His research blends a deep understanding of place and cultural practices with expertise in biophysical geography and geospatial analysis. Known as an extraordinarily generous mentor to students and junior faculty alike, Dr. Turner has advised 26 Ph.D. students, 43 graduate students overall, and served on roughly 150 additional graduate committees. Within the AAG, he twice served on the editorial board of the Annals, and he chaired the Cartography Specialty Group. He is committed to social justice and to community engagement while also embarking on creative partnerships with cultural institutions. His research deriving from his soils lab at UT Austin and a range of field sites across the world including Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, Turkey, Italy, and the USA has substantially elevated our understanding of wetlands, geomorphology, human interactions with soils, and global change, especially relating to Maya civilization. for the past four years. His book. The Presidents Award is awarded at the discretion of the President of RCA to recognize significant contributions to our sport. He received many awards and commendations over the course of his distinguished career, and has richly deserved all the recognition. Focusing on water access exclusion in peripheral urban areas in both the U.S. and in India, she has called for comparative learning on the politics of informality. Beach is recognized with major awards from several disciplines, universities, and numerous invited lectures including at the Vatican. Because of his innovative research, which has significantly expanded knowledge about the evolution of interactions among diverse groups of people and the broad mosaic of landscapes in the American West, his effective dissemination of new insights to both scholarly and popular audiences, his superior teaching in classroom and field settings and through a widely used collegiate textbook, his contributions to building a broader and more diverse set of scholars in geography through his research, teaching, and mentoring, the AAG honors William Wyckoff. Mitchells work has been pathbreaking, engaging a wide variety of organizations at all levels of governance, and bringing together researchers, policy makers, and members of the public for complex discussions about developing actionable outcomes to help transform landscapes and peoples livelihoods to achieve sustainable development.