Audrey KobayashiAudrey Kobayashi is a native of British Columbia, with a B.A. (1976) and M.A. (1978) from the University of British Columbia, and a PhD (1983) at UCLA, and PhD research study (Monbusho Scholarship) at the University of Kyoto (1980−1982); taught in Gegraphy and East Asian Studies at McGill University (1983−1994), then Queen’s University, initially as Director of the Institute of Women’s Studies (1994−1999) and thereafter as Professor of Geography; appointed Queen’s Research Chair in 2005; visiting professorships include the University of British Columbia, University College London, Canterbury University, New Zealand; Fulbright Fellow at the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, DC (1994); elected positions include President of the Canadian Association of Geographers (1999−2001), President of the Association of American Geographers (2010−2011); appointed to the Royal Society of Canada; awards include Lifetime Achievement Awards of the CAG, AAG, and Ethnic Geography Study Group, AAG Presidential Achievement Award, Aspen Institute Scholarship, several teaching awards; over 100 publications and numerous grants, with research focusing on migration, racism, employment equity and human rights, and the history and philosophy of geography.

Dr Kobayashi has held many editorial responsibilities, including a number of books and special issues; ten years as human geography editor of the Annals of the Association of American Geographers (2002−2011); numerous editorial boards; and most recently human geography editor of the American Association of Geographers International Encyclopedia of Geography (Wiley-Blackwell 2017). She has contributed articles to the previous edition of HUGY, to the Sage Encyclopedia, and to numerous handbooks and companions Read More Read Less