PGSG Award Information

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY AWARDS

Julian Minghi Outstanding Research Award:

2012 Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech and Carl Dahlman Miami (OH) University, Bosnia Remade: Ethnic Cleansing and its Reversal
2011 Matthew Hannah, Aberystwyth University
Dark Territory in the Information Age: Learning from the West German Census Controversies of the 1980s (Ashgate)
2010 Stuart Elden, Durham University
Terror and Territory: The Spatial Extent of Sovereignty (University of Minnesota Press)
2009 Rachel Pain, Durham University and Susan Smith, Durham University
Fear: Critical Geopolitics and Everyday Life. (Ashgate)
2008 Derek Gregory, University of British Columbia and Allan Pred, University of California at Berkeley
Violent Geographies: Fear, Terror, and Political Violence (Routledge)
2007 none
2006 James Tyner, Kent State University
Iraq, Terror and the Philippines’ Will to War (Rowman & Littlefield)
2005 Lynn Staeheli, Linda Peake, and Eleonore Kofman
Mapping Women, Making Politics: Feminist Perspectives on Political Geography (Routledge)

Stanley D. Brunn Young Scholar Award: 

2012 Alex Jeffery, Newcastle University
2011 Carl Dahlman, Miami University of Ohio
2010 Alison Mountz, Syracuse University
2009 Dave Janssen, Uppsala University
2008 Nick Megoran, Newcastle University
2007 Anna Secor, University of Kentucky
2006 Jason Dittmer, Georgia Southern University
2005 Deborah Martin, Clark University

Richard Morrill Public Outreach Award:

2012 Frank Jacobs, New York Times Borderlines Blog
2011 Jason Dittmer, University College, London
2010 Joseph Nevins, Vassar College
2009 Steven Graves, California State University, Northridge
2008 Klaus Dodds, Royal Holloway, University of London
2007 Jerry Webster, University of Wyoming
2006 Sarah Elwood, University of Arizona
2005 David Newman Ben Gurion University

Dissertation Enhancement Award:

2012 Nicholas Crane, The Ohio State University
2011 None
2010 Richelle Bernazzoli, University of Illinois
2009 Joomi Lee, University of Texas-Austin; Afton Clarke-Sather, University of Colorado
2008 Sara Koopman, University of British Columbia
2007 Sara Smith, University of Arizona
2006 Reece Jones, University of Wisconsin at Madison
2005 Marco Antonsich, University of Colorado
2004 Mark Pendras, Rutgers University
2003 Gabriel Popescu, Florida State University
2002 Brennan Kraxberger, University of Iowa

PhD Student Paper Award:

2012 Kean Fan Lim, University of British Columbia and Natalie Koch, University of Colorado
2011 Nancy Hiemstra, Syracuse University
2010 Kyle Walker, University of Minnesota; Sandra Zupan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Joomi Lee, University of Texas
2009 Keith Lindner, Syracuse University
2008 Kara Dempsey, University of Wisconsin at Madison; Erinn Nicely, University of Illinois
2007 Tristan Sturm, UCLA
2006 Adam Moore, University of Wisconsin at Madison
2005 Reece Jones, University of Wisconsin at Madison
2004 Marco Antonsich, University of Colorado
2003 Daniel Trudeau, University of Colorado
2002 Jacquie Housel, SUNY-Buffalo and Gabriel Popescu, Florida State University

MA/MS Student Paper Award:

2012 Kyle Loewen, Rutgers University
2011 Michael Husebo, Georgia State University
2010 Chelsea Hanchett, Penn St.
2009 none
2008 none
2007 Ted Holland University of Colorado; Sara Koopman, University of British Columbia (honorable mention)

BA/BS Student Paper Award:

2011 George Rahi, University of British Columbia
2010 none
2009 Amerita Ravuvu, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Past PGSG Presidents:

2010-11 Jason Dittmer, University College, London
2008-09 Fiona Davidson, University of Arkansas
2006-07 Shannon O’Lear, University of Kansas
2004-05 Phil Steinberg, Florida State University
2002-04 Meghan Cope, SUNY-Buffalo

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