Clark Presents at American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting

Posted April 17, 2017

Jennifer Clark, an associate professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy, presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), which was held in Boston from April 5 - 9, 2017.

Clark participated in the following sessions at the meeting:

-On April 6, she presented her work on the “contested market space” of smart cities in the paper “Smart Cities: Remaking Markets and Manufacturing Open Innovation Spaces.”

-On April 7, she spoke on urban and regional development past, present, and future on a panel celebrating the 40th anniversary of Newcastle University’s Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS).

-Also on April 7, she chaired a panel on the life, work, and legacy of the late Dr. Susan Christopherson of Cornell University, her former adviser, co-author and frequent collaborator.

In February 2017, Clark was elected to the American Association of Geographer’s (AAG) Nominating Committee, one of only two nationally elected committees within AAG. Members of the Nominating Committee are uniquely responsible for nominating the AAG president, vice president and national councilors who determine the organization’s priorities and strategic direction.

Learn more about the event here: https://gtcui.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/dr-jennifer-clark-at-the-american-association-of-geographers-annual-meeting-in-boston/