By A Fish
Patricia Ehrkamp
LEXINGTON, Ky, -- Patricia Ehrkamp, Ph.D., professor of geography in the University of Kentucky’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected president of the American Association of Geographers.
The scientific and educational organization serves around 10,000 international educators, practitioners, researchers and students in geography. Ehrkamp has been serving as vice president of the organization since 2022. She will assume the presidency July 1.
“I've been involved in different roles with this professional organization since I first presented my research at annual meetings as a Ph.D. student,” Ehrkamp said. “Over the last 20 years, I've served on the boards of various research specialty groups in the organization, across different subfields such as European,