Margath Walker

🇲🇽 #Mexico recently elected its first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum. @MargathWalker (@uofl) says that cartels and drug trafficking should remain a key focal point in Sheinbaum's administration. From Nick Mordowanec, @Newsweek: buff.ly/3yZwN2u

Quoted in Newsweek about Mexico's election newsweek.com/mexico-immigra…

Videos of migrants attempting to enter Texas have sparked debates about the National Guard's use of lethal force. @MargathWalker (@uofl) highlights state v. federal authority as a key part of current immigration debates. From Nick Mordowanec, @Newsweek: newsweek.com/can-texas-nati…

📢Editorial Appointments!📢 We are delighted to welcome @BethJGreenhough to the #TIBG editorial team, joining @K_Brickell & @ColinMcFarlane3. The RGS-IBG Book Series also welcomes @MargathWalker, joining @DrRuthCraggs as co-Editor. See below for more ⬇️ rgs.org/about-us/our-w…

Geographies of artificial intelligence: Labor, surveillance, and activism - Margath Walker, Jamie L Winders, 2023 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19…

📢 Title 42 is set to expire at midnight. Meanwhile, House Republicans are expected to pass a bill for US-Mexico border wall construction. For reporters covering these #immigration developments, the following experts are available. ⤵️ ➡️Connect: scholars.org/features/5-exp…

What the hell is the US border doing in Kenya?

With PhD applications due soon, thousands of young people are currently beginning their statements of purpose with the same cliché story, or the same anodyne statement Stop right now! Here are 10 thoughts for doing this right. Helps you, and helps admissions committees.👇

📃Nuevo artículo En este artículo, en coautoría con @MargathWalker miembro de ABS, se analiza el nexo seguridad-inmigración en México a través de jerarquías espaciales mostrando cómo contribuyen a la separación entre EE.UU./MX y Centroamérica 👇 journals.uvic.ca/index.php/bigr…

🗣️🧵We are granting awards to support participation in the 2023 AAG Annual Meeting! Students, post-docs, adjunct faculty, visiting assistant professors, and unaffiliated scholars are invited to apply for funds to support attendance and/or travel to the AAG, 2023! (1/4)

Virtual workshop on Space in the Frankfurt School. Deadline September 9, 2022. We welcome contributions that address the role of transitions, migrations, exiles, diasporas, and mobilities in #CriticalTheory. Find more info here: bit.ly/3vVDWfR

.@MargathWalker demonstrates Marcuse’s relevance to individuals and #Society and finds this important theorist of opposition can point the way to resisting oppressive forces within contemporary #Capitalism. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/spatializing-m…

Teaching a course in #geography, #sociology, #political theory, or #philosophy? Here’s a new book on the radical social philosopher Herbert Marcuse! I’ll send you a discussion guide and video-conference into your class. @BrisUniPress bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/spatializing-m…

“Moving clearly between #Philosophy, #SocialTheory, and a range of contemporary examples, this is a compelling political and geographical account of why Herbert Marcuse’s work remains of enduring importance today.” @StuartElden. @MargathWalker bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/spatializing-m…

Have a look at our Special Themed section in #BIG_Review focusing on #MexicanBorders

Check out the next @LFPL fast class, featuring @UofLGeo's Dr. Charlie Zhang (@czhang11) for: Behind the Lines: Redistricting and Gerrymandering Explained. Thursday April 14th at 6:30 pm. Register via: #behindthelines" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">lfpl.org/mylibraryu/#be…

Coming soon, but for now covered in glee! #Geography #Criticaltheory #Marcuse #politicalgeography

🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨 Time’s running out, don’t forget to send your proposal by April 8, 2022! If you have questions or to submit your proposal 👇 bordersandwalls@gmail.com

The % of adult Kentuckians with a bachelor's degree increased by 2.5 points (to 25%) between 2015 and 2020, and the % high school graduates increased by 3 points (to 87.2%). Percent HS grads increased in 66 individual counties, and percent college grads increased in 52 counties.