The Margaret FitzSimmons Early Career Award in Cultural and Political Ecology was established by the American Association of Geographers in 2023 in memory of the late Margaret FitzSimmons, a respected geographer in the field of urban planning and environmental studies and, notably, the granddaughter of Carl Sauer
Congratulations to the recipient of this year’s Margaret FitzSimmons Early Career Award: Assistant Professor Tianna Bruno! The committee found Tianna's "theoretical and grounded empirical contributions to geography and political ecology scholarship groundbreaking” and was impressed by her work's "impact on the study of environmental justice while pushing critical physical geography to address the intersection of ecology, race, and injustice."
Congratulations, Tianna!