{"id":87874,"date":"2017-12-07T13:05:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T18:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=87874"},"modified":"2018-01-24T16:33:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T21:33:05","slug":"regional-conference-puts-umw-geography-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2017\/12\/07\/regional-conference-puts-umw-geography-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Conference Puts UMW Geography on the Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>UMW&rsquo;s Department of Geography received high marks at the annual Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG) conference. The event, held last month in Starkville, Mississippi, showcases research from across the region.<\/p><p><!--more--><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_87875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87875\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"87875\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2017\/12\/07\/regional-conference-puts-umw-geography-map\/newrelease_geographybowl\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/NewRelease_GeographyBowl.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1140,460\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"NewRelease_GeographyBowl\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;UMW students and faculty excelled at last month&amp;#8217;s Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers conference in Mississippi. At the conference, starting third from left are UMW students Jessica Kirkland, Katie Boston, Jordan Chandler, Darby Libka (who finished first among undergraduate and female participants in the World Geography Bowl), Alistair Andrulis and Eli McCleary.&lt;br \/&gt;\nUMW students and faculty excelled at last month&amp;#8217;s Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers conference in Mississippi. At the conference, starting third from left are UMW students&lt;br \/&gt;\nJessica Kirkland, Katie Boston, Jordan Chandler, Darby Libka (who finished first among undergraduate and female participants in the World Geography Bowl), Alistair Andrulis and Eli McCleary.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/NewRelease_GeographyBowl-300x121.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/NewRelease_GeographyBowl-1024x413.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-87875 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/NewRelease_GeographyBowl-1024x413.jpg\" alt=\"UMW students and faculty excelled at last month's Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers conference in Mississippi. At the conference, starting third from left are UMW students Jessica Kirkland, Katie Boston, Jordan Chandler, Darby Libka (who finished first among undergraduate and female participants in the World Geography Bowl), Alistair Andrulis and Eli McCleary. UMW students and faculty excelled at last month's Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers conference in Mississippi. At the conference, starting third from left are UMW students Jessica Kirkland, Katie Boston, Jordan Chandler, Darby Libka (who finished first among undergraduate and female participants in the World Geography Bowl), Alistair Andrulis and Eli McCleary.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/NewRelease_GeographyBowl-1024x413.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/NewRelease_GeographyBowl-300x121.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/NewRelease_GeographyBowl-768x310.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/NewRelease_GeographyBowl.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/NewRelease_GeographyBowl-600x242.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UMW students and faculty excelled at last month&rsquo;s Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers conference in Mississippi. At the conference, starting fourth from left are UMW students Katie Boston, Jordan Chandler, Darby Libka (who finished first among undergraduate and female participants in the World Geography Bowl), Alistair Andrulis and Eli McCleary.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Professor of Geography Stephen Hanna won the Research Honors Award for his work in critical and cultural geography. Junior Darby Libka took second place in the World Geography Bowl competition. And senior Alistair Andrulis claimed the award for best physical geography poster with his representation of stream drainage traits at Crow&rsquo;s Nest.<\/p><p>Hanna&rsquo;s work in critical cartography centers around the idea that maps&rsquo; meanings are influenced by the contexts in which they are used.&nbsp;His research in cultural geography explores how our shared pasts are represented in commemorative landscapes, such as monuments and museums.<\/p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m grateful to my students, both those with whom I have collaborated over the years and those who nominated me for the award,&rdquo; Hanna said.&nbsp;&ldquo;I was touched to learn that a colleague stated that I have enabled others to accomplish their own goals.&rdquo;<\/p><p>Among his many projects &ndash; accomplished with the help of students and fellow scholars &ndash; are using a geographic information system (GIS) to explore the extent to which Fredericksburg&rsquo;s historical markers speak to slavery and emancipation; and a review of plantation museums in Louisiana, South Carolina and Virginia to understand how they tell the story of slavery and enslaved people.&nbsp;A three-year grant from the National Science Foundation and a UMW Waple Professorship have helped fund his work.<\/p><p>Libka, who took second place in the Geography Bowl, finished first among both undergraduate and female competitors, and was invited to represent SEDAAG at the Association of American Geographers annual conference in New Orleans in April. Three UMW students finished among the top 10 competitors with the highest averages, and Mary Washington students were part of the Virginia team, which took second place overall.<\/p><div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":7,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/07\\\/regional-conference-puts-umw-geography-map\\\/\",\"likes_blog_id\":230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 921px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"921\"> <div class=\"gallery-group images-3\" style=\"width: 408px; height: 921px;\" data-original-width=\"408\" data-original-height=\"921\"> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2017\/12\/07\/regional-conference-puts-umw-geography-map\/tunica-cotton-gin-1\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"404\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"303\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"87876\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Tunica-cotton-gin-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"Tunica cotton gin 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Tunica-cotton-gin-1-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Tunica-cotton-gin-1-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Tunica-cotton-gin-1.jpg?w=404&amp;h=303&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Tunica-cotton-gin-1.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Tunica-cotton-gin-1-300x225.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Tunica-cotton-gin-1-768x576.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Tunica-cotton-gin-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Tunica-cotton-gin-1-1140x855.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Tunica-cotton-gin-1-600x450.jpg 600w\" width=\"404\" height=\"303\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"404\" data-original-height=\"303\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Tunica cotton gin 1\" alt=\"Tunica Cotton Gin\" style=\"width: 404px; height: 303px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Tunica Cotton Gin <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2017\/12\/07\/regional-conference-puts-umw-geography-map\/alistair-poster-1\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"404\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"303\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"87880\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Alistair-Poster-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"2.2\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"iPhone 5s\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1511107132\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"4.15\",\"iso\":\"64\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.0333333333333\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"Alistair Poster 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Alistair-Poster-1-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Alistair-Poster-1-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Alistair-Poster-1.jpg?w=404&amp;h=303&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Alistair-Poster-1.jpg 3264w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Alistair-Poster-1-300x225.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Alistair-Poster-1-768x576.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Alistair-Poster-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Alistair-Poster-1-1140x855.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Alistair-Poster-1-600x450.jpg 600w\" width=\"404\" height=\"303\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"404\" data-original-height=\"303\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Alistair Poster 1\" alt=\"UMW senior Alistair Andrulis claimed the award for best physical poster in the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers with his representation of stream drainage traits at Crow&rsquo;s Nest.\" style=\"width: 404px; height: 303px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW senior Alistair Andrulis claimed the award for best physical poster in the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers with his representation of stream drainage traits at Crow&rsquo;s Nest. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2017\/12\/07\/regional-conference-puts-umw-geography-map\/entering-mississippi\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"404\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"303\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"87879\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Entering-Mississippi.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"2.2\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"iPhone 5s\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1511001882\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"4.15\",\"iso\":\"32\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.00429184549356\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"Entering Mississippi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Entering-Mississippi-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Entering-Mississippi-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Entering-Mississippi.jpg?w=404&amp;h=303&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Entering-Mississippi.jpg 3264w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Entering-Mississippi-300x225.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Entering-Mississippi-768x576.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Entering-Mississippi-1024x768.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Entering-Mississippi-1140x855.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Entering-Mississippi-600x450.jpg 600w\" width=\"404\" height=\"303\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"404\" data-original-height=\"303\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Entering Mississippi\" alt=\"UMW students entering Mississippi to compete in the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers.\" style=\"width: 404px; height: 303px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW students entering Mississippi to compete in the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 692px; height: 921px;\" data-original-width=\"692\" data-original-height=\"921\"> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2017\/12\/07\/regional-conference-puts-umw-geography-map\/stephen-award\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"688\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"917\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"87878\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Stephen-Award.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"Stephen Award\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Stephen-Award-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Stephen-Award.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Stephen-Award.jpg?w=688&amp;h=917&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Stephen-Award.jpg 720w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Stephen-Award-225x300.jpg 225w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Stephen-Award-450x600.jpg 450w\" width=\"688\" height=\"917\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"688\" data-original-height=\"917\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Stephen Award\" alt=\"Professor of Geography Stephen Hanna won the Research Honors Award for his work in critical and cultural geography at last month&rsquo;s Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG) conference in Mississippi.\" style=\"width: 688px; height: 917px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Professor of Geography Stephen Hanna won the Research Honors Award for his work in critical and cultural geography at last month&rsquo;s Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG) conference in Mississippi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 826px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"826\"> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 826px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"826\"> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2017\/12\/07\/regional-conference-puts-umw-geography-map\/katie-boston-presentation\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"822\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"87877\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Katie-Boston-presentation.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"2.2\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"iPhone 6s\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1511191386\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"4.15\",\"iso\":\"40\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.0333333333333\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"Katie Boston presentation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Katie-Boston-presentation-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Katie-Boston-presentation-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Katie-Boston-presentation.jpg?w=1096&amp;h=822&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Katie-Boston-presentation.jpg 4032w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Katie-Boston-presentation-300x225.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Katie-Boston-presentation-768x576.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Katie-Boston-presentation-1024x768.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Katie-Boston-presentation-1140x855.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/Katie-Boston-presentation-600x450.jpg 600w\" width=\"1096\" height=\"822\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"1096\" data-original-height=\"822\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Katie Boston presentation\" alt=\"UMW geography student Katie Boston presents.\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 822px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW geography student Katie Boston presents. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div><p>Department Chair and Professor Jackie Gallagher; Professors Caitie Finlayson, Joe Nicholas and Dawn Bowen; and students Katie Boston, Eli McCleary and and Hallie Heinzen also presented. The trip included a tour of the Mississippi Delta, with visits to the Tunica Cotton Gin and the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale.<\/p><p>&ldquo;I am incredibly proud of the students who attended SEDAAG this year,&rdquo; Gallagher said. &ldquo;We always take great students but this group stood out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UMW&rsquo;s Department of Geography received high marks at the annual Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG) conference. 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