Professor

Robert David Sack

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Geographer; Educator
Area
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specialty
Sociology, Demography, and Geography
Elected
2006
Clarence J. Glacken and John Bascom Professor of Geography; Professor of Integrated Liberal Studies. Philosopher and logician of geographic thought. Developed a rationale for spatial and place-based understanding built from the character of space-place itself and transcending individual explanatory perspectives. Work informs a wide range of disciplinary concerns, including rules of territorial control and the meaning of artificial worlds.
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