GSA Geographic Sections

All members can affiliate with one Geographic Section for free. Did you know that you can join multiple Sections?

GSA's six Geographic Sections have their own governance boards and organize scientific meetings in their region of North America. These smaller meetings attract many geoscience students and provide outstanding learning and networking opportunities closer to home. Sections offer travel grants not only to their own meetings but to the GSA Annual Meeting as well. Many Sections offer research grants, too. Click on the "About ..." links below the logos to learn more about your Section.

Current Meetings and Section Information

> Current Section Meeting
> About the Cordilleran Section

> Current Section Meeting
> About the North-Central Section

> Current Section Meeting
> About the Northeastern Section

> Current Section Meeting
> About the Rocky Mountain Section

> Current Section Meeting
> About the South-Central Section

> Current Section Meeting
> About the Southeastern Section

I realized driving back from the 2017 GSA South-Central Section Meeting that this two-day meeting was something like a little university that only was open for a couple of days each year, sharing ideas, and mentoring students. These two-day meetings are the best!”
—Bob Stern, University of Texas–Dallas

Section Secretaries

Cordilleran

Calvin G. Barnes
cal.barnes@ttu.edu

North-Central

Nancy Williams
GSANorthCentralSection@gmail.com

Northeastern

David P. West
dwest@middlebury.edu

Rocky Mountain

Shannon Mahan
smahan@usgs.gov

South-Central

Wm. Jay Sims
wjsims@ualr.edu

Southeastern

Blair R. Tormey
btormey@email.wcu.edu