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Sign-up for World Geography Bowl!
There is still time to sign-up for World Geography Bowl! This year we are going to deploy a strategy that SWAAG uses, allowing schools to go head-to-head. Don’t have colleagues from your school to form a team? No problem! There will be several super teams formed in addition to the school teams. We currently have teams from the University of Mary Washington, University of Florida, University of North Alabama, and University of Kentucky, as well as a Tennessee-Virginia Super Team. Sign up using the Google form today – https://forms.gle/LdoJXSGCUggDBbui8
There will be onsite registration beginning at 11am in Regency C on Sunday morning. If you want to register onsite, come to sign-up no later than 11:15am, so that we can finalize the teams before the start of the event.
Dawn M. Drake, PhD
Assistant Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Director of Online Programs
Department of Geography & Environmental Sustainability
University of Oklahoma
100 E. Boyd St.
Room 630
Norman, OK 73019
405-325-5325
2024 World Geography Bowl Sign-ups
Students should use this form to self-register to play in the Round Robin competition of World Geography Bowl on Sunday November 24th during the Annual SEDAAG meeting in Greenville, SC. If you are from one of the states below, please reach out to the coordinator for your state directly to get signed up. Sign-ups will remain open until Wednesday November 20th at 11:59pm CT. After that you will need to sign-up onsite the day of the competition, space permitting.
State Coordinators:
Alabama – Matthew Balentine (mdbalentine@una.edu)
Florida – Audrey Smith (audreyculver@ufl.edu)
Kentucky – Sarah Fogel (shfo224@uky.edu)
Virginia – Dawn Bowen (dbowen@umw.edu) or Joe Nicholas (jnichola@umw.edu)
If you have any questions, email SEDAAG Bowl Director, Dawn Drake at dmdrake@ou.edu
SEDAAG wins Bowl at AAG
Congratulations to the SEDAAG World Geography Bowl Team who won a well-fought battle with Middle States to become the 2024 World Geography Bowl champs! Our two undergrads, Alex Perry from Georgia Southern University and Kaleb Dunlap from University of Mary Washington tied for 6th place in the individual rankings and all 6 players scored in the top 25 for individual rankings.
Team members include:
Kaleb Dunlap, University of Mary Washington
Seth Kannarr, University of Tennessee – Knoxville
Alex Perry, Georgia Southern University
Audrey Smith, University of Florida
Jessica Striley, University of Florida
Jack Swab, University of Kentucky
Also thanks to volunteers from the SEDAAG region:
Question writers: Thomas Bell, Dennis Edgell, Peggy Gripshover, Joshua Brian Hodge, Jeff Neff, Caleb Smith, and Chase Womack
Moderator – Paul McDaniel
Judges – Joshua Brian Hodge and Chase Womack
And especially to Lee Nolan and Jamison Conley who stayed awake until almost 4am ET to be our Master Scorekeepers!
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Southeastern Geographer 8th Annual Cover Art Photo Contest
See the entries here and vote: https://msuas.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dcGgLZihe04aJjo
Each issue of the Southeastern Geographer includes a front-cover photograph of the American South by a SEDAAG member accompanied by a short essay. As part of its annual photo contest, the Southeastern Geographer will hold a virtual photo contest to select potential covers for its four issues. The photos will be displayed on the SEDAAG Website and voted on by conference attendees via a Google Form. Attendees will be asked to vote by midnight on Sunday, November 19th. The results will be announced at the SEDAAG Awards Ceremony.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 SEDAAG Mini-grant competition for Ph.D. student members.
Recipients will receive a $500 grant for dissertation-related expenses and are requested to present the results of their work at the Norfolk meeting (November 19-20)
Robert Gudia, University of South Carolina
Rachel Arney, University of Georgia
Greg Carlton, UNC Greensboro
Reagan Yessler, University of Tennessee
Jack Swab, University of Kentucky
Southeastern Geographer given an Impact Factor!
Dear Friends of Southeastern Geographer,
It is with great pleasure to announce that beginning fall 2023, Southeastern Geographer will receive an impact factor. Since its inception in 1961, the flagship journal of the Southeastern Division of the American Association of Geographers (SEDAAG) has published research on a wide variety of topics relating to the American South. Contributing authors have represented researchers from all career stages ranging from emerging to senior scholars. We are hopeful that with the inclusion of an impact factor, more scholars will consider Southeastern Geographer as a potential publication outlet.
This milestone for Southeastern Geographer reflects a collective effort including the contributions of the past and present editorial teams, long-term support from SEDAAG, scholarly contributions from authors, and thoughtful feedback from reviewers. Finally, the University of North Carolina Press has been an advocate of Southeastern Geographer and was an influential actor in the decision to receive an impact factor.
We look forward to receiving your scholarly work in the upcoming year as the journal continues to publish interesting and timely articles about the geography of the American South.
Kind Regards,
Selima Sultana and Paul Knapp
Co-Editors, Southeastern Geographer
Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability
University of North Carolina Greensboro
Congratulations to the 2020 SEDAAG Award Winners!
2020 Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. James Campbell, Virginia Tech
2020 Outstanding Service Award
Dr. Katherine Hankins, Georgia State University
2020 Excellence in Teaching Award
Dr. Robert Oliver, Virginia Tech
Doctoral Student Paper Winner
Yasin Wahid Rabby, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Title: “Exploring the effects of Mahalanobis distance-based absence data sampling method on the landslide susceptibility mapping”
Master’s Student Paper Winner
Reagan Yessler, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Title: “Talking Back”: Louise Jefferson’s Life and Legacy of Counter-Mapping”
Master’s Student Poster Winner
Yvonne Marsan, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Title: “Changing Landscapes in the South, 1970 – 2020:
Emergence of Asian Indian Temples and Sanctuaries in North Carolina”
Undergraduate Poster Competition (Tie)
Lilian Hutchens, University of South Carolina
Title: “Improving Conservation Planning for the Congaree Biosphere Reserve”
– and –
Sierra Moore, Conservation Management Institute, Virginia Tech
Title: “Effects of Clearing Linear Features through Forest Patches in WV and VA”
Southeastern Geographer Best Paper Award
Evaluating Exposure to Coastal Hazards in the Supervised Offender Population Using Social Disorganization Theory. Ashleigh Price, David M. Cochran Jr, George Raber, Joshua Hill. Southeastern Geographer, Volume 60, Number 3, Fall 2020, pp. 215-234 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sgo.2020.0018
Southeastern Geographer Cover Art Contest Winners (Tie)
A. (Alex) Cooper, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
– and –
Caleb Smith, Jones College
World Geography Bowl Student Winners
5th Place, Kyler Stanley, Virginia Tech
4th Place, Thomas Vogel, East Carolina University
3rd Place, Sarah VanSchoick, University of Florida
2nd Place, Peter Forister, Virginia Tech
1st Place and Most Valuable Player, Nicholas Grondin, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2020 Election Results
The 2020 SEDAAG election results are here:
Vice President: Jennifer Rahn
Secretary: Craig Ramseyer
GA Rep: Eric Spears
MS Rep: Brian Williams
NC Rep: Sarah Praskievicz
TN Rep: Ingrid Luffman
VA Rep: Anamaria Bukvic
Congratulations!!
Newly elected officers will take charge immediately after the 2020 SEDAAG Virtual Meeting.
Congratulations to all elected officials.