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Emerita Professor Dr. Barbara McDade-Gordon was recently featured in American Geographical Society’s Celebrating Black Geographers

Posted on March 12, 2021

Emerita Professor Dr. Barbara McDade-Gordon was recently featured in American Geographical Society‘s Celebrating Black Geographers the First Cohort: 1900-2000. Professor McDade Gordon was a faculty member in the Geography Department at the University of Florida Gainesville. Before her retirement in 2016, she was a faculty affiliate of the Center for African Studies and the African […]

Celebrating Women Geographers for Women’s History Month

Posted on March 1, 2021

Geography is a diverse field. Throughout the month of March, we will be highlighting the work of Women Geographers, some of whom are #GeoGators. Tierney Shimansky Tierney is a Master’s student who studies land management and conservation in southern Africa. Dr. Yin-Hsuen Chen Yin-Hsuen is a fluvial geomorphologist and Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of […]

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Posted on February 11, 2021

In observation of the 6th International Day of Women & Girls in Science, we celebrate the scientific contributions of female GeoGators – grad students, postdocs, and faculty.

Job Announcement: Health and Social Change in Africa

Posted on January 8, 2016

The University of Florida is looking for a new faculty member in the area of ‘Health and Social Change in Africa’. This preeminence position is for exceptional candidates at the Assistant level, or Associate or Full Professors. This position would be in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) which is home to many departments, […]

African Diaspora in Ghana: Going Back to the Future

Posted on January 8, 2016

Dr. Barbara McDade-Gordon recently joined participants from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and throughout the African Continent, at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria for the First Biennial Conference of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA). Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo was among the keynote speakers, delivering addresses on the conference theme, “African Studies in […]

Spring Course: GEO4938/GEO6938/AFA3931

Posted on January 7, 2016

Did You Know? -There are over 500,000 Black people living in China? China and African states have traded with each other for over 1,000 years. -More than 70% of Brazilians are of African descent – the largest concentration outside of Africa. -A Black politician recently elected to Novozavidovo district office in Russia was dubbed by […]

Spring Course: GEO2500 Global & Regional Economies

Posted on January 6, 2016

We live in a GLOBAL WORLD: What happens anywhere affects us everywhere! GEO 2500 will engage you to ask and answer questions that you need to know: -What causes globalization? Can it be reversed? -What are the major global corporations? What do they produce? -Why do only 5 countries create most of the world’s production? […]

Women in STEM is strong in Geography!

Posted on December 17, 2015

Dr. Barbara McDade-Gordon – Emerita

Dr. Barbara E McDade-Gordon Associate Professor bmcdade@ufl.edu (352) 294-7509 Areas of Specialization Economic development, Africa and African Diaspora Entrepreneurship and economic development Economic viability of indigenous businesses in Ghana, West Africa Educational Background PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1993 M.S., University of Texas at Austin, 1989 B.A., Texas Southern University, 1969 Recent Courses GEO 1010 Geography for […]

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