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Audrey Kobayashi

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Professor
Audrey Kobayashi
FRSC
Born1951 (age 72–73)
British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Professor, author
Academic background
EducationPh. D
Alma materUniversity of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Academic work
DisciplineGeography
Sub-disciplineRacial and gender studies
InstitutionsQueen's University
Doctoral studentsKatie Pickles

Audrey Lynn Kobayashi FRSC (born 1951 in British Columbia) is a Canadian professor and author, specializing in geography, geopolitics, and racial and gender studies. She was the vice-president of the Canadian Association of Geographers from 1999 to 2000, and the president from 2000 to 2002. Kobayashi was also the vice-president of the American Association of Geographers in 2010, and president in 2011.

Kobayashi is currently a professor in the Department of Geography,[1] and a Queen's Research Chair,[2] at Queen's University.

Education

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Kobayashi earned her Bachelor of Arts in Geography at the University of British Columbia in 1976. Two years later, she received her Master of Arts at the same university.[3]

In 1983, after assisting in research at the Department of Geography at Kyoto University, she earned her Ph. D in Geography at the University of California at Los Angeles.[3]

Works

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From 2002 to 2010, Kobayashi edited the People, Place, and Region section of the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, a bimonthly collection of journals from the association.[4]

In 2012, Kobayashi wrote "Neoclassical urban theory and the study of racism in geography", which was published in Urban Geography in 2014.[5]

In 2014, Kobayashi co-wrote "Colonizing Colonized: Sartre and Fanon" with Mark Boyle.

From 2013 to 2016, Kobayashi was a general editor for the human geography section of The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography.[6][3]

She co-wrote two major books in 2017. The first being The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities with Carl James, Dua Enakshi, Frances Henry, Howard Ramos, Malinda Sharon Smith, and Peter Li.[7] The second is Continuity and Innovation: Canadian Families in the New Millennium with Amber Gazso.[8]

Awards

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In 1995, Koyabashi won the national award of merit from the National Association of Japanese Canadians.[9]

In 1997, Kobayashi won the W.J. Barnes Award for Teaching Excellence for the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society at Queen's University.[10]

She has earned numerous awards from the American Association of Geographers including, the James Blaut Award in 2008,[11] the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009,[12] and the Presidential Award in 2016.[13]

In September 2011, Kobayashi was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Audrey Kobayashi". Queen's University. Kingston. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Queen's Research Chairholders". Queen's University. Kingston. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "CURRICULUM VITAE - Audrey Kobayashi" (PDF). Queen's University. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Audrey Kobayashi". Landscapes of Injustice. Retrieved 15 December 2017. Editor, People Place and Region, Annals of the Association of American Geographers.
  5. ^ Kobayashi, Audrey (2014). "Neoclassical urban theory and the study of racism in geography". Urban Geography. 35 (5): 645–656. doi:10.1080/02723638.2014.920228. S2CID 145436938.
  6. ^ International Encyclopedia of Geography (XIII ed.). Wiley Blackwell. 2017. ISBN 9780470659632. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  7. ^ Henry, Frances; James, Carl E.; Li, Peter; Enakshi, Dua; Kobayashi, Audrey; Ramos, Howard; Sharon-Smith, Malinda (2017). The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities. University of British Columbia Press. ISBN 9780774834889. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  8. ^ Gazso, Amber; Kobayashi, Audrey (6 November 2017). Continuity and Innovation: Canadian Families in the New Millennium. Nelson Education Limited. ISBN 9780176593490. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  9. ^ "NAJC Awards". National Association of Japanese Canadians. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017. Audrey Kobayashi (1995)
  10. ^ Vajoczki, Susan; Andrey, Jean; Maclachlan, John; Sharpe, Bob; Byrne, Mary-Louise. "Institutional Awards – Geography, Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, etc. (1990 – 2009)" (DOC). CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF GEOGRAPHERS. p. 14. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  11. ^ Berg, Lawrence (2 November 2014). "Nominations Open for James Blaut Award". The Mail Archive. Retrieved 14 December 2017. Previous recipients are ... Audrey Kobayashi
  12. ^ A Companion to Social Geography. Wiley-Blackwell. 1 March 2011. p. xv. ISBN 978-1-4051-8977-4. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  13. ^ AAG Staff (15 December 2015). "Audrey Kobayashi Selected for AAG Presidential Achievement Award". American Association of Geographers. San Francisco. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Geography professor receives highest Canadian social sciences honour". Queen's University. 9 September 2011. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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