Honors, Awards, Special Recognition

 

• 2013 Meredith F. Burrill Award, Association of American Geographers (AAG)

 

• 2011-present Jefferson Science Fellow, National Academies, U.S. Department of State,

       Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Office of The Geographer and Global Issues

 

• 2007 Geosciences Distinguished Alumni Award, Oregon State University; Corvallis, OR

 

• 2007 Distinguished Career Award, Mountain Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers; San Francisco, CA

 

• 2006 Appointed University Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University

 

• July 2005-June 2006 Elected President, Association of American Geographers

 

• July 2004-June 2005 Elected Vice President, Association of American Geographers

 

• 2006 Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

 

• 2004 Sterling L. Burks Award for Outstanding Environmental Research, Environmental Institute, Oklahoma State University

 

• 2003 Ronald F. Abler Distinguished Service Honors, Association of American Geographers

 

• 1997 Elected Fellow, Geological Society of America (GSA)

 

• 1995 Elected Fellow, Explorers Club

 

• 1991 Elected Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (RGS)

 

• 1988 Comprehensive Planning Award, Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association (contributor to award winning plan by City of El Paso); Austin, TX

 

• 1984 National Citation Award in Applied Geography (with W.J. Lloyd), Association of American Geographers; Washington, D.C.

 

• 1981 National Warren Nystrom Award for Outstanding Dissertation Research, Association of American Geographers; Los Angeles, CA

 

• 1978 Lenora Bayley Memorial Fellowship, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

 

• 1977 Special Achievement Award, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR