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HELGELAND ATTENDS ANNUAL AAG MEETING
MAY 2, 2000

Catherine Helgeland, Professor of Geography and Geology at the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc, recently attended the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Helgeland co-facilitated a workshop about how to be an effective department chair.  She specifically addressed chairing small or merged departments.  Helgeland was chair of the Department of Geography and Geology for the University of Wisconsin Colleges from 1995-1999.

As part of the conference, Helgeland also participated in a field trip entitled “Industrial Restructuring at the Turn of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries:  The Monongahela Valley.”  The Monongahela Valley was a major industrial site in Pennsylvania for steel plants during the 1800’s and 1900’s.  The trip examined what happened to the area as the steel industry declined and as the area was unevenly redeveloped during the late 20^th century.

Helgeland also participated in the various sessions and exhibits at the meeting.

The Association of American Geographers is a scholarly, non-profit organization founded in 1904 to advance professional studies in geography. 

Helgeland has been a Professor of Geography and Geology at UW-Manitowoc since 1980.  She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UW-Madison.

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