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.
Professor Audrey Kobayashi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, author |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Ph. D |
| Alma mater | University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Geography |
| Sub-discipline | Racial and gender studies |
| Institutions | Queen's University |
| Doctoral students | Katie Pickles |
Kobayashi is currently a professor in the Department of Geography,[1] and a Queen's Research Chair,[2] at Queen's University.
Education
editKobayashi 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
editFrom 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
editIn 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
edit- ^ "Audrey Kobayashi". Queen's University. Kingston. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "Queen's Research Chairholders". Queen's University. Kingston. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "CURRICULUM VITAE - Audrey Kobayashi" (PDF). Queen's University. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "Audrey Kobayashi". Landscapes of Injustice. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
Editor, People Place and Region, Annals of the Association of American Geographers.
- ^ 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.
- ^ International Encyclopedia of Geography (XIII ed.). Wiley Blackwell. 2017. ISBN 9780470659632. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NAJC Awards". National Association of Japanese Canadians. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
Audrey Kobayashi (1995)
- ^ 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.
- ^ Berg, Lawrence (2 November 2014). "Nominations Open for James Blaut Award". The Mail Archive. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
Previous recipients are ... Audrey Kobayashi
- ^ A Companion to Social Geography. Wiley-Blackwell. 1 March 2011. p. xv. ISBN 978-1-4051-8977-4. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ AAG Staff (15 December 2015). "Audrey Kobayashi Selected for AAG Presidential Achievement Award". American Association of Geographers. San Francisco. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "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.