Beth Larson-Keagy

Dr. Larson-Keagy is an active member of ASU's Project on Peace Studies, sponsored by the Center for Religion and Conflict. She is also affiliated with the Arizona Humanities Council (AHC) as a long-time member of the Speakers Bureau, and edits AHC's newsletter, Arizona Insight.

1991 - Ph.D. (Geography) University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
1986 - M.A. (Latin American Studies) Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge
1983 - B.A. (Humanistic Studies) University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

Peace studies, human rights, and refugee studies

2008 - Study Tour to Honduras sponsored by Heifer International, a nonprofit organization that facilitates community growth and collaboration, by promoting sustainability and self-sufficiency

2007 - United States Institute of Peace Faculty Seminar, "Global Peace and Security from Multiple Perspectives"

2002 Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award, Mesa Community College

2002 Distinguished Public Scholar Award, Arizona Humanities Council

Larson-Keagy, E. ed. (2006). SAFE (Supporting Action for Engagement) Models of Civic Engagement: Sustaining Service Learning, available on CD. Community College National Center for Community Engagement.

Larson-Keagy, E. ed. (2005). SAFE Connections through Community Colleges, available on CD. Community College National Center for Community Engagement.

McHugh, K. E., Larson-Keagy, E.M. (2005). These White Walls: The Dialectic of Retirement Communities. Journal of Aging Studies, 19(2):241-256.

Larson-Keagy, E. ed. (2004). Community Awareness Enhances the Quality of Life. Community College National Center for Community Engagement.

Larson-Keagy, E. ed. (2003). We Are All Related: Service Learning, Civic Engagement, and Connectedness. Community College National Center for Community Engagement.

Larson-Keagy, E. ed. (2003). Global Civic Engagement: Building an Ethic of Commitment to Service through Human Geography. Journal for Civic Commitment (1).

Larson-Keagy, E. ed. (2002). Through Whose Eyes: Service-Learning and Civic Engagement from Culturally Diverse Perspectives. Campus Compact National Center for Community Colleges.

Larson-Keagy, E. ed. (2002). Arizona September 11^th Community Conversations: A Resource for Librarians and Teachers. Arizona Humanities Council.

GCU 102 - Human Geography
GCU 121 - World Regional Geography
GCU 323 - Geography of Latin America
GCU 328 - Geography of Southwest Asia and North Africa
GCU 350 - Geography of World Crises
GCU 351 - Population Geography
GCU 361 - Urban Geography
GCU 424 - Geography of Middle America
GPH 210 - Society and Environment

Dr. Larson-Keagy works regularly with the Arizona Geographic Alliance for their two annual conferences, GeoFest and GeoDayTrip. Also, she recently became the faculty advisor for a newly formed student group, Global Outreach at ASU, which focuses on fund-raising for educational and health projects in developing world countrise.

She also gives a number of talks annually statewide as part of the Arizona Humanities Council Speakers Bureau on topics such as Arizona's Changing Demography; the Cultural Geography of Afghanistan; Southwest Asia; and more.

In 2007, Dr. Larson-Keagy also facilitated an eight-month discussion program Literature and Medicine, sponsored by AHC, at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, and she is also a speaker for another AHC-sponsored program, Project Civil Discourse.