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Robert
D. Sack
 Clarence
J. Glacken and John Bascom Professor of Geography
Professor
of Integrated Liberal Studies
Education
PhD, University
of Minnesota, 1971
Research Areas
- Geographic
theory
- Philosophy
and history of geography
- Space
and place
- Geography,
Morality, and Justice
- Cultural
geography
- Political
geography
Current
Research
Facing the Gap:
What Geographic Theory Says About Agency, Society and Nature
Awards and
Grants
American Academy
of Arts and Sciences Fellow, 2006
John Bascom Professor,
1997
University Named
Professorship, Clarence J. Glacken Professor of Geography, 1994
Association of American
Geographers Honors Award for Distinguished Research, 1994
Hilldale Award
in the Social Studies, 1993
Fulbright
Senior Research Fellowship, 1979-1980
John Simon Guggenheim
Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1975-1976
Recent
Publications
Single Authored Books
Sack, R.D. 2003.
A Geographical Guide to the Real and the Good. Routledge:
New York.
Sack, R.D. 1997.
Homo Geographicus: A Framework for Action, Awareness, and
Moral Concern. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Sack, R.D. 1992.
Place, Modernity, and the Consumer's World: A Relational
Framework for Geographical Analysis. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins
University Press.
Sack, R.D. 1986.
Human Territoriality: Its Theory and History. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Sack, R.D. 1980.
Conceptions of Space in Social Thought: A Geographic Perspective.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Edited Book
Sack, R.D. 2002.
Progress: Geographical Essays. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins
University Press.
Selected
Articles
Sack,
R.D. 2003. "Human
Territoriality." In: International Encyclopedia of the
Social and Behavior Sciences.
Sack, R.D. 2001. "The Geographic
Problematic: Moral Issues." Norsk. Geogr. Tidsskr. Vol. 55, p.117-125.
Sack,
R.D. 2001. "The
Geographic Problematic: Empirical Issues." Norsk.
Geogr. Tidsskr.. Vol. 55, p.117-125.
Sack, R.D. 2001. "Place,
Power, and the Good." In: Adams, P., Steve Hoelscher,
and Karen Till (eds.), Textures of Place, Minneapolis: University
of Minnesota Press.
Sack, R.D. 2000. "Place
and Territory." Progress in Human Geography, 24 (1).
Sack, R.D. 1999. "A
Sketch of a Geographical Theory of Morality." Annals of
the Association of American Geographers 89(1), p. 26-44.
Sack, R.D. 1989. "The
'Nature' in Light of the Present." In J. N. Entrikin Reflections
on Richard Hartshorne's "The Nature of Geography," Washington
DC: Occasional Publications of the Association of American
Geographers, p. 141-162.
Sack, R.D. 1988. "The
Consumer's World: Place as Context," Annals, Association
of American Geographers 78, p. 642-666.
Sack, R.D. 1985. "The
Societal Conception of Space." In D. Massey and J. Allen
(eds.) Geography Matters. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
p. 34-47.
Sack, R.D. 1983. "Human
Territoriality: A Theory." Annals, Association of American
Geographers, Vol. 73, p. 55 74.
Sack, R.D. 1980. "Conceptions
of Geographic Space." Progress in Human Geography, Vol.
4, p. 313 354.
Sack,
R.D. 1979. "Critical Science and Geography." Progress
in Human Geography, Vol. 3, p. 443 452.
Sack,
R.D. 1976. "Magic and Space." Annals, Association
of American Geographers, Vol. 77, p. 309-322.
Sack, R.D. 1974. "The
Spatial Separatist Theme in Geography." Economic Geography,
Vol. 50, p. 1-19.
Sack, R.D. 1974. "Chorology
and Spatial Analysis," Annals, Association of American
Geographers, Vol. 64, p. 439-452.
Sack, R.D. 1973. "A
Concept of Physical Space in Geography." Geographical
Analysis, Vol. 5, p. 115-139.
Courses
Taught
Geog
236 Power of Place
Geog
501 Space and Place: A Geography of Experience
Geog
565 Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Geog
910 Seminars: Better Worlds: Geography, Morality, and Justice;
Geographical Theory;
Space and Place
View
all geography course descriptions
Graduate
Students
I have had numerous graduate students
who have worked on topics that include:
- Justice
and moral concerns
- Geography
and the media, including television and virtual technology
- Historical
geography
- Geography
of space and time
- Law,
geography, and racism
- Hospitality
and altruism
- The
spectacle
- The
sacred and the aesthetic
Contact
Information
University of Wisconsin
Department of Geography
550 North Park Street
346
Science Hall
Madison, WI 53706-1404
Phone
(608) 262-9915
Fax (608) 265-3991
rdsack@facstaff.wisc.edu
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