10/28/2017
2018 Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang Distinguished Scholar Award in African Geography
Call for Nominations
Fellow Geographers,
The Africa Specialty Group (ASG) is seeking nominations for its Kwadwo Konadu-Agyeman Distinguished Scholar in African Geography Award for the year 2018.
The highest honor bestowed on anyone by the ASG, the Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang Distinguished Scholar Award recognizes scholars, whose body of work advances any subfield of geography on the African continent in a significant way. The award recipient will receive a plaque and shall be recognized at three different avenues: the ASG business meeting, the AAG annual awards luncheon, and in the AAG newsletter. The award will be granted to only one individual per calendar year and may not be granted in some years if there is no worthy candidate. This year's award will be presented during the 2018 AAG annual meeting in New Orleans.
Eligibility: While scholarship is the primary criteria for bestowing this award, other factors (such as service to the field, training of students, etc) may also be considered. This award recognizes a career of scholarly achievement, but it could also be awarded to exceptionally productive younger scholars, who have significantly impacted the subfield of African geography. The award recipient need not be a member of the ASG.
Submissions: Nominations (including self-nominations) are welcome. Electronic submission is strongly encouraged. Please provide a curriculum vita for the nominee as well as a nomination statement (1-2 pages maximum) that describes the way(s) the nominee meets the award criteria.
Please send nominations to Joseph Zume ([email protected]) no later than December 30, 2016.
Here is a brief excerpt from the AAG website on Professor Konadu-Agyemang:
Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang, professor of Geography and Planning at the University of Akron, died in 2007 following an extended illness at the age of 52. His professional career included service as an instructor and professor at several colleges and universities in Australia, Canada, and the United States. He joined the University of Akron in 1997 as an assistant professor and earned the rank of full professor in 2006.
Born in Ghana in 1955, Kwadwo completed his BSc in land economy at the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi in 1981. After a short stint in the Government Lands Department in Ghana, he spent two years in Nigeria teaching high school. Kwadwo subsequently moved to Australia where he completed a master's degree in urban planning at Melbourne University in 1987 and a PhD in geography at Monash University in 1991.
Kwadwo's research and publications focused principally on African economic development, urban problems, and population migration. He authored one book, The Political Economy of Housing and Urbanization in Africa (2000), and edited or co-edited three more, IMF and World Bank Programs in Africa: Ghana's Experiences (2001), The New African Diaspora in Community Building and Adaptation (2006), and Africa in the 21st Century: Pertinent Socio-economic Issues (2006). In addition, he authored or co-authored over 30 professional journal articles.
