Honoring Susan Hanson's 45 years in geography

Abstract

The essays in this themed section honor Susan Hanson's 45 years in geography. They are written by senior academic geographers who participated in a series of panels at the Annual meeting of the Association of the American Geographers in Boston in 2008 that celebrated Susan's scholarship and her impact on the discipline of geography.

Los ensayos en esta sección temática honran los 45 años de Susan Hanson en geografía. Están escritos por importantes geógrafos académicos que participaron en una serie de paneles en la Reunión Anual de la Asociación de Geógrafos Estadounidenses en Boston, en 2008, que celebró la trayectoria de investigación de Susan y su impacto en la disciplina de la geografía.

Keywords:

• Susan Hanson
• feminist geography
• economic geography
• gender and geography

Keywords:

• Susan Hanson
• geografía feminista
• geografía económica
• género y geografía

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank all attendees of the panels as well as the following participants for their enthusiasm, memories, and wit: Vicky Lawson, Jan Monk, Gerry Pratt, Sophie Bowlby, Robert Lake, Valery Preston, Sara McLafferty, the late Glen Elder, Michael Brown, Elwin Wyly, Ann Oberhauser, Melissa Gilbert, Megan Blake, Win Curran, Joni Seager, Elizabeth Johnson, Jennifer McGowan, Kevin Keenan, Elizabeth M. Waithanji, Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo, Kevin Keenan, Signe Kurian, Danny Fontaine, and Anna Cieslik. Many thanks to the Graduate School of Geography, Clark University Administration, and its Alumni organization, and especially to Billie Lee Turner, David Angel, Jean Heffernan and Kevin Keenan. Finally, the Gender, Place and Culture editor Brenda Yeoh and editorial assistant Theodora Lam provided great support and excellent assistance.