Dennis Wei named AAG Fellow

Dr. Dennis Wei has been made a Fellow of the American Association of Geographers. The AAG Fellows is a recognition and service program that recognizes geographers who have made significant contributions to advancing geography.

AAG’s citation for this award points to his “internationally renowned urban/economic geographer whose research centers on effects of globalization and institutional change on cities, regions, and sustainability” and him being a “pioneer in the study of regional development and regional/spatial inequality in China”.

Dr. Wei is the first AAG Fellow elected from the Department of Geography, the only AAG Fellow in the state of Utah, and one of only a handful from the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division of AAG. Congratulations to Dr. Wei on this recognition of your career achievements!

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