Dr. Marie Price

Marie Price is the President of the American Geographical Society (2016- present) and Professor of Geography and International Affairs of the George Washington University. A Latin American and migration specialist, her studies have explored human migration’s impact on development and social change, especially at the urban scale. In terms of policy, she is interested on strategies that promote migrant inclusion as well as the use of geographic sciences and technologies to address inequality and promote development. She is co-author of two leading textbooks in world geography: Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment and Development, 7th edition (2018, Pearson) and Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World, 6th edition (2020, Pearson). She is the co-editor of the monograph (Un)Settled Sojourners in Cities: Challenges of “Temporariness” among Migrants and Asylum Seekers (2023, Routledge). She is currently funded by the NSF for research on the US Mexican Border in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in a project titled “Geographies of Migration and (In)Security”. And, she is a co-author on a report issued by the Organization of American States in 2023 on the role of local authorities in the reception and integration of immigrants and refugees in cities across the Americas.