Presidential Musings from the Meridian: Reflections on the Nature of Geography

Susan Cutter, Janice Monk, and M. Duane Nellis
276pp
PB 978-0-937058-89-3:

Summary

For decades, presidents of the Association of American Geographers have written insightful columns in the AAG Newsletter. One of the most popular sections of the newsletter, these columns illustrate the changes and consistencies of geography over the past thirty-four years. They offer an insight into the past of the geography discipline and a broader perspective on the future. Previously inaccessible even to most professional geographers, the Presidential Columns will now be available in Presidential Musings from the Meridian: Reflections of the Nature of Geography.

Foreword
Douglas Richardson
Cahpter 1: Introduction
M. Duane Nellis, Janice Monk, and Susan Cutter
Chapter 2: Beginings 1967-1983
- Clyde F. Kohn
  March 1967
- John R. Borchert
  November 1968
- Wilbur Zelinsky
  October 1972
- Wilbur Zelinsky
  Febuary 1973
- Wilbur Zelinsky
  April 1973
- James J. Parsons
  October 1974
- Marvin W. Mikesell
  Ocober 1975
- Melvin G. Marcus
  June-July 1978
- Brian J. L. Berry
  August-September 1978
- John Fraser Hart
  August-September 1979
- Nicholas Helburn
  April 1981
- Richard L. Morrill
  August 1981
- John S. Adams
  March 1983
- Peirce F. Lewis: A Call to Action
  December 1983
- Peirce F. Lewis: Geographers and the American Press
  March 1984
Chapter 3: Gographic Education
- Ronald Ambler: Of Basketball Coaches and Geography
  March 1986
- Susan Hanson: A Valedictory Forbidding Mourning
  June 1986
- Susan Hanson: A New Year's Resolution
  June 1986
- Susan Hanson: Enhancing Undergraduate Geography
  Febuary 1991
- Thomas Wilbanks
  August 1992
- Steve Birdsall
  August 1994
- Patricia Gobber: The Community Callege Juggernaut
  December 1997
- Reginald G. Golledge: Community Outreach
  October 1999
- Alexander B. Murphy: An Imperative (And an Opportunity) for Geographic Education
  September 2003
Chapter 4: Career Preparation and Alternative Professional Paths
- Ronald Abler
  August 1985
- Robert Kates
  July 1993
- Lawrence A. Brown: Reaching in
  March 1997
- Patricia Gober: Rethinking PhD Education in Geography
  September 1997
- Will Graf: Not Cluless, Just Skill-less
  January 1999
- Janice Monk: Valuing Service
  July 2001
- Janice Monk: Changing Careers
  March 2002
- M. Duane Nellis: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries—Missionary Geographers
  November 2002
Chapter 5: Creating and Maintaining Stong and Healthy Departments
- Risa Palm
  March 1985
- Russ Mather
  December 1991
- Stephen Birdsall
  December 1994
- Stephen Birdsall
  May 1995
- Judy Olson: Evil (?) Administrators
  September 1995
- Pat Gober: Grassroots Leadership
  July 1997
- Reginald G. Golledge: Some Basic Survival Skills in the Academic Jungle
  November 1999
- M. Duane Nellis: The Successful Geography Department
  August 2002
Chapter 6: Diversity Issues
- Risa Palm
  October 1984
- Risa Palm
  Febuary 1985
- Susan Hanson: Musings on Multiculteralism
  Novermber 1990
- Judy Olson: Feedback on Affirmative Action vs. Privacy
  Febuary 1996
- Reginald G. Golledge: Using our Human Resources
  August 1999
- Janice Monk: Who's Teaching Whom? And How?
  April 2002
Chapter 7: The Professional Society
- I.M. Moodree (George Demko)
  April 1987
- Terry G. jordan: Priorities
  August 1987
- David Ward
  August 1988
- David Ward
  October 1988
- Judy Olson: Regional Division Meetings
  January 1996
- Judy Olson: Annual Meeting Sessions
  April 1996
- Lawrence A. Brown: Continuity and Change: Geographical Societies in the Mid to Late 1800s
  January 1997
- Janice Monk: Family Reunions and international Relations
  August 2001
- Alexander B. Murphy: What if There Were No AAG?
  April 2004
Chapter 8: International Relations and Issues
- Ron Abler: Is Geography Losing its Birthright?
  January 1986
- Saul B. Cohen: Think Globally, Act Globally
  December 1989
- Saul B. Cohen: Seeking Opportunities for Regional Geography
  March 1990
- Thomas J. Wilbanks
  January 1993
- Janice Monk: Enlarging World Views in and Through Geography
  January 2001
- M. Duane Nellis: One Year Later: Geography's Role in international Education
  September 2002
- Alexander B. Murphy: Rethinking the Place of Regional Geography
  October 2003
Chapter 9: Disciplinary Directions
- I.M. Moodree (George Demko)
  January 1987
- Susan Hanson: Geographers and Environment
  May 1991
- Susan Hanson: On Staying Connected
  June-July 1991
- Thomas J. Wilbanks
  October 1992
- Larry Brown: The "G" in GIS—Getting Right
  September 1996
- Larry Brown: Continuity and Change
  October 1996
- Pat Gober: Compartmentalization of Geography
  August 1997
- Pat Gober: Compartmentalization of Geography II
  January 1998
- Will Graf: Why Physical Geographers Whine so Much
  August 1998
- Will Graf: Geographers' Too Small World
  October 1998
- Reginald G. Golledge: Moving On Up To "The Big Time?"
  May 2000
- Susan Cutter: Why Didn't Geographers Map the Human Genome?
  September 2000
- M. Duane Nellis: Millennials, Geography, and Futuer Worlds
  October 2002
- M. Duane Nellis: Geographic Information Technologies and Future Geography
  May 2003
Chapter 10: Geography and Public Policy
- Saul B. Cohen: A Time for Geography To Speak Out on Important Issues
  January 1990
- Thomas J. Wilbanks
  December 1992
- Bob Kates
  May 1994
- Will Graf: How Geographers Can Connect With Policy Makers
  November 1998
- Susan Cutter: Taking Some of the Ivory out of the Ivory Tower
  March 2001
- Alexander B. Murphy: Geography in an Uncertain World
  July-August 2003
- Alexander B. Murphy: Enhancing Geography's Role in Public Debate
  December 2003
Chapter 11: National Visibility and the Public Role of Geography
- Ronald Ambler: Of Levers and Geographers
  December 1985
- I.M. Moodree (George Demko)
  October 1986
- I.M. Moodree (George Demko)
  March 1987
- Terry G. Jordan: Critical Mass
  March 1988
- Terry G. Jordan: Anti-Intellectualism
  June 1988
- Saul B. Cohen: The Nineties: Opportunity to Attract a New Generation of Intellectual Elite
  February 1990
- Thomas J. Wilbanks
  November 1992
- Larry Brown: Continuity and Change
  June 1997
- Reginald G. Golledge: NEVER Be Ashamed of Bing a Geographer
  June 2000
- Susan Cutter: Bring Geography Back to Harvard and Yale and...
  October 2000
Chapter 12: Ethical Issues
- Robert Kates: What Will You Do When Hate Hits Your Campus
  October 1993
- Bob Kates
  February 1994
- Stephen Birdsall
  September 1994
- Stephen Birdsall
  February 1995
- Will Graf: Fakery in the Publications Game
  April 1999
- Susan Cutter: Bigbrother's New Handheld
  May 2001
Chapter 13: Humorous Musings
- Bob Kates
  November 1993
- Ron Abler: Five Steps to Oblivion, II
  January 2000
- Susan Cutter: Steps to Ensure an Unsuccessful Personnel Search
  November 2000
Chapter 14: Concluding Thoughts
- M. Duane Nellis, Janice Mok, and Susan Cutter
- Judy Olson: Feedback and Farewell
  June 1996
Chapter 15: Biographical Sketches
- Ronald F. Abler
- John S. Adams
- Brian J.L. Berry
- Stephen S. Birdsall
- John R. Borchert
- Lawrence A. Brown
- Saul B. Cohen
- Susan L. Cutter
- George J. Demko
- Patricia Gober
- Reginald G. Golledge
- William L. Graf
- Susan Hanson
- John Fraser Hart
- Nicholas Helburn
- Terry G. Jorder-Bychkov
- Rpbert W. Kates
- Clyde F. Kohn
- Peirce Lewis
- Melvin G. Marcus
- John Russel Mather
- Marvin W. Mikesell
- Janice Jones Monk
- Richard Morrill
- Alexander B. Murphy
- M. Duane Nellis
- Judy M. Olson
- Risa Palm
- James J. Parsons
- Thomas J. Wilbanks
- David Ward
- Wilbur Zelinsky

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