Webinar: Encroachment or Opportunity? Geography in a World of Interdisciplinary Programs
Date and Time: Friday, October 23, 2020 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm U.S. Eastern Time
What are the opportunities and challenges faced by geography departments among a growing number of interdisciplinary programs in closely related fields, such as Environmental Studies, Global and International Studies, GIScience, Urban Studies, Geosciences, Environmental Science and Sustainability Studies? Sometimes geographers have built alliances with nearby disciplines, in others competition has ensued. These issues have led to questions about rebranding, renaming, merging or blending geography with other programs. These four geography leaders have faced these questions as academic leaders in a range of universities.
This leadership series webinar features Grant Saff, Melissa Gilbert, Kavita Pandit, and Hengchun Ye and will be coordinated with the joint, virtual Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference and Middle Atlantic regional AAG meeting. It was originally held and recorded on Oct. 23, 2020.
Grant Saff
Hofstra University
Melissa Gilbert
Temple University
Kavita Pandit
Georgia State University
Hengchun (Haley) Ye
California State University, Los Angeles
Grant Saff Hofstra University
Grant Saff is Professor of Geography in the Department of Global Studies and Geography at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. There, he designed the Global Studies Program and became its first director in 2006 and he has chaired the Department of Global Studies and Geography since 2008.
Melissa Gilbert Temple University
Melissa Gilbert chairs the Geography and Urban Studies Department at Temple University in Philadelphia and directs the Center for Sustainable Communities. Her department offers interdisciplinary degrees, accelerated degrees and certificates.
Kavita Pandit Georgia State University
Kavita Pandit a Past President of the AAG, is currently Senior Advisor to the Provost for Faculty Affairs at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Kavita has also served as Associate Provost for International Education at the University of Georgia; Senior Vice Provost for the State University of New York; Associate Dean of University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; and head of the Department of Geography at the University of Georgia.
Hengchun (Haley) Ye California State University, Los Angeles
Hengchun (Haley) Ye is currently Associate Dean of the College of Natural and Social Sciences at California State University Los Angeles, where she previously served as Chair of the Department of Geosciences and Environment.
Encroachment or Opportunity? Geography in a World of Interdisciplinary Programs
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Date and Time: Friday, October 23, 2020 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm U.S. Eastern Time
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