Dr. Joseph Oppong Receives AAG Honor for Service | Department of Geography and the Environment
December 15, 2020

Dr. Joseph Oppong Receives AAG Honor for Service

Please join the UNT Department of Geography and the Environment to celebrate recognition of Dr. Joseph Oppong by the American Association of Geographers. Dr. Oppong is one of two recipients of the AAG's Ronald F. Abler Distinguished Service Honor for exceptional service to the discipline of geography in the United States and abroad. Joseph has helped reinvigorate and expand the roles of several of AAG's key specialty groups, served multiple NSF panels, and been a steering committee member and US representative for the International Geographers Union's Commission on Health and Environment. In 2020 Joseph was elected as a National Councilor to the AAG.