{"586132":{"#nid":"586132","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Clark Elected Chair of the American Association of Geographer\u2019s Economic Geography Specialty Group","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJennifer Clark, associate professor in the Ivan Allen College\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and director of\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.urbaninnovation.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Urban Innovation\u003C\/a\u003E, has been elected chair of the American Association of Geographers Economic Geography Specialty Group (EGSG) for the January 2017 to December 2018 term.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u0026nbsp;EGSG\u0026nbsp;facilitates the exchange of information and ideas among its members and other specialists; stimulates research, teaching, and applications in industrial and economic geography; aids in the advancement of its members and the field of economic geography; and helps represent economic geography within the discipline of geography and to related disciplines, agencies in government, the private sector, and the general public.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about Dr. Clark \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E and about the\u0026nbsp;Economic Geography Specialty Group here:\u0026nbsp;https:\/\/egsgaag.wordpress.com\/\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJennifer Clark, associate professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy, has been elected chair of the American Association of Geographers Economic Geography Specialty Group for the January 2017 to December 2018 term.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jennifer Clark, an associate professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy, has been elected chair of the American Association of Geographers Economic Geography Specialty Group for the January 2017 to December 2018 term."}],"uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2017-01-18 18:52:55","changed_gmt":"2017-02-02 20:52:56","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-01-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-01-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"583031":{"id":"583031","type":"image","title":"Jennifer Clark","body":null,"created":"1477348569","gmt_created":"2016-10-24 22:36:09","changed":"1477348569","gmt_changed":"2016-10-24 22:36:09","alt":"","file":{"fid":"222255","name":"Jennifer Jan 2016.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jennifer%20Jan%202016.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jennifer%20Jan%202016.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":395184,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jennifer%20Jan%202016.jpg?itok=-hjiAf6d"}}},"media_ids":["583031"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Public Policy"},{"url":"https:\/\/egsgaag.wordpress.com\/","title":"Economic Geography Specialty Group"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"173247","name":"American Association of Geographers"},{"id":"117471","name":"AAG"},{"id":"117461","name":"geography"},{"id":"173248","name":"economic geography"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}