Keynote Sessions

2017 Western Lakes Division of the American Association of Geographers (WLAAG) Annual Meeting will have two keynote sessions

The afternoon luncheon keynote address on Friday, October 20 will be delivered by Dr. Daniel Sui.

Dr. Daniel SuiDaniel Sui is an Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor and Professor of Geography, Public Affairs, Public Health and Urban/Regional Planning at the Ohio State University (OSU). Since July 2016, he has been on an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) assignment to serve as the Division Director for Social and Economic Sciences (SES) at the U.S. National Science Foundation. Prior his current appointment, Daniel Sui served as Chair of Geography (2011-2015) and as Director of the Center for Urban & Regional Analysis (CURA) (2009-2012) at OSU. Before joining the faculty of OSU in July 2009, he was a professor of geography (1993-2009) and holder of the Reta A. Haynes endowed chair (2001-2009) at Texas A&M University. He holds a BS (1986) and MS (1989) from Peking University and PhD from University of Georgia (1993). His research current interests cover issues related to robust and reliable practices in spatially integrated social sciences and humanities, human dynamics in smart & connected cities, location-based social media, open/alternative GIS, Deep Web/Darknet and legal/ethical issues of using geospatial technology in society. Daniel Sui was a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow, 2006 winner of the Michael Breheny Prize for best paper in Environment and Planning, 2014 Google Faculty Fellow and 2014 recipient of the distinguished scholar award from the Association of American Geographers. Sui was also the 2015 Public Policy Scholar in residence at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He served on the U.S. National Mapping Science Committee for two terms (2007-2013) and served as editor-in-chief for GeoJournal between 2007 and 2017. More information about Sui’s current research can be found at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel_Sui.

Dr. Julie CidellThe dinner keynote address on Friday, October 20 will be delivered by Dr. Julie Cidell, associate professor in the department of geography and geographic information science. Dr. Cidell is currently treasurer of the American Association of Geographers. She was editorial board member of The Professional Geographer and Journal of Transport Geography. She has served as chair of the transportation geography specialty group and been on the board of urban geography specialty group, the California geographical society, Margaret Trussell Scholarship Committee of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers among others.

Dr. Cidell has refereed over 25 journals in geography and related fields; has been a reviewer and/or panelist for National Science Foundation and equivalent organizations in the Czech Republic, Hong Kong and Luxembourg. Dr. Cidell has been the recipient of Fulbright Scholarship to Australia (2013-14) and a Beckman Fellow, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois (2012-13).