Maria Dolors García RamónMaria Dolors García Ramón (born 1943) is a Spanish geographer.[1] She is emeritus professor of geography of the Autonomous University of Barcelona,[2] Early life and educationGarcía Ramón was born on 7 November 1943 in Gandia, Valencia. She has a BA and PhD from the University of Barcelona and an MA from the University of California.[1] CareerGarcía Ramón was professor of geography at the Autonomous University of Barcelona from 1969 to 2010,[3] and also held appointments as professor or research fellow at the University of Arizona, Cornell University, University of Buenos Aires, Durham University and the London School of Economics.[4] She lists her research specialisms as Rural Geography, Geographical Thought, and Geography and Gender.[1] From 1988 to 1996 she was Secretary of the International Geographical Union's Study Group on Gender and Geography.[3] She was awarded the 2016 Vautrin Lud Prize (Le Prix Vautrin-Lud), which has been described as "the highest award that can be bestowed on a geographer"[5] and "the Nobel of geography".[6][7] References
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