The Department of Geography and Environmental Systems (GES) is delighted to announce that Dr. Stuart Aitken, Professor of Geography and the June Burnett Chair of Children’s and Family Geographies at San Diego State University, will be presenting a talk on Children’s Rights from a Critical Geographic Perspective as part of the GES Seminar Series on March 25th, from 12-1 p.m., in ITE 231.
Dr. Aitken directs the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Young People and Space (ISYS) and is internationally recognized for his research on children’s geographies, youth activism, critical theory, and qualitative methodologies. His recent books include The Ethnopoetics of Space and Transformation (2014), The Fight to Stay Put (2013), Young People: Border Spaces and Revolutionary Imaginations (2012),Qualitative Geographies (Sage 2010), and The Awkward Spaces of Fathering (2009). In addition, he has published over 200 papers in academic journals and edited book collections. Dr. Aitken is serving as an Eminent Scholar Mentor for Dr. Dena Aufseeser, Assistant Professor in GES whose research is focused on childhood, poverty and inequality.
