Population Specialty Group (PSG)
of the American Association of Geographers
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 Mission
Statement
Board of Directors
Bylaws
PSG Newsletters
Student
Paper Competitions
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Mission Statement
The purpose of the Population Specialty Group is to (a) to promote research, teaching and service in the general field of population geography; (b) to stimulate the exchange of information among members of PSG; (c) to encourage the development of population geography as a science and a profession; and (d) to develop close relations and interchange with other sciences, especially those dealing with population.
Board of Directors
| Immediate Past-President | Wei Li (Arizona State University) |
| President | Suzanne Davies-Withers (University of Washington) |
| Vice President | Emily Skop (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs) |
| Secretary-Treasurer | Valerie Ledwith (National University of Ireland, Galway) |
| Member at Large | Jamie Goodwin-White (University College Dublin) |
| Member at Large | Max Lu (Kansas State University) |
| Member at Large | Micheline van Riemsdijk (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville) |
| Chair, Student Paper Competition | Ellen Percy-Kraly (Colgate University) |
| Newsletter Editor | Arnisson Andre C. Ortega (University of Washington) |
Bylaws
- Current (.pdf document)
- Previous Bylaws
PSG Newsletters
- Winter 2010 (.pdf document)
- Spring 2009 (.pdf document)
- Fall 2008 (.pdf document)
- Spring 2008 (.pdf document)
- Fall 2007 (.pdf document)
- Spring 2007 (.pdf document)
- Spring 2006 (.pdf document)
- Fall 2005 (.pdf document)
- Summer 2005 (.pdf document)
- Spring 2005 (.pdf document)
- Spring 2004 (.pdf document)
- Fall 2003 (.pdf document)
- Spring 2003 (.pdf document)
- Fall 2002 (.pdf document)
- Spring 2002 (.pdf document)
- Fall 2001 (.pdf document)
- Spring 2000
- Spring 1999
- Fall 1998
- Spring 1998
- Fall 1997
Student Paper Competition
Chair: Ellen Percy-Kraly (Colgate University)
The Population Specialty Group is pleased to announce the Annual Student Paper Competition. The specifics of the PSG Student Paper Award are as follows:
- Submit an extended abstract of approximately 1000 words to Ellen Percy-Kraly via e-mail (EKraly@mail.colgate.edu) by September 16, 2007.
- The PSG Student Paper Award Committee will select between 4 and 10 papers for the competition by the AAG paper submission deadline (October 13, 2007). Papers selected for the competition will be placed in 1 or 2 PSG-sponsored sessions and the authors will have their registration fees reimbursed by the PSG ($125 in 2005).
- Final drafts of papers are due to Ellen Percy-Kraly via e-mail (EKraly@mail.colgate.edu) by February 1, 2008.
- The PSG Student Paper Award Committee will make a decision based primarily on the quality of the written paper and secondarily on the quality of the presentation. The PSG will offer prizes for first ($300), second ($200), and third ($100) place. Winners will be announced at the PSG Specialty Group Business Meeting. To be eligible for the award competitors must present the paper at the AAG and attend the PSG Specialty Group Business Meeting.
Previous Awards
2007 Student Paper:
Clark L. Gray, Rural Out-Migration to Alternative Destinations in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes: The Roles of Environmental Assets and Livelihood Diversification (.pdf document)
Links to Related Sites
- Association of American Geographers
- Population Association of America
- Royal Geographic Society/Institute of British Geographers Population Geography Research Group
- Population Space and Place
PSG members can subscribe to this population geography journal at a reduced rate. Download the Subscription Form (.pdf document) for details
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