"Autobiogeographies:" Transnational Geographers in the United States

Type: Panel
Theme:
Sponsor Groups: Ethnic Geography Specialty Group
Organizers: Alan Marcus
Chairs: Alan Marcus

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Description

This panel will consist of six geographers who have recently published their respective book-chapters in a volume "Transnational Geographers in the United States: Navigating Autobiogeographies in a Global Age"(edited by Alan P. Marcus, Lexington Books 2016). Their narratives provide insights into their own personal and professional trajectories as transnational geographers by using an approach called "autobiogeography." Geographers have produced and published extensive research on transnational immigration processes, yet this discussion offers a unique insight into the researchers who are transnational immigrants themselves (e.g.; from Brazil, Nigeria, Cyprus, Canada, Germany, Poland).
This panel will allow the authors and audience to participate in an open discussion on immigration, transnationalism, borders, place, migration, fragmentation, displacement, and "home" - and, particularly understand the personal and professional livelihoods of researchers who publish on transnational migration. Questions such as "how did you end up here?" and "where is home to you?" will be addressed. The panel will consist of the following participants and their transnational connections: Weronika Kusek (Poland), Heather Smith (Canada), Heike Alberts (Germany), Ibipo Johnston-Onumonwo (Nigeria), Stavros Constantinou (Cyprus), and Alan Marcus (Brazil).

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Agenda

Type	Details	Minutes
Panelist	Weronika Kusek Northern Michigan University	15
Panelist	Heike Alberts University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	15
Panelist	Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo SUNY Cortland	15
Panelist	Alan Marcus Towson University	15
Panelist	Heather Smith University of North Carolina at Charlotte	15
Panelist	Stavros Constantinou Ohio State University	15