2020 HONORS & AWARDS CEREMONY
The American Geographical Society (AGS) is a 21st century learning society dedicated to the advancement of geo-graphic thinking, knowledge, and understanding across business, government, academe, social sectors, and most importantly with teachers and students. Established in 1851, AGS is the oldest professional geographical organization in the United States. It is recognized worldwide as a pioneer in geographical research and education for over 169 years.
The mission of AGS is to advance and promote geography in business, government, science, and education. Our goal is to enhance the nation’s geographic literacy so as to engender sound public policy, national security, and human well-being worldwide. AGS seeks to engage the American public, from its youngest to its oldest citizens, with new and amazing ways to understand and characterize our changing world. The Society maintains its headquarters in New York City.
2020 MEDAL RECIPIENTS & CITATIONS
2019 WRIGLEY FAIRCHILD AWARD RECIPIENT
The Wrigley-Fairchild Prize was established in 1994 as a way to promote scholarly writing among new scholars. The prize is given every year to the author of the best article by an early-career scholar published in the most recent three volumes of the Geographic Review. It is named for two storied editors of the journal, Gladis Wrigley and Wilma Fairchild, whose combined editorships covered 60 years of publication.
Dr. Cynthia Gorman, Assistant Professor at the Department of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University, has been selected to receive the eighth Wrigley-Fairchild Prize for her Geographical Review Journal article, Singled Out: Scaling Violence and Social Groups as Legal Borderwork in U.S. Asylum Law.