The Ethnic Geography Specialty Group (EGSG) Distinguished Career Award is one of the greatest honors awarded to those members with an outstanding and brilliant career. This award celebrates their selfless commitment to the advanced in the pursuit of research and dissemination of knowledge.
The award committee is responsible selecting the recipient for the Distinguished Career Award. For more information, send your comments and questions on this matter to
the Ethnic Geography Specialty Group (EGSG) Distinguished Awards Committee’s Chair.
Career Award Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Institution |
| 2017 | Derek Alderman | University of Tennessee |
| 2016 | Susan Hardwick (posthumously) |
University of Oregon |
| 2016 | David Kaplan | Kent State University |
| 2015 | Florence Margai (posthumously) |
Binghamton University |
| 2015 | Joe Darden | Michigan State University |
| 2014 | Thomas Boswell | University of Miami |
| 2012 | Wei Li | Arizona State University |
| 2011 | John Frazier | Binghamton University |
| 2010 | Lawrence Estaville | Texas State University, San Marcos |
| 2008 | James P. Allen | California State University, Northridge |
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