At the invitation of the College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Professor Ken Foote, former president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), will come to our college to conduct academic exchange and give an online academic report on March 10th, 2022. Welcome!

Speaker: Ken Foote, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Connecticut

Titles:

1. Discipline-wide efforts of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) to improve professional development for graduate students, early career faculty and department leaders;

2. AAG programs to advance research and its members.

Host: Professor He Chansheng

Time: March 10th, 2022,9:00 am

Report Information: Zoom ID: 722 454 7595； Password: 123456；

Linkage:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7224547595

Expert Profile:

Dr. Foote is a professor of geography at the University of Connecticut where he also directs the Urban and Community Studies Program. He is a past president and fellow of the American Association of Geographers AAG (2010-11) and a past president of the U.S. National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) (2006). His work focuses on urban applications of geographic information systems and data visualization, historical preservation, heritage tourism, and the commemorative landscapes of the U.S. and Europe. Among his books are Shadowed Ground: America's Landscapes of Violence and Tragedy (2003), and Aspiring Academics: A Resource Book for Graduate Students and Early Career Faculty (2009). Dr. Foote has also worked to improve professional development opportunities for early-career geographers as well as for department leaders. He has received major national and international awards for his research, teaching, mentoring, and service from the AAG, NCGE, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, and the Royal Geographical Society of the United Kingdom.