About.

The Critical Geographies of Education specialty group launched at the 2018 AAG annual meeting in New Orleans. The group's formation is indebted to earlier efforts by Kris Olds and Claudia Hanson-Thiem. 

Our Co-Creators

Nicole Nguyen
University of Illinois-Chicago

Nicole is associate professor of criminology, law, and justice at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Her research investigates the relationship between national security and US public schooling, with a focus on the criminalization of youth of color. 

Dan Cohen
Queen's University

Dan is assistant professor of geography and planning at Queen's University. His research has focused on the marketization of schooling in the United States and Canada. His current project examines private tutoring markets in Toronto and Montreal.

Alice Huff
Kettering Foundation

Alice is a human geographer whose research focuses on the democratic implications of racial violence and place-based politics, particularly in relation to schooling.  Her recent work examines neighborhood-schooling struggles in post-Katrina New Orleans.