FEATURED THEMESThe AAG Council and Executive Director identified these 2019 themes to help focus discussion and provide a fresh and engaging structure to the conference program:

Geography, GIScience, and Health: Building the International Geospatial Health Research Network (IGHRN)

¡ Integrating Geography, GIScience, and Health Research

¡ Replication of Scientific Research: An Integrated Approach to Sharing, Accessing, Building on Research Involving Confidential Geospatial Data

¡ Global Perspectives on Geospatial Health Research

¡ Building the International Geospatial Health Research Network

¡ Wrap up of the AAG Geospatial Health Theme: Emerging Trends in Geospatial Health Research

Featured Sponsored sessions ¡ Local Lessons, Global Solutions in the Urban Health-Geography Nexus

¡ Women and Girls: The Intersection of Health and Geography

Workshops ¡ An integrated approach for sharing, access-ing, and analyzing confidential geospatial data: the Geospatial Virtual Data Enclave (GVDE)

¡ Geomasking techniques built-into an integrat-ed platform for research involving confidential geospatial data: the Geospatial Virtual Data Enclave (GVDE)

Geographies of Human Rights: The Right to Benefit from Scientific Progress ¡ What do human rights do? Towards critical geographies of human rights: Session 1

¡ What do human rights do? Towards critical geographies of human rights: Session 2

¡ GIScience and Hazards in the Era of Big Data

¡ Applying Open Principles in Geospatial Education to Enable the Right to Benefit from Scientific Progress

¡ Sexual Harassment and Bullying Policies in Academia

¡ The Global Need for Science

Physical Geography in Environmental Science ¡ Physical geography contributes, retrospect and prospect

¡ New Records of Paleoenvironmental Change 1- 4

¡ Annual Distinguished Geomorphology and Society Lecture Series

¡ Wetlands and Watersheds in the Anthropo-cene: a Geomorphological and Geoecological Approach, I and II

¡ Dendrochronology III: Frontiers in Dendro-chronology (Invited)

¡ Historical Perspectives of Human Impacts on the Environment

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Eric Holder, Former U.S.

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FEATURED THEME: GEOGRAPHY, GISCIENCE, AND HEALTH

Local Lessons, Global Solutions in the Urban Health-Geography NexusThe future of global health is urban and calls for a focus on the intersection of geography and urban health. The global develop-ment agenda has recently entered a new era under the Sustainable Development Goals framework. This framework presents a broad, universalist approach with a strong focus on equity, leaving no one behind. Cities are critical to the urban health/geography

dynamic since 55 percent of the world’s population dwells in cities, with a project-ed growth of 2.5 billion by 2050. Signifi-cantly, 90 percent of that population will be in lower-and-middle-income-countries

(LMICs) primarily in Africa and Asia. For example, despite being the least urbanized globally, sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly urbanizing, with its urban popu-lation projected to reach 55% by 2050. In line with the Sustain-able Development Goal agenda, understanding specific health and

livelihood conditions of urban communi-ties requires adequate data at local levels often lacking through national surveys,

which mostly provide national indicators that blur inter- and intra-sub-group ineq-uities. The evidence suggests that urban residents have better health than their rural counterparts but that the advantages of ur-ban life are unevenly distributed. Determi-nants of health include spatial geography, urban development and city governance as well as access, distribution and main-tenance of urban resources, amenities and infrastructures. In this panel, we discuss local solutions with potential global im-pact. Organized by Yonette Thomas, The International Society for Urban Health.Wednesday, April 3, 12:40 PM - 2:20 PM, Washington 6, Exhibition Level, Marriott

FEATURED THEME: GEOGRAPHIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS

What Do Human Rights Do? Towards Critical Geographies of Human RightsTwo consecutive sessions will discuss crit-ical human geography’s longstanding con-cern for social and environmental justice, inequality, and the rights of both human and non-human actors. Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, human rights have become a global discourse hegemonic in their circulation and practice, drawing academics, activists, practitioners, and affected peoples into new relations with variegated spatial, temporal, and socio-political effects. Human rights open avenues of hope and political possi-bility for oppressed peoples, (re)shape geo-politics and debates about state sovereignty, create liminal geographies and states of exception for the stateless, and expose lim-its of decolonization. Indeed, human rights are relations that are as much social and political as they are spatial. Recent scholar-ship suggests that critical analysis of human rights law, discourse, rhetoric, and practice can provide new insights to conversations in geography involving issues of inequality

Opening Session, Presidential Plenary and Honorary GeographerAAG Executive Director Doug Richardson will give welcoming remarks to kick off AAG 2019 DC. The Presidential Plenary will address “The Intersection of Geography, Environmental Science, Human Health, and Human Rights” and feature distinguished panelists ad-dressing how their research fields intersect with geogra-phy and the three AAG 2019 DC themes. Invited panelists include scholars in human and physical geography, environmental history, and biological sciences. In addition to AAG President Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, confirmed distinguished guest panelists include Dr. Mei-Po Kwan (U. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Geography Professor), Dr. John McNeill (Uni-versity Professor of History, Georgetown; American Historical Association President) and Dr. Heather Viles (Oxford University Geography Head and Professor). Also joining this special panel will be Dr. Rita Colwell (University of Maryland College Park Dis-tinguished University Professor, Cell Biology and Public Health), who will receive the AAG’s 2019 Honorary Geographer award and speak at this event.Wednesday, April 3, 6:20 PM - 7:50 PM, Ballroom Salon 2, Lobby Level, Marriott

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AAG Offers Subsidized ChildcareCAMP AAG offers activities for children ranging from 6 months to 12 years of age, including curriculum-enriched, hands-on, creative activities managed by ACCENT, providing specialized teacher child care professionals with certification in CPR and Pediatric First Aid.

Experience a Field TripRegister in advance at the Information Desk in the Atrium to attend field trips and workshops. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your field trip start time to ensure a timely departure.Trips depart from outside the doors of the 24th Street entrance, Marriott

Presentation Photo/Video Permission RequiredPhotos may not be taken during paper or poster presentations without the permission of the presenter. Anyone taking a photo or video without permission will be asked to leave the conference. Exceptions are AAG staff photographers and videographers.

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and the construction of (in)justice and thus call for critical geographers to explicitly engage the practice, study, and theorization of human rights. Presenters are Leila Har-ris, Morten Andersen, Catherine Corson, Nicole Laliberte, Meredith DeBoom, Austin Kocher, and Jean Carmalt and sessions are chaired by Joel Correia. Wednesday, April 3, 12:40 PM - 2:20 PM and 2:35 PM - 4:15 PM, Forum Room, Omni, West

FEATURED THEME: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Physical Geography Contributes, Retrospect and ProspectPhysical geography can make a difference. The current and four past AAG presidents (Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Carol Harden, Glen MacDonald, Richard Marston and Julie Winkler) will reflect on how physical geography has affected individuals and society and will identify where it can con-tribute in the future. The panel, chaired by George Malanson, will assess both direct and indirect effects, important impacts for the discipline and personal projects, and differences made at local to global scale. Physical geography often seems con-cerned with the details within and among its component fields of biogeography, climatology, geomorphology, and hydrolo-gy, but as argued in The Composite Nature of Physical Geography these potential-ly disparate concerns are held together in Geography by their connections to human concerns. Organized by editors for Progress in Physical Geography, the panel directly addresses the aims of the AAG Third Special Theme, Physical Geography in Environmental Science, in focusing on “participation, contributions, and im-pact.” The panel will form the basis for a statement by the panelists on impactful physical geography, past and future.Wednesday, April 3, 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM, Marshall East, Mezzanine Level, Marriott

Welcome to the AAGThis panel session will serve as an intro-duction to the AAG annual meeting, and a venue for newcomers to ask questions as well as meet other conference attendees. Panel participants have diverse experience with the AAG annual meeting, and will provide advice to attendees on how to make the most of the meeting. Following introductions, the session will proceed with Q&A and discussion between the panelists and audience members, and end with an opportunity to network. Topics discussed will include how to decide what sessions to attend, opportunities provided at the annual meeting, advice on making the most of the networking with exhibi-tors, etc.Wednesday, April 3, 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM, Wilson B, Mezzanine Level, Marriott

A New Map of Global IslandsThe U.S. Geological Survey and Esri have been commissioned by the Group on Earth Observations to produce stan-dardized, robust, and practical global ecosystems maps, data, and tools. In the past they have produced global ecosys-tem maps for terrestrial and open ocean environments, and are currently undertak-ing to map global ecological coastal units (ECUs). As part of that work, they have recently produced a new global shoreline vector from satellite image interpretation, and used it to create a new, high-resolution data layer showing hundreds of thousands of islands in greater detail than previous efforts. A new, elegantly simple tool, the Global Island Explorer, is a window for anyone with an internet connection to

query data and visualize islands ranging in size from continental mainlands to tiny islets smaller than a fraction of a square kilometer. The work is described in an AAG-produced booklet entitled “A New Map of Global Islands” which has been provided to attendees. Wednesday, April 3, 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM, Wilson A, Mezzanine Level, Marriott

AAG Council Open ForumThe AAG Council will hold an open fo-rum for members to learn more about the association and its activities. This forum gives an opportunity to ask questions and to provide input during the annual meeting. Wednesday, April 3, 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM, Hampton, Lobby East, Omni

Student Networking SocialStudents are an integral part of the AAG Annual Meeting, AAG membership, and our discipline. The AAG organized this event to help students build their network of geography colleagues. Have some fun while you make connections that carry through the Annual Meeting and beyond! Students are encouraged to wear their school colors or other university apparel – let’s see how many different schools will be represented in one room! The AAG will be inviting departments, federal agencies, and businesses to send a representative to talk about educational, employment, or pro-fessional development opportunities their organizations offer. AAG Council members will also be invited to attend so students can connect with the AAG’s leadership. Student attendees can enter a raffle to win AAG swag or one of 10 free student regis-trations for the 2020 AAG Annual Meeting in Denver! Wednesday, April 3, 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM, Ballroom Salon 1, Lobby Level, Marriott

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Visit the Exhibit HallLearn about the latest tools in teaching, field research, graphic applications, com-puter modeling, and data collection and analysisand find geography-related text-books and publications from publishers.Exhibit Hall B, Exhibition Level, Marriott Hotel

Thanks to Annual Meeting SponsorsPLATINUM GOLD SILVER BRONZE

Join Your Colleagues at the International ReceptionMusic, refreshments, and catching up with colleagues are all features of this popular event. The Gypsy Jazz Quintet will provide the music and all attendees are invited to enjoy the fun and dancing. Two drink tick-ets for alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages are provided in your registration packet.Thursday, April 4, 6:40 PM - 9:00 PM, Ballroom Salon 1 & 2, Lobby Level, Marriott

World Geography BowlCheer on your region at the World Geogra-phy Bowl! Student teams from the AAG’s regional divisions will compete in this an-nual round robin tournament. The Cham-pionship Round will begin at approxi-mately 10:30 p.m. The AAG contributes to a fund, which helps regional division students travel to the national competition. Thursday, April 4, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM, Maryland-Virginia Rooms, Lobby Level, Marriott

FEATURED THEME: GEOGRAPHY, GISCIENCE, AND HEALTH

Integrating Geography, GIScience and Health ResearchThis plenary will feature leading scholars who will discuss research and trends at the nexus of Geography, GIScience, and Health Research. Panelists are Mei-Po Kwan of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Cham-paign; Robert Croyle of the NIH National Cancer Institute and Director of its Center for Global Health; Io Blair-Freese of the Gates Foundation; Saara Romu of Selkea; and Yonette Thomas of the International Society for Urban Health.Thursday, April 4, 1:10 PM - 2:50 PM, Marshall West, Mezzanine Level, Marriott

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Replication of Scientific Research: An Integrated Approach to Sharing, Accessing, and Building on Research Involving Confidential Geospatial DataThe ability to replicate and reproduce research is a cornerstone of the scientific method. While most research funding agencies encourage or require data

Keynote Address: Eric HolderChairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee Eric Holder will host a keynote on gerrymandering, redis-tricting, and the current political climate in light of the upcoming 2020 Census. Holder has dedicated his life to public service in many capacities, including the 82nd U.S. Attorney General under President Barack Obama and was the first African American to hold that office. He will talk about the current political landscape, including his recent work, together with Obama, on redistricting and gerrymandering. Sponsored by the Political Geography Specialty Group.Thursday, April 4, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Ballroom Salon 2, Lobby Level, Marriott

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On-site Registration, Meridian SpaceAtrium, Exhibition Level, MarriottTuesday, April 2 4:00 PM - 7:00 PMWednesday, April 3 7:00 AM - 7:30 PMThursday, April 4 7:00 AM - 6:00 PMFriday, April 5 7:30 AM - 5:30 PMSaturday, April 6 7:45 AM - 5:00 PMSunday, April 7 7:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Jobs & Careers CenterWilson A, B & C, Mezzanine Level, MarriottApril 3 - 6, 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Exhibit HallExhibit Hall B and C, Exhibition Hall Level, MarriottThursday, April 4 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Friday, April 5 9:00 AM - 5:00 PMSaturday, April 6 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Childcare8206 and 8209 Park Tower Suites, MarriottWednesday, April 3 7:30 AM - 8:00 PMThursday, April 4 7:30 AM - 7:30 PMFriday, April 5 7:30 AM - 7:30 PMSaturday, April 6 7:30 AM - 7:30 PMSunday, April 7 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Poster SessionsLincoln 2, Exhibit Hall, Exhibition Level, Marriott

Thursday, April 4 - Saturday, April 6

Guided Poster SessionsRoosevelt section, Exhibit Hall A, Exhibition Level, Marriott

Wednesday, April 3 - Saturday, April 6

Download the AAG Mobile AppMake the most of your AAG annual meeting experience by download-ing the AAG mobile app today and start planning your sched-ule. From sessions and events to hotel floor plans and exhibitors, the mobile app can help you navigate and make the most of the meeting. You can link up with your friends to share information, schedules, and message each other. With the app you will also get up-to-date session changes in your calendar.

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Wi-Fi Available in Select AreasAttendees can enjoy omplimentary wireless internet access in each hotel:Marriott SSID: Marriot Conference Password: aagdc2019

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sharing, open access, and the replication of research results by other researchers, these goals are often thwarted by legal or technical restrictions when such research involves confidential geospatial data. This session proposes an integrated and robust approach to the persistent chal-lenges of sharing and accessing research data needed to advance science, while also protecting and building on the rapid-ly increasing body of research involving confidential geospatial data. Presenters include Doug Richardson, AAG; Marga-ret Levenstein, University of Michigan; Mei-Po Kwan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jue Wang, Uni-versity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; and Coline Dony, AAG; and discussants Candice Luebbering and Zan Dodson from the AAG.Thursday, April 4, 3:05 PM - 4:45 PM, Marshall West Mezzanine Level, Marriott

Area Development and Policy— Annual Lecture 2019In 2017, a meme was born in a think tank in northern India: “Chinese Debt-Trap Diplomacy.” This meme briefly took deep root in Washington, D.C., and then ricocheted far beyond the Beltway, to the New York Times and beyond. Within 12 months the meme appeared to have “about

1,990,000 results (0.52 seconds)” on Google and was beginning to solidify into firm, conventional wisdom, accepted as a deep historical truth. This talk documents the efforts of one Sinologist Africanist to speak “truth” to “power.” It concludes with a critical exploration of the relation-ship among the media, the academy and the policy world.

Deborah Bräutigam, the Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Polit-ical Economy and Director of the Inter-national Development Program at Johns Hopkins University, will be the featured lecturer with discussants Padraig Carmo-dy, Trinity College Dublin, and Meredith DeBoom, University of South Carolina.Thursday, April 4, 5:00 PM - 6:40 PM, Diplomat Room, Lobby West, Omni

Tom Baerwald Retirement ReceptionJoin colleagues from all areas of the dis-cipline to wish the best to Tom Baerwald, who has directed and advanced geography research programs for three decades at the National Science Foundation. Thursday, April 4, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Palladian Room, Lobby Level, Omni West

AAG Leadership Symposia:Past President Ken Foote will chair several consecutive leadership sessions, Promot-ing Diversity in Geography, which will focus on recruitment and retention of un-dergraduates, graduates, and faculty who are underrepresented in the discipline or in the institutions of the participants. Partici-pants will share experiences in developing and implementing departmental diversity plans, integrating diversity goals within strategic plans, and incorporating diversity into program assessments. Thursday, April 4, 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM and 9:55 AM - 11:35 AM, Delaware A, Lobby Level, Marriott.

In addition, AAG Vice President David Kaplan will chair several similarly focused sessions titled, Increasing the Participa-tion and Validation of Geographers at Underrepresented Institutions, which will spotlight smaller institutions with fewer re-sources and stand alone geographers to help them in teaching, networking, and schol-arship. The goal is to share strategies that representatives have developed in response to these unique challenges and to identify potential actions that could be pursued by our professional organizations.Thursday, April 4, 1:10 PM - 2:50 PM; 3:05 PM - 4:45 PM; 5:00 PM - 6:40 PM, Roosevelt 1, Exhibition Level, Marriott

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A A G 2 0 1 9 D C M E E T I N G AT A G L A N C EThe Jobs & Careers Center: Make the Most of the Annual MeetingThe Jobs & Careers Center provides a central location for job seekers, stu-dents, and profes-sionals to interact and to learn more about careers and professional devel-opment for geogra-phers through infor-mational panel and mentoring sessions and workshops. A careers information table will be staffed and accessible each day for general questions, information, and resources in the Marriott Wardman Park Atrium. In addition to the many sessions taking place within the Jobs & Careers

Center, dozens more careers and professional devel-opment sessions will take place at various locations throughout the meeting venues. Sessions will cov-er a broad range of topics, from work-ing as a geogra-pher in the public, private, nonprofit, or academic sec-tor, to networking strategies, to be-

coming a certified GIS Professional (GISP), to women in leadership roles in geography, and more. See back page for full schedule.Wilson A, B & C, Mezzanine Level, Marriott

AAG Diversity Ambassadors program 10th anniversaryJoin us for the 10th anniversary of the AAG Diversity Ambassa-dors program. To celebrate this anniversary, Diversity Ambassa-dors and AAG staff have planned a line-up of diversity-themed sessions culminating in a special forum, “Celebrating Diversity in Geography.” Since the creation of the program at the 2009 AAG Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, the Diversity Ambassadors have been sharing their experiences and ad-vice about college life, graduate school, job searches, networking, navigating the Annual Meeting, etc. To learn more about the pro-gram, visit our information table by the Jobs & Careers Center.

FEATURED THEME: GEOGRAPHY, GISCIENCE, AND HEALTH

Building the International Geospatial Health Research NetworkPanelists will summarize new research frontiers in geospatial health research and share their perspective on fostering inter-national networks to share findings across borders and generate synergies. IGHRN’s main objectives include research and service by its affiliate organizations at the forefront of geospatial data and advanced analytics to address health issues ranging from, but not limited to, climate change and environ-mental and social determinants of health, to chronic, infectious, and biological disease and mental illness and will facilitate the sharing of geographic and geospatial health data and resources among international global health providers and institutes around the world to improve health research.Friday, April 5, 3:05 PM - 4:45 PM, Maryland B, Lobby Level, Marriott

STEM Education Research Challenges and OpportunitiesRepresentatives from the National Science Foundation, including Program Director An-toinette WinklerPrins, will offer perspectives on how geographers can contribute to the ad-vancement of knowledge in STEM education in areas including workforce development, broadening participation in undergraduate and graduate programs, research on learning and education, and interdisciplinary research collaborations. Information about related NSF funding opportunities will also be pro-vided, including NSF CAREER awards for early career scholars and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program.Friday, April 5, 9:55 AM - 11:35 AM, Wilson C, Mezzanine Level, Marriott

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AAG Atlas Award Presentation to Carla HaydenJoin in celebration of Carla Hayden at the AAG Atlas Award Ceremony. Carla Hayden, 14th Librarian of Congress, will deliver a keynote address, “Map-ping the Library’s Collection,” after being presented with the 2019 AAG Atlas Award, the association’s highest honor. Sworn in as the current Librar-ian of Congress on September 14, 2016, Hayden is both the first woman and the first African American to serve in the position. She is also the first professional librarian to hold the office in more than 60 years. Hayden was recommended to serve as the librarian by former president Barack Obama. Following an extensive social media campaign organized by the American Library Association (#Hayden4LOC) urging thousands of library advocates to contact their senators and appeal for the confirmation of Hayden as the new librarian, Hayden was appointed in July 2016. In her role she plans to modernize and digitize the vast collections in the Library of Congress

to make them more accessible to all Americans, while also preserving and respecting their historic structure and significance.Friday, April 5, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Ballroom Salon 2, Lobby Level, Marriott

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MemorialsHonoring the Life and Career of Dr. Lawrence Estaville, Thursday, April 4, 5:00 PM - 6:40 PM, Washington 1, Exhibition Level, Marriott

The Humanistic Geo-Historical Heritage of David Lowenthal, Thursday, April 4, 5:00 PM - 6:40 PM, Hampton Room, Omni, East

Recalling Gilbert White, Friday, April 5, 3:05 PM - 4:45 PM, Ballroom Salon 2, Lobby Level, Marriott

Remembering Dr. Bob Bailey, U.S. Forest Service Ecogeographer, Friday, April 5, 6:50 PM - 7:50 PM, Maryland A, Lobby Level, Marriott

Presentation ContentThe AAG annual meeting is an open forum for sharing the results of research and teaching in geography and related specialties. The contents of annual meeting presentations by individuals or groups at the annual meeting are theirs alone. The American Association of Geographers neither endorses nor disclaims the conclusions, interpre-tations, or opinions expressed by speakers at its annual meeting.

Honoring and Celebrating Doug Richardson’s Contributions to Geography and the AAGIn honor of Executive Director Doug Richardson’s upcoming retirement, join Past President Dick Marston and many others to honor Doug’s contributions to the AAG and to the discipline during his long tenure in leading the organization.Friday, April 5, 5:00 PM - 6:40 PM, Diplomat Room, Omni, West

Past President’s Address and Presidential Achievement AwardsAAG Past President Derek Alderman will speak on enhancing the place of story-telling within geography as part of his initiative, Geography is REAL (Responsive, Engaged, Advocating, and Life-Improving). He will ask attendees to view storytelling as more than entertainment, to consider its value as a tool of education, disciplinary promotion, public outreach, community-building, and scholar-activ-ism. Alderman will highlight the strides in storytelling already being made in geography as he discusses opportunities, strategies, and challenges for further com-municating beyond the reach, pace, and style of traditional academic discourse and dissemination. Importantly, he calls for the stories written, told, performed, and visu-alized by geographers to be reparative in nature. Concerned with more than telling evocative and consequential stories within press, policy, and professional circles, reparative storytelling is also an ethical commitment to create spaces for elevat-ing and listening and responding to the voices of marginalized groups within our discipline and society. Alderman will also present the 2019 Presidential Achievement Award to Rickie Sanders (Temple Univer-sity) and David Padgett (Tennessee State University) for their distinguished work in enhancing diversity and inclusion in the discipline of geography.Saturday, April 6, 11:50 AM - 1:00 PM, Ballroom Salon 2, Lobby Level, Marriott

Understanding the Geospatial Data ActAfter several years of effort and input from a wide range of stakeholders, the Geospa-tial Data Act (GDA) of 2018 was passed into law by Congress last October with broad bipartisan support. The AAG was proud to play a role in helping the bill reach its final compromise, and offered first-hand recommendations on behalf of members. But the passage of the GDA was just the start — its subsequent implementation will fundamentally change the way geospatial data is managed at the federal level while also benefiting the larger GIS user com-

munity. This panel of thought leaders will explain next steps as the GDA is imple-mented and will lend expertise on the law’s implications for the GIS user community as a whole. AAG Executive Director Doug Richardson will give an introduction and will be joined by Ivan DeLoatch, Executive Director of the Federal Geographic Data Committee, as well as John Wertman of Esri and Michelle Kinzer from AAG.Saturday, April 6, 3:05 PM - 4:45 PM, Marshall South, Mezzanine Level, Marriott

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Wrap Up of the AAG Geospatial Health ThemeThis plenary will provide an overview of the research that has been shared during the sessions in the “Geography, GIScience, and Health” theme. Speakers will summa-rize and discuss trends, challenges, and future directions which have emerged from the AAG’s Geohealth theme during this Annual Meeting.Saturday, April 6, 1:10 PM - 2:50 PM, Marshall South, Mezzanine Level, Marriott

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Women and Girls: The Intersection of Health and GeographyWomen constitute half of the world’s pop-ulation. They make significant economic and social contributions towards the health and wellbeing of societies, communities, and families. Yet their contributions are systematically undervalued and discounted across the globe. The United Nations Sec-retary-General, António Guterres, honed-in on the need to focus on the role of healthy women when he said: “Women’s economic empowerment is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda. We know that women’s partici-pation in all spheres of life is essential to sustainable and durable peace and to the re-alization of human rights.” United Nations, March 2017. The objective of this session is to engage thinkers and policy makers in a discussion on the role and status of women at the intersection of health and geography and the implications for global wellbeing, economic, and social development. Margo Thomas, Founder and CEO of the Women’s Economic Imperative, will lead panelists Nanlesta Pilgrim, Population Council;

Georges Tadonki, University of South Afri-ca; Lisa Jones, Cerner Corporation; Alicia Hammond, World Bank Group; and Peter Hopkins, Newcastle University.Saturday, April 6, 1:10 PM - 2:50 PM, Marshall West, Mezzanine Level, Marriott

Forum: Celebrating Diversity in GeographyJoin us for the 10th anniversary of the AAG Diversity Ambassadors program. To cele-brate this anniversary, Diversity Ambassa-dors and AAG staff have planned a line-up of diversity-themed sessions culminating in this special forum. Since the creation of the program at the 2009 AAG Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, the Ambassadors have been sharing their experiences and advice about college life, graduate school, job searches, networking, navigating the Annual Meeting, and more. To learn more about the Diversity Ambassadors Program, visit our informa-tion table by the Jobs & Careers Center.Saturday, April 6, 3:05-4:45 p.m., Wilson A, Mezzanine Level, Marriott

AAG and “The Conversation”AAG Executive Director Doug Richardson will introduce one of the organization’s public outreach programs — a new collab-oration with The Conversation, an indepen-dent, nonprofit publisher of commentary and analysis, authored by academics and edited by journalists for the general public. AAG is the first scholarly association to become a member and will contribute to the efforts of delivering timely scholarly research to the world. The session will include panelists Derek Alderman, Bruce Wilson, Lorraine Dowler, and Alec Murphy. Saturday, April 6, 1:10 PM - 2:50 PM, Ballroom Salon 2, Lobby Level, Marriott

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AAG Awards LuncheonJoin colleagues and friends in honoring recipients of AAG Honors, Fellows, Specialty Group and other awards during the annual special luncheon.Sunday, April 7, 11:45 AM - 2:00 PM, Ballroom Salon 3, Lobby Level, Marriott

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Career Mentoring A—9:55-11:35 am in Wilson B, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Working Abroad: International Career Opportuni-ties for Geographers—12:40-2:20 pm in Wilson B, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

W1_8 Do Human Geographers Need Computational Thinking Skills—12:40-2:20 pm in Wilson C, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Career Paths in Climatology-Geography—2:35-4:15 pm in Wilson B, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

W1_2 Do Physical Geographers Need Computa-tional Thinking Skills—2:35-4:15 pm in Wilson C, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

W1_3 Writing Successfully for the Journal of Geog-raphy in Higher Education (JGHE)—2:35-4:15 pm in Marshall East, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Family, Life, and Work: Strike a Balance—4:30-6:10 pm in Wilson B, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Should I Hire a Geographer or a Computer Scientist for this Job?—4:30-6:10 pm in Wilson C, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Making the Better Teacher: Pre-Service Training and Current Teachers’ Professional Develop-ment—4:30-6:10 pm in Johnson, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

THURSDAY, APRIL 4

Alcohol and the Academy—8:00-9:40 am in Wilson B, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Geography Teacher Training and Proficiency in Geography Education—8:00-9:40 am in Wilson A, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Becoming Researchers: Negotiating Emotional/Affective Entanglements During the Early Stage of Fieldwork—8:00-9:40 am in Wilson C, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Digital Geographies Morning Networking Ses-sion—8:00-9:40 am in Washington 6, Marriott, Exhibition Level

Career Mentoring B—9:55-11:35 am in Wilson B, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Geography Research Showcase for Emerging Workforce Scholars Program—9:55-11:35 am in Wilson C, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Doing Fieldwork in Biogeography—9:55-11:35 am in 8222, Park Tower Suites, Marriott, Lobby Level

The Conversation Continues: Mental Wellbeing in Geography—9:55-11:35 am in Marshall East, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Location Intelligence: Business Geography Re-search and Applications 1—9:55-11:35 am in Stones Throw 3, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

The Academic Job Market for Geographers: Strat-egies for Improving Career Preparation—1:10-2:50 pm in Wilson B, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

W2_14 Networking: Promoting Yourself by Making Connections that Count—1:10-2:50 pm in Wilson C, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Teach the World, No Problem: Challenges to Teach-ing World Regional Geography in One Semes-ter—1:10-2:50 pm in 8228, Park Tower Suites, Marriott, Lobby Level

Initiative, Careers and Professional Development Proposal-Writing Strategies for the NSF Geography and Spatial Sciences Program 1—1:10-2:50 pm in Roosevelt 2, Marriott, Exhibition Level

Underrepresented Groups in Geography-Clima-tology—1:10-2:50 pm in Marshall East, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Location Intelligence: Business Geography Re-search and Applications 2—1:10-2:50 pm in Stones Throw 3, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

W2_2 How to Publish Your Remote Sensing Pa-per—3:05-4:45 pm in Johnson, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

W2_5 Finding Your Career Outside Academia I: A Workshop for Graduate Students—3:05-4:45 pm in Wilson B, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Geospatial Intelligence in Business—3:05-4:45 pm in Wilson C, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Powerful Geography: Research for the Next Gen-eration of Geography Standards—3:05-4:45 pm in Washington 6, Marriott, Exhibition Level

Geographers as Administrators in Higher Educa-tion—3:05-4:45 pm in Hoover, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Challenging Injustice and the Neoliberal Acade-my from Within: Ethical Considerations for the Every-day Work of Scholars—5:00-6:40 pm in Wilson A, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Exploring Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Oppor-tunities Within K12 School Settings—5:00-6:40 pm in Wilson C, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

FRIDAY, APRIL 5

Publishing in Geography Education Journals: Per-spectives from the Editors—8:00-9:40 am in Wilson B, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

And the Band Played On: Defeating Depression and the Imposter Syndrome in Academia—8:00-9:40 am in Wilson C, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

GEOINT in Practice—8:00-9:40 am in Lincoln 2, Marriott, Exhibition Level

Career Mentoring C—9:55-11:35 am in Wilson B, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

STEM Education Research Challenges and Op-portunities for Geographers: A Discussion with NSF—9:55-11:35 in Wilson C, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Reinstitutionalizing Equity (II): Work, Occupations and Technological Change—9:55-11:35 am in Mary-land B, Marriott, Lobby Level

Preparing Geographers for Government & Non-profit Careers—1:10-2:50 pm in Wilson B, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Mentoring the Next Generation of Indigenous Geographers—1:10-2:50 pm in Wilson A, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Learning Geography at/from/with HB-CUs—1:10-2:50 pm in Wilson C, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Proposal-Writing Strategies for the NSF Geography and Spatial Sciences Program 2—1:10-2:50 pm in Virginia C, Marriott, Lobby Level

Challenging Injustice and the Neoliberal Acade-my from Within: Ethical Considerations for the Every-day Work of Scholars—1:10-2:50 pm in 8228, Park Tower Suites, Marriott, Lobby Level

W3_2 Finding Your Career Outside Academia II: A Workshop for Graduate Students—3:05-4:45 pm in Wilson B, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Navigating the Field: Supporting Women in Geography Across SubDisciplines, 7th Annual Panel—3:05-4:45 pm in Wilson A, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Speed-Dating with an NSF Program Officer 1—3:05-4:45 pm in Virginia C, Marriott, Lobby Level

Applications of NASA Earth Observa-tions—5:00-6:40 pm in Wilson B, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Graduate Student Affinity Group Plenary—5:00-6:40 pm in Wilson A, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Working Smarter Not Harder-The Mysteries of Pub-lishing Unravelled by Regional Studies Association Editors—5:00-6:40 pm in Maryland B, Marriott, Lobby Level

SATURDAY, APRIL 6

Interdisciplinary Mentorship in Communities of Practice: Experiences, Best Practices, and Challenges—8:00-9:40 am in Washington 2, Marriott, Exhibition Level

Geographies of Work Beyond the ‘Proper Job’—9:55-11:35 am in Wilson C, Marriott, Mezzanine Level

Career MentoringWhether you’re looking for your first job, considering graduate school, or changing careers, the advice of a mentor can help prepare you for suc-cess in today’s competitive job mar-ket. The AAG has assembled a team of experienced geography profession-als, faculty members, and advanced students to provide one-on-one and small-group consultation about careers in a variety of industries and employment sectors. Topics for discussion might include creating re-sumes and cover letters that will grab an employer’s attention, finding jobs where you can put your geography skills and training to work, choosing a graduate program, developing your personal and professional networks, long-term career planning, and more. Career Mentoring sessions will take place April 3-6, each morning from 9:55-11:35 a.m. in Wilson B, Marriott, Mezzanine Level.

Job and Student Opportunities Postings

Each year, the Jobs & Careers Center features job postings and student op-portunities in all fields of geography. Attendees can browse the postings during the career mentoring sessions and or at any time during the confer-ence. Employers are also welcome to post printed ads for open positions within their organizations.

AAG Jobs & Careers Center — Activities and Resources