The Ethnic Geography Specialty Group (EGSG) promotes the common interests of scholars and professionals researching ethnic geography, provides a forum for the exchange of ideas within the American Association of Geographers (AAG), and encourages its members in their research and teaching of ethnic experiences from comparative, national/transnational and global perspectives.
The EGSG facilitates the sharing of diverse ideas and information among its members and others interested in ethnic geography; stimulates research, pedagogy, and applications in ethnic geography; aids in the advancement of its members and of the field of ethnic geography; represents ethnic geography within geography as a whole and with other related disciplines as well as the general public; and maintains relations with cognate organizations.