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Review of the Forty-Third Meeting, Mobile, Alabama

Southeastern Geographer Vol. 29, No. 1, May 1989, pp. 71-73 REVIEW OF THE FORTY-THIRD MEETING, MOBILE, ALABAMA Charles F. Kovacik The Forty-Third Meeting of the Southeastern Division, Association of American Geographers, was held in Mobile, Alabama, November 20—22 at the Riverview Plaza Hotel. Hosts for the meeting were the University of South Alabama and the University of Southern Mississippi , and Glenn R. Sebastian and Jesse O. McKee co-chaired the Local Arrangements Committee. The official registration count was 310, which was slightly below the average attendance for recent meetings (Table 1). The program for the meeting included three field trips and a walking tour of Mobile; seven scheduled meetings; a workshop concerning Alabama 's Social Studies Curriculum; a special paper session on geomorphic hazards and sediment movement; special panel sessions on GIS, geographic education, and professional and career development; and a report and discussion on the AAG Long Range Planning Committee. It also included 55 papers that were presented in 14 sessions. This was a decline from the 67 papers that made up the program last year and was the lowest number of papers since the 1973 meeting. The meeting began with a reception which featured boiled shrimp, refreshments, and music at historic Fort Conde. This was followed by an opening session at which Jeral Williams, Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of South Alabama, and Terry Harper, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Southern Mississippi, welcomed the membership to the Gulf Coast. Christopher L. "Kit" Salter ofthe University of Missouri at Columbia ended the evening with an energizing and entertaining address entitled "The Force of the Geographic Alliances in the American South." Thomas L. Bell, President of the Southeastern Division, presided at the Annual Business Meeting on Tuesday morning. President Bell announced that Karl B. Raitz had been elected the new Vice President and Wilma J. Walker had been elected the new Secretary. Newly elected Dr. Kovacik is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC 29208. He served as Vice President and Program Chairman of the Division during 1988. 72 Southeastern Geographer TABLE 1 SUMMARY OF SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION MEETINGS, 1969-1988 Meeting Year Location Papers Registration 24th1969Tallahassee, FL74262 25th1970Columbia, SC70255 26th1971Lexington, KY72295 27th1972Miami/Bahamas65343 28th1973Boone, NC55245 29th1974Biloxi, MS72300 30th1975Callaway Gardens, GA65400 31st1976Fredericksburg, VA75400 32nd1977Knoxville, TN61350 33rd1978Athens, GA72310 34th1979Nashville, TN60298 35th1980Blacksburg, VA89303 36th1981Atlanta, GA86401 37th1982Memphis, TN75330 38th1983Orlando, FL69303 39th1984Birmingham, AL60275 40th1985Chapel Hill, NC65324 41st1986Lexington, KY72350 42nd1987Charlotte, NC67326 43rd1988Mobile, AL55310 Average69319 Source: Southeastern Geographer, Vol. 20 (1980), p. 76, and Southeastern Geographer, 1981-1988, passim. State Representatives were Albert J. Parker, Georgia; Julia A. Elbert, Mississippi; William Frank Ainsley, North Carolina; Bruce A. Ralston, Tennessee; and William F. Clark, Virginia. Robert E. Lloyd, Borden D. Dent, Peter O. Müller, and Robert E. Reiman were elected to the restructured Honors Committee at the Business Meeting with Lloyd assuming the committee chair. Dorothy Stafford Mason, John B. Rehder, and Vernon G. Meentemeyer were elected to the Nominating Committee with Mason assuming the committee chair. The Forty-Third Meeting concluded on Tuesday afternoon with the annual Honors Luncheon. Stephen S. Birdsall, who chaired the Honors Committee, announced that Daniel S. Allen, University of Georgia, had won the award for best paper at the Master's level and that Francis L. Precht, also of the University of Georgia, the award for best paper at the Ph.D. level. The 1987-88 Merle C. Prunty Scholarship was awarded to Vol. XXIX, No. 1 73 Randi Horner of East Carolina University. Birdsall also announced that James O. Wheeler had received the Outstanding Research Award. David Ward, President of the Association of American Geographers, ended the luncheon with an interesting address entitled "Geography, Public Policy and the Inner City." ...

Review of the Fortieth Annual Meeting Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Southeastern Geographer Vol. 26, No. 1, May 1986, pp. 73-74 REVIEW OF THE FORTIETH ANNUAL MEETING CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA Thomas L. Bell The Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division, Association of American Geographers was held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, November 24-26, 1985, at the Hotel Europa. Host for the meeting was the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Richard J. Kopec and John W. Florin co-chaired the Local Arrangements Committee. The official registration count was 324. The program for the meeting contained five field trips, three panel discussions, six scheduled meetings, and sixty-five papers that were presented in sixteen sessions. There were six papers in two sessions presented for the student honors competition. At the Sunday evening opening session, members of the Division were welcomed to North Carolina by Samuel R. Williamson, Provost at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A plenary session followed in which five noted scholars at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill spoke from their disciplinary perspective on "The South Across a Half Century, 1945-1995." The speakers included sociologists John D. Kasarda and John Sheldon Reed, political scientist Merle Black, water resources expert David H. Moreau and folklorist Terry Zug. The session concluded with commentary by geographer Stephen S. Birdsall. James S. Fisher, President of the Southeastern Division, presided at the Annual Business Meeting on Tuesday morning. President Fisher announced that Charles S. Aiken had been elected the new President, and Jesse O. McKee the new Treasurer. New State Representatives were William R. Strong, Alabama; Ronald Schultz, Florida; Ronald R. Dilamarter, Kentucky; Gwenda Rice, South Carolina; and Howard Adkins, West Virginia. At the Business Meeting Sam B. Hilliard, Lizabeth Ann PyIe, and Gerald L. Ingalls were elected to the Honors Committee and Sidney R. Jumper, Robert O. Morrill, and Theodore R. Steinke to the Nominating Committee. The Fortieth Annual meeting concluded on Tuesday afternoon with Dr. Bell is Professor of Geography at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville , TN 37996. He served as Vice President and Program Chairman of the Division during 1985. 74Southeastern Geographer the annual Honors Luncheon. Patricia P. Gilmartin, who chaired the Honors Committee, announced that Cynthia A. Miller, University of Georgia won the award for best paper at the Master's level and that William L. Cawthon, University of Georgia won the award for best paper at the doctoral level. She also announced that the 1985-86 Merle C. Prunty Scholarship was awarded to Christine Klaine, a student at Memphis State University and that the amount of the award for student honors had been increased from $50 to $100 and a year's paid membership to the Association of American Geographers. Ronald F. Abler, President of the Association of American Geographers, delivered the luncheon address "Of Rabbits, Levers and Geographers." Continuing concern over the status of geography in the curriculum at all levels of education was reflected in three of the special sessions. The Committee on Geography in Education sponsored a Monday afternoon panel discussion of their report entitled Pre-Collegiate Geography in the Southeast. Gwenda Rice and George F. Hepner led a Tuesday morning discussion on "Fostering International Understanding through World Regional Geography" in which strategies developed at the recent Wingspread Conference on the topic were presented. On Monday evening , Sidney R. Jumper and Truman A. Hartshorn co-chaired a special session on incorporating "Economic Geography in the Business Curriculum ." After considerable efforts had been expended, it was disappointing to learn that a planned visit of several Soviet geographers to the Fortieth Annual meeting through the auspices of the IREX Program had to be cancelled. It is, however, gratifying to realize that the Southeastern Division meeting was specifically selected to showcase a professional meeting of American geographers. ...

Review of the Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting Birmingham, Alabama

Southeastern Geographer Vol. 25, No. 1, May 1985, pp. 74-75 REVIEW OF THE THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA Charles S. Aiken The Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division, Association of American Geographers was held in Birmingham, Alabama , November 18-20, 1984, at the Holiday Inn Downtown-Medical Center. Hosts for the meeting were the University of Alabama, Auburn University, Jacksonville State University, the University of Alabama in Birmingham, the University of North Alabama, and the University of South Alabama. Jeffrey P Richetto, the University of Alabama, chaired the Local Arrangements Committee. The official registration count was 275. The program for the meeting contained five field trips, two panel discussions, seven scheduled meetings, and sixty papers that were presented in fourteen sessions. One of the sessions consisted of five papers submitted for the student honors competition, and another was a special session on race and housing in Birmingham that was organized by Bobby M. Wilson, the University of Alabama in Birmingham. At the Sunday evening opening session, members of the Division were welcomed to Alabama by Richard Peck, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alabama. The keynote address, "The Southeast in International Affairs," was delivered by Thomas A. Bartlett, Chancellor of the University System of Alabama. James S. Fisher, President of the Southeastern Division, presided at the Annual Business Meeting on Tuesday morning. President Fisher announced that Stephen S. Birdsall had been elected the new Councillor , Thomas L. Bell the new Vice President, and Wayne L. Hoffman the new Secretary. New State Representatives were Vernon Meentemeyer , Georgia; Ronald J. Swager, Mississippi; D. Gordon Bennett, North Carolina; Leonard W. Brinkman, Tennessee; and Steven K. Pontius , Virginia. At the Business Meeting Patricia Gilmartin, Eugene Wilson, and Morton Winsberg were elected to the Honors Committee Dr. Aiken is Professor ofGeography at the University ofTennessee in Knoxville, TN 37996. He served as Vice President and Program Chairman of the Division during 1984. Vol. XXV, No. 1 75 and William Imperatore, Jeffrey P. Richetto, and Charles T. Traylor to the Nominating Committee. The Thirty-Ninth Annual meeting concluded on Tuesday afternoon with the annual Honors Luncheon. Richard Pillsbury, who chaired the Honors Committee, announced that William F. Walsh, an M.A. student at the University of Georgia, had won the award for best paper in the Student Honors Competition. He also announced that the first Merle C. Prunty Scholarship was awarded to Jeanne M. Murday, a student at the University of South Carolina. Risa I. Palm, President of the Association of American Geographers, delivered the luncheon address "Geography and Consumer Protection: The Response of the Housing Market to Hazards Disclosure." The concerns among geographers in the mid-1980s over the teaching of the discipline were reflected in the program for the Thirty-Ninth Meeting. "Geography's Place in Southern Education," a panel discussion on Monday afternoon sponsored by the Society of Alabama Geographers and Educators, was well attended and drew an audience composed not only of division members but also of local political and education leaders. The Committee on Geography in Education sponsored the panel discussion "Strengthening Geography Programs through Curricular Innovation" on Monday evening. The session was a continuation of a discussion of geography programs in the Southeast that was begun at the 1983 meeting in Orlando, Florida. ...

The Effectiveness of a Nutrition Education Game ''Food for Thought'' in Influencing the Food Selection Behavior of University Cafeteria Patrons

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5915/17-1-12723 Because the eating habits of a nation affect its health, methods of influencing those eating habits are very important. Research was undertaken to measure the effects that an American Heart Association nutritional game would have upon the mean caloric intake, the percentage of meals with desserts, and the percentage of consumption of skim milk of patrons of a University Cafeteria. Patron food choices were unobtrosively measured for 16 weeks by means of a computerized cash register inventory system, then the effects of the media-based nutritional game were analyzed by intervention time series analysis. During promotion of the game, patrons of the cafeteria reduced their mean caloric intake by 5 and percentage of desserts by 19 and increased consumption of skim milk by 40•. Of even more significance was the maintenance effects realized after the ''Food for Thought'' game ended. The change in choices persisted after intervention (i.e. after the game). This paper documents the effectiveness of the Food for Thought” game and also yields results generalizable to similar advertising campaigns and educational program. Presented at the 17th Annual Convention of the Islamic Medical Association in St. Louis, Missouri, August 10-12, 1984, Prize Award for Best Paper

Review of the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida

Southeastern Geographer Vol. 24, No. 1, May 1984, pp. 63-64 REVIEW OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING, ORLANDO, FLORIDA Charles S. Aiken The Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division, Association ofAmerican Geographers was held November 20—22, 1983, in Orlando, Florida at the Holiday Inn-International Drive. Hosts for the meeting were University of Florida, Florida Atlantic University, Florida State University, University of Central Florida, University of Miami, and University of South Florida. The Local Arrangements Committee , chaired by Robert B. Marcus of the Department of Geography at the University of Florida, included persons from the six host institutions . The final registration count was 303. The meeting included three field trips, four workshops, two panel discussions, and seven scheduled meetings. Sixty-nine papers were presented in seventeen sessions, including three of student honors papers and two special, thematic sessions. At the opening session on Sunday evening attendees were welcomed by Charles F. Sidman, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida. The opening address, "The Urbanization of Florida's Sandbar," was given by Henry F. Swanson, the former Extension Director of Orange County, Florida. The Annual Business Meeting on Tuesday morning was presided over by President Neal G. Lineback. President Lineback announced that James S. Fisher had been elected the new President and that Charles F. Kovacik had been elected to a second term as Treasurer. The new State Representatives included: David C. Weaver, Alabama; Robert O. Clark, Florida; Wilma J. Walker, Kentucky; and Robert L. Janiskee, South Carolina. Also, it was announced that Joseph T. Manzo had been elected the representative from West Virginia, which had been added to the territory of the Southeastern Division in 1983. At the Business Meeting, Richard Pillsbury, Patrick O'Sullivan, and Thomas J. Wilbanks were elected to the Honors Committee and Donald J. Patton, Susan Moorlag, and Karl B. Raitz to the Nominating Committee for 1984. Dr. Aiken is Professor ofGeography at the University ofTennessee in Knoxville, TN 37996. He served as Vice President and Program Chairman of the Division during 1983. 64Southeastern Geographer The Honors Luncheon on Tuesday afternoon concluded the ThirtyEighth Annual Meeting. Louis De Vorsey, who chaired the Honors Committee, presented the awards in the Student Honors competition. Linda Savage Hammons, University of Georgia, won the award for best paper by a Ph.D. student, and Julian John Ashworth, University of Georgia, received the prize for best paper by an M. A. student. Peirce F. Lewis, President of the Association of American Geographers, delivered the provocative address "Some New American Landscapes." A mirror of American geography in the Southeast, the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting reflected the issues and trends of the time. The growing interest in microcomputers was evidenced by a workshop on their use by geographers and by a meeting of those who had begun to use them. A number of papers submitted for the program had been composed on word processors. Several members of the Program Committee commented on the poor readability of some of the papers prepared with dot matrix printers, an issue of the time but one that should fade as the technology becomes more common and as the quality of inexpensive printers improves. A number of the papers presented at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting were in newer areas of inquiry such as social and behavioral geography. A special panel discussion on Monday evening had "Strengthening Geography Programs" as its topic, a reflection of the retrenchment of programs and the abolishment of geography departments in recent years. Reports at the Business Meeting by President Lewis and Division Councillor Sidney R. Jumper on the redefinition of the duties of the Executive Director of the Association of American Geographers revealed the desire to make the professional organization more conscious of its public image and more aggressive in seizing opportunities available to geographers in both the public and private sectors . ...