AAG Critical Geographies of Education Dissertation Award
The AAG Critical Geographies of Education Specialty Group (CGE-SG) solicits submissions of completed and defended PhD dissertations and Masters' papers completing during the period running from January to May of each year. Research must align with the mission of the CGE-SG, which is to "promote, organize, and advance critical geographic explorations of education and schooling; to support the scholarly growth of critical geographers of education; and to contribute to social movements related to struggles over schooling." The winner of the awards will receive $100 (USD) for the PhD award and $50 (USD) for the Masters award. AAG/CGE-SG membership is not necessary to participate in the competition.
Submissions should be emailed to Nicole Nguyen (n[email protected]) by June 30 of each year. In addition to your dissertation/paper (as a pdf file) please include the date of your defense, your full name, affiliation (university, department, and degree), and mailing address.
Submissions should be emailed to Nicole Nguyen (n[email protected]) by June 30 of each year. In addition to your dissertation/paper (as a pdf file) please include the date of your defense, your full name, affiliation (university, department, and degree), and mailing address.
2025 Dissertation Award Winners
Dissertation Winner: Caroline Loomis at the City University of New York for her dissertation titled: Proximity and Partition: Geographies of Childhood, Choice, and Co-Location in New York City Public Schools.
Master's Thesis Winner: Jessica Flach at the University of South Carolina for her her thesis titled: Between Florida and the World: Young People and the Politics of Citizenship.
Master's Thesis Winner: Jessica Flach at the University of South Carolina for her her thesis titled: Between Florida and the World: Young People and the Politics of Citizenship.
2024 Dissertation Award Winners
Dissertation Winner: Sara Falkensjö at University of Gothenburg for her dissertation titled: Teachers in the Marketisation of Education - A Labour Geography Perspective on the Expansion of Low-fee Private Primary Schooling in Kenya.
Master's Thesis Winner: Lauren Ashby at Syracuse University for her thesis titled: "They need to hear our voices": Youth Dialogue, Participatory Research, and Educational Inequity in Central New York.
Master's Thesis Winner: Lauren Ashby at Syracuse University for her thesis titled: "They need to hear our voices": Youth Dialogue, Participatory Research, and Educational Inequity in Central New York.
2023 Dissertation Award Winner
Winner: Kaleb Germinaro at the University of Washington for his dissertation titled: Spacemaking by Those Rendered Placeless: Youth Enacting a Culture of Care through Learning, Identity, and Design.
Honorable Mention: Melisa Argañaraz Gomez at the University of Maryland - Baltimore City for her dissertation titled, Care to Belong: Constructing, Negotiating, and Disrupting Latin American (Im)Migrant Youth (Un)deservingness in a Welcoming City.
Honorable Mention: Melisa Argañaraz Gomez at the University of Maryland - Baltimore City for her dissertation titled, Care to Belong: Constructing, Negotiating, and Disrupting Latin American (Im)Migrant Youth (Un)deservingness in a Welcoming City.
2022 Dissertation Award Winners
Winner: Danya Al-Saleh at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for her dissertation titled: Petro-education: Fossil Fuel Futures between Texas and Qatar.
Honorable Mention: Olivia Ildefonso at the CUNY Graduate Center, for her dissertation titled: Unraveling the Geographies of the US Public Education System: An Analysis of Scale, Segregation, and Hegemony.
Honorable Mention: Olivia Ildefonso at the CUNY Graduate Center, for her dissertation titled: Unraveling the Geographies of the US Public Education System: An Analysis of Scale, Segregation, and Hegemony.
2021 Dissertation Award Winner
Winner: Symon James-Wilson at the University of Toronto for her dissertation titled: Geographies and Infrastructures of School Segregation: A Historical Case Study of Rochester, NY.
2020 Dissertation Award Winner
Winner: Shereen Fernandez at the School of Geography at Queen Mary University of London, for her dissertation titled: Securitised schools: The impacts of the Prevent Duty and fundamental British values policy on teachers and Muslim parents in London.