Chancellor's Prof. @UTKGeography Former Pres @theAAG Memory, Race, Social Justice, Naming, Mapping,Tourism, SE USA https://xitter.cf/t.co/EzGTdFuPQG https://xitter.cf/t.co/q1W6LGWZit
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How Malachi Suarez Removed His School’s Racist Name fresnoalliance.com/how-malac…
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Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day!
Today and every day, The King Center honors the rich histories, vibrant cultures, and vital contributions of Indigenous communities. As we work toward building the #BelovedCommunity, we recognize that true peace and justice cannot exist without actively advocating for Indigenous rights.
#IndigenousPeoplesDay #MLK #IndigenousRights #WorldHouse
From jargon to impact: Teaching undergraduates the art of public communication. How @ConversationUS can support authentic learning and help them become civic storytellers. We highlight our article in Professional Geographer @theAAG in the national blog theconversation.com/from-jar…
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Alabama Makes State Workers Say ‘Gulf of America.’ Colleges Aren’t Spared.
Republican lawmakers say faculty can only call it the Gulf of Mexico for “historical purposes” in academic courses. Journalists are constrained by the restriction, too. bit.ly/4i8ICY0
ALT A photo illustration of an old map of the southern United States of America including the gulf. It has “Mexico” crossed out and the replaced text now reads “Gulf of America.”
Santa Barbara City Council voted to rename Calle Cesar Chavez to Limwu Street, honoring the Chumash Native American territory the coastal street sits on with a word that means “in the sea.” newspress.com/2026/10/01/chu…
Shenandoah County School Board must remove Confederate generals' names from two schools even while the board appeals judge's decision. The injunction orders the board to adopt new names "on a racially nondiscriminatory basis with all speed." nvdaily.com/nvdaily/judge-sc… via @nvdaily
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“The biggest thing is informational interviewing. Talk to people, find out what they do and find out if that’s a good fit for you.” Michael Camponovo at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, shares more advice and defines what outreach should mean: buff.ly/NgQxTnL
ALT AAG Career Profile highlighting Michael Camponovo, with a headshot and a quote about the importance of informational interviewing; lists his role as GIS Outreach Coordinator and Director of the GIST Program at University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
.@CNN @nprpolitics @WashPost @nytimes Past op-ed @thehill rings true today as President pushes for name on Kennedy Center. @R_RoseRedwood and I argue: America’s place names should not be bargaining chips for personal glorification and political leverage thehill.com/opinion/white-ho…
.@theAAG @UTKGeography No map alone can change people's attitudes, but Equal Earth endorsed by @UN may make it easier to teach, broadcast and discuss different view of Africa & its global prominence. Grateful to collaborate w/ @jswab_geog & @TC_Africa theconversation.com/new-worl…
Hello Equal Earth. What the @UN vote to move beyond the Mercator projection means for changing education, navigation and public perception. Thanks @Nature for chance to contribute. Honored to share space with one of my favorite scientists @deepseadawn nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
.@theAAG @AmericanGeo @CanGeo CNA Explains: Lake America to Department of War – Trump-era name changes and why they matter. Thanks @ChannelNewsAsia for chance to contribute channelnewsasia.com/world/tr…
Grateful to @JGHE_Journal for chance to honor memory of Dr. Sarah Bednarz @theAAG with a call to build 'infrastructires of care & collaboration' between critical geographers & USA K-12 educators working under pressure of state censorship & curricular injustices. @ArtsSciencesUT – at Kensington, London
Celebrating the @JGHE_Journal 50th anniversary with an excellent lecture on place naming from @MLKStreet @RGS_IBG #ac2026
.@theAAG Trump floats renaming Strait of Hormuz after himself. In the words of my brilliant colleague @R_RoseRedwood @UVicGeog the "toponymic narcissism" madly continues. I worry about this narcissism working against socially responsible naming. thehill.com/homenews/adminis…
Trump’s Lake Ontario bluster: Why treating his sovereignty threats as a joke is dangerous
theconversation.com/trumps-l… – at Kensington, London
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“When it’s too tough for everyone else, it’s just right for me.” — Wendell Scott 🏁
Celebrating the birthday of a true pioneer and NASCAR legend. His drive changed motorsports forever and continues to power our mission today. #WendellScott #NASCAR #LegacyInAction
.@UTKGeography Proud that geographers @theAAG able to to speak about the financial, procedural, cultural, and geopolitical costs of renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America. Honored to team w/ @R_RoseRedwood. Potentially good classroom video for @NCSSNetwork
nbclosangeles.com/video/news… – at Alcoa, TN
It's finally time to change Ottawa's Trump Avenue, councillor says, reviving a 2021 public debate and failed attempt to remove the name. Things different in light of US-Canada trade war and threat from POTUS to rename Lake Ontario
cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ti…
.@GeoNamesCanada @CNN @nprnews Renaming Lake Ontario is an absurd proposal & threat, but it carries material & social consequences, even if name change never happens. Our place names should be shared democratic resources not pawns in trade war usatoday.com/story/news/poli…
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It’s hard to imagine many people having a bigger impact than Dolly Parton. Born in a one-room cabin, she earned 11 Grammys and an Emmy, built a business empire, helped millions of kids learn to read, and — as if that wasn’t enough — helped accelerate the research that led to the Moderna COVID vaccine. What a life. Michelle and I are thinking of Dolly’s family and her many, many fans.
Breaking News: Dolly Parton, the country singer, songwriter, entertainer and entrepreneur known for her outsize persona and prodigious vision and talent that placed her in a class by herself, has died at 80. nyti.ms/45Prr77
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"Place names are quite important to people's identity as well as key resources in educating our youth and being key parts of treaties, policy documents and maps used for a variety of economic and political activities."
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