, society, and violence. This column is written w…
Department of Geography
On The Map: Bea McPherson Charted Course of Women Mapmakers
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 / Kent State Magazine
Department of Geography
On The Map: Bea McPherson charted the course for women mapmakers
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 / Kent State Magazine
Kent State Magazine
Kent State Geographers Receive Two Research Grants to Study Climate Change and Weather Patterns
A pair of Kent State University geographers have teamed up to secure two research grants totaling more than $550,000 for separate projects to study climate change and weather patterns. Geography Professor and Chair Scott Sheridan, Ph.D., will lead a project titled “Using a Synoptic Climatological…
Kent Campus
Kent State Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence
Kent State University researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.
Division of Research & Economic Development
Geographer Examines Ties Between Violence and Landscapes
Scholar of the Month James Tyner Professor College of Arts and Sciences 1997-present Selecting a single renowned scholar from Kent State University’s largest college is not an easy undertaking, but the work of Geography Professor James Tyner, Ph.D., over the past year made the decision a litt…
Kent Campus
Kent State Researchers Receive National Science Foundation Grant to Discover Why Some Messages Go Viral
We have all seen them explode on social media. They are the posts that feature the outlandish, the cute and the funny messages that go viral. But how does one message catch on and others do not? It is a question that Kent State University researchers in the College of A…
Kent Campus
Kent State Prof Keeps his Promise to the Victims of Hurricane Katrina
A decade ago this week, Andrew Curtis, Ph.D., geography professor in Kent State’s College of Arts and Sciences, promised the people of New Orleans that he would continue to return and document the recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina. After the hurricane, Curtis used specialized cameras, eq…
Kent Campus