Rebecca Lave

Rebecca Lave is a geographer, professor of geography at Indiana University Bloomington (IU), and former president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG). Her research focuses on critical geography, as it applies to physical geography, as part of the emerging field of critical physical geography. She has focused on bridging the gap between physical and human geography in her research, as a department chair at IU, and as the president of the AAG.

Education and field Lave earned their B.A. in Art history and Political science from Reed College in 1993. In 2023, Lave became the AAG president. They are instrumental in establishing the discipline of critical physical geography.

TitleAuthor(s) or volume editor(s)Year first publishedISBNRefs Streams of Revenue: The Restoration Economy and the Ecosystems It Creates Rebecca Lave; Martin Doyle 2021 The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Physical Geography Rebecca Lave; Christine Biermann; Stuart N. Lane 2018 Doreen Massey: Critical Dialogues Marion Werner; Jamie Peck; Rebecca Lave; Brett Christophers 2018 The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Science David Tyfield; Rebecca Lave; Samuel Randalls; Charles Thorpe 2017 Fields and Streams: Stream Restoration, Neoliberalism, and the Future of Environmental Science (Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Ser.) Rebecca Lave 2012

Awards, recognition, and professional honors

Lave has received many awards and recognitions throughout her professional career, both for her research and teaching.