Jack Swab
Biographic Data
| ID | 6463282 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jack Swab |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jack |
| FAMILY NAME | Swab |
| SIGNATURE | SWAB J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kentucky |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0650-6008 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Rise of Geography at Northwestern University: Leadership, Expansion, and Interdisciplinarity
In the immediate decades following the end of World War II, Northwestern University rapidly and unexpectedly emerged as an important node in American geography. Prior to 1945, Northwestern did not have an independent geography department, but by 1965 Northwestern had become a preeminent center of geographic thought. This paper examines how Northwestern became a substantial producer of academic geographers and of interdisciplinary geographic thoug…
Animating Archival Processing: Leakages and Methodological Considerations for Geographers Employing Archival Research
Assessing Geography’s Place in U.S. Higher Education: An Analysis of Undergraduate Geography Course Enrollment from 1948 to 2000
The decline in geography programs in the United States since the 1980s and general questions about the utility of a geography degree is a long-running thread in the discipline’s shared identity. With recent closures of geography undergraduate programs and a projected “demographic cliff” of traditional college-aged students in the coming years, understanding how and why certain geography programs are under threat is crucial. Drawing on an underapp…
Bowling for Better: Reforming World Geography Bowl to Create a More Inclusive Geography
Since 1993, the World Geography Bowl (WGB) has been a part of the fabric of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), with competitions happening at nearly all AAG regional and national meetings. Initially intended as a way of encouraging attendance and participation by undergraduates and geographers at non-research-intensive universities, today the competition exhibits problematic understandings of how best to create community and foster fu…
How Much and Who Is Missing? A Response to Forum: Collecting Born-Digital Maps (2023)
Navigating STEMification for critical geography educators: Finding leverage in classroom and institutional pedagogies
This paper grapples with the challenges posed to critical geography educators by STEMification, or the enshrinement of market-oriented forms of science and technology education as the normative ideal for education in general. In both reactionary and progressive contexts, STEMification decontextualizes scientific and technological activity and deepens existing hierarchies of knowledge based on quantification, perceived scientific rigour, commercia…
Navigating STEMification for critical geography educators: Finding leverage in classroom and institutional pedagogies
This paper grapples with the challenges posed to critical geography educators by STEMification, or the enshrinement of market-oriented forms of science and technology education as the normative ideal for education in general. In both reactionary and progressive contexts, STEMification decontextualizes scientific and technological activity and deepens existing hierarchies of knowledge based on quantification, perceived scientific rigour, commercia…
Navigating STEMification for critical geography educators: Finding leverage in classroom and institutional pedagogies
This paper grapples with the challenges posed to critical geography educators by STEMification, or the enshrinement of market-oriented forms of science and technology education as the normative ideal for education in general. In both reactionary and progressive contexts, STEMification decontextualizes scientific and technological activity and deepens existing hierarchies of knowledge based on quantification, perceived scientific rigour, commercia…
Assessing Geography’s Place in U.S. Higher Education: An Analysis of Undergraduate Geography Course Enrollment from 1948 to 2000
The decline in geography programs in the United States since the 1980s and general questions about the utility of a geography degree is a long-running thread in the discipline’s shared identity. With recent closures of geography undergraduate programs and a projected “demographic cliff” of traditional college-aged students in the coming years, understanding how and why certain geography programs are under threat is crucial. Drawing on an underapp…
Bowling for Better: Reforming World Geography Bowl to Create a More Inclusive Geography
Since 1993, the World Geography Bowl (WGB) has been a part of the fabric of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), with competitions happening at nearly all AAG regional and national meetings. Initially intended as a way of encouraging attendance and participation by undergraduates and geographers at non-research-intensive universities, today the competition exhibits problematic understandings of how best to create community and foster fu…
How Much and Who Is Missing? A Response to Forum: Collecting Born-Digital Maps (2023)
Animating Archival Processing: Leakages and Methodological Considerations for Geographers Employing Archival Research
The Rise of Geography at Northwestern University: Leadership, Expansion, and Interdisciplinarity
In the immediate decades following the end of World War II, Northwestern University rapidly and unexpectedly emerged as an important node in American geography. Prior to 1945, Northwestern did not have an independent geography department, but by 1965 Northwestern had become a preeminent center of geographic thought. This paper examines how Northwestern became a substantial producer of academic geographers and of interdisciplinary geographic thoug…
Geography Education and Pedagogy (4 works) · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Historical geography (2 works) · Human geography (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (1 works)