Annual Report of the Geographical Perspectives on Women Specialty Group
Association of American Geographers
October 2009
Submitted by
Melissa R. Gilbert
Department of Geography and Urban Studies
Temple University
I. MISSION STATEMENT
GPOW is dedicated to advancing feminist geography, including:
 the ways in which gender and other forms of social power are actualized in and
through space;
 feminist research methods in Geography; and
 issues related to gender and other kinds of power imbalances within the discipline
of Geography.
II. DUES
Regular Dues $10.00
Student Dues $0.00
III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2009-2010
Chair: Jennifer Mandel (09-10)
Microfinance Opportunities
Email: drjanek@slednam.com
Phone: 571 232-2203
Vice Chair: Deborah Thien (09-10)
Email: dthien@csulb.edu
Department of Geography, California State University, Long Beach
Phone: 562 985-7072
Past Chair: Melissa Gilbert (09-10)
Department of Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University
Email: mgilbert@temple.edu
Phone: 215 204-5482
Secretary: Tiffany Muller Myrdahl (08-10)
University of Lethbridge, Canada
Email: t.mullermyrdahl@uleth.ca
Phone: 403-317-5028
Treasurer: Risa Whitson (00-11)
Department of Geography, Ohio University
Email: whitson@ohio.edu
Phone: (740) 593-1140
Awards Co-Coordinator: Pratyusha Basu (09-10)
Department of Geography, University of South Florida
Email: pbasu@chuma1.cas.usf.edu
Phone: (813) 974-5511
Awards Co-Coordinator: Tiffany Muller Myrdahl (09-11)
University of Lethbridge, Canada
Email: t.mullermyrdahl@uleth.ca
Phone: 403-317-5028
AAG Liaison/International Liaison: Maria Fannin (08-10)
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, UK
Email: m.fannin@bristol.ac.uk
Phone: +44 117 928 8928
Student Representative: Destiny Aman (09-11)
Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University
Email: dda118@psu.edu
Student Representative: Kate Coddington Senner (09-11)
Department of Geography, Syracuse University
Email: kssenner@maxwell.syr.edu
Newsletter Editor: Jennifer McCormack
Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona
E-mail: jenmack@email.arizona.edu
Phone: (512) 970.7805
Webmaster: Amy Trauger
Department of Geography, University of Georgia
Email: atrauger@uga.edu
Phone: (706)542-2330
IV. ACCOMPLISHMENTS
GPOW Activities for the year July 2008 – June 2009
1. One newsletter was published in Fall 2008 (available on our website).
2. Our website was updated and maintained by Amy Trauger. Please visit at:
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/a/k/akt122/gpow/index.htm
3. We held a reception at the Fallout Art Gallery in Las Vegas in conjunction with
the annual AAG meeting. The reception celebrated thirteen new books published
during the year by feminist geographers, and was co-sponsored by Antipode. The
reception was a great success, with over 200 GPOW members and their friends
attending.
4. We sponsored 22 sessions at the annual meeting in Las Vegas.
5. Two paper awards, one dissertation proposal award and one service award were
presented to people for their work in feminist geography (see below).
6. We held a GPOW specialty group business meeting, as well as board meeting, at
the annual conference in Las Vegas.
7. We held elections at our specialty group business meeting (see below). We voted
to reorganize our board structure in order to facilitate continuity.
8. GPOW will have a board member ex-officio on the Committee on the Status of
Women in Geography. (This change has been approved by the committee on
committees.)
Awards 2009:
Janice Monk Service Award:
The Pennsylvania State University chapter of Supporting Women in Geography (SWIG) .
Glenda Laws Student Paper Awards:
Caroline Faria (Ph.D. student, University of Washington) "’Women Wa-yee!:’ Sudanese
Feminisms and the Politics of Unity"
Kate Coddington Senner (Ph.D. student, Syracuse University) "Alaskan Colonial
Legacies, Both Strange and Familiar: A Ghost Story"
Susan Hanson Dissertation Proposal Award
Holly Worthen (Ph.D. student, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) "Mexico's
‘New’ Rural Women: Gendered Labor and Formulations of Rural Citizenship"
V. MEMBERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION
GPOW currently has 558 members as tabulated by our list-serv membership, our mode of
communicating amongst members. Approximately 30 members attended the business
meeting in Las Vegas. See above accomplishments for participation in sessions and at
reception in Las Vegas.
VI. FINANCIAL REPORT
Submitted by Risa Whitson
March 26, 2009
Balance January 1, 2008
2008 Expenses
Awards:
Kate Driscoll Derickson (Glenda Laws graduate student)
Emma Crossley (Glenda Laws undergraduate student)
Maria Dolores Garcia-Ramon (Jan Monk Service Award)
Awards Luncheon (2 @ $45)
Reception:
Amir Caterers (caterer for reception)
Ecuentro5 (room rental for reception)
2008 Receipts
Contributions:
Emotion, Space and Society contribution to reception
SWG contribution to reception
Dues:
January 1 to December 31, 2008
Balance January 1, 2009
2009 Expenses
Awards:
Caroline Faria (Glenda Laws Award - grad student)
Kate Coddington Senner (Glenda Laws Award - grad student)
PSU-SWIG (Jan Monk Service Award)
Holly Worthen (Susan Hanson Proposal Award)
Awards Luncheon (3 @ $55)
Reception:
Catering (Fallout gallery)
Fallout (room rental for reception)
2009 Estimated receipts
Contributions:
Antipode contribution to reception (150 £)
Karen Morin contribution to reception
Projected Dues:
Received January 1 to February 28, 2009
Projected Dues March to December 2009
Projected Balance January 1, 2010
VII. Special Requests or Questions for Council
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