Audrey Kobayashi
| Professor Audrey Kobayashi FRSC |
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|---|---|
| Born | 1951 (age 73–74) British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | 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 |
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.
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Education
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
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
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]
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